Erection date: 1887
{On one end:}
Devas 1887
{and on the sides:}
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association
Site: Devas drinking trough (1 memorial)
SW19, Windmill Road
Erection date: 1887
{On one end:}
Devas 1887
{and on the sides:}
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association
SW19, Windmill Road
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Devas drinking trough
Wimbledon landowner and important member of local society. In 1854, Devas and...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Devas drinking trough
Started by Samuel Gurney MP and the barrister, Edward Thomas Wakefield. Found...
To the memory of William Gilson Humphrey B.D. Scholar divine Vicar of this parish from 1855 to 1886 Born Jan. 1815 Died Jan. 1886
The new plaque (not shown) is rather brash but we like how the wording refers back to the earlier inscription.
A cherub stands atop the fountain clutching a dolphin which appears capable of spouting water but was not obliging on our visit. This fo...
{On one end:} The gift of J. H. Buxton, 1879 {On both sides:} Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association
Opposite sides of the fountain carry two shields: the coat of arms of the City of London and, shown in our photo, the coat of arms of St ...
Fishmonger and Mayor 1374 to 1375 and 1380 to 1381. During the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 King Richard II met the rebels, led by Wat Tyler, at Smithfield to discuss their demands. A scuffle broke out...
The Freemasons commissioned this memorial to mark the 300th anniversary of The United Grand Lodge of England in 2017 and the centenary of...
Westminster City Council Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author, 1859 - 1930, worked and wrote here in 1891. Arthur Conan Doyle Society
Born Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Germany, as Albert Francis Augustus Charles Emanuel. Married his first cousin, Victoria, in 1840. President of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition. Generally in...
L.C.C. Algernon Charles Swinburne, (1837-1909), -poet-, and his friend, Theodore Watts-Dunton, (1832-1914), poet-novelist-critic, lived a...
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