{On the east end:}
In memoriam Charles Kingsley
{Above this there seems to be an 'F' but any other letters are illegible.}
{On the north side:}
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association
NW1, Chalk Farm Road
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Charles Kingsley water trough - NW1
Born Devon. Christian Socialist and amateur naturalist. Supported his friend,...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Charles Kingsley water trough - NW1
Started by Samuel Gurney MP and the barrister, Edward Thomas Wakefield. Found...
If this rather barren 60s paved area looks familiar perhaps you recognise it from the first scene in Antonioni's Blowup, from 1966.
There is a comma between Leigh and Summerville so "Summerville Halifax" describes Mrs Leigh's origins rather than "Halifax" being Mrs Lei...
The MDFCTA site says it was erected in March 1888 and was the gift of Mrs Swaam (surely a mistype for Swaab) and cost £115.0.0.
{On the east face:} In memory of Sir James John Hamilton Bart., 1876The memory of the just is blessed.{There are 3 more biblical quotati...
The lettering is incised and painted black - very effective.