{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...
{On a ground level plaque:} 1859 - 1939. Presented by the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association to mark its 80t...
The new plaque (not shown) is rather brash but we like how the wording refers back to the earlier inscription.
On the ground is a ghost footprint of what could have been one of these water-fountains we remember from the 1950s, found in parks near c...
The inscription is carried by two glazed tiles, one of which has been broken and repaired. There's a bit of a puzzle here. It's a fair a...
DrinkingFountains gives two pictures from the 'Illustrated London News' of this fountain when it was originally installed. From a close e...
