Erection date: 1879
Inscription
{On one end:}
The gift of J. H. Buxton, 1879
{On both sides:}
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association
Site: Buxton water trough - Enfield (1 memorial)
EN1, Forty Hill
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Buxton water trough - Enfield
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John Henry Buxton
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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Buxton water trough - Enfield
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Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association
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