Erection date: 1885
{On the pavement side:}
In loving memory of H. T. W. and M. W. W. 1885.
{On the road side:}
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association
{Each end has a partially obliterated, water-related, biblical inscription.}
WC1, Gray's Inn Road
The Foundling plaque is in Heathcote Street, in our photo it is in the pavement just to the right of the pedestrian (on his left).
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
H. T. W. and M. W. W. drinking trough
We're betting this is a married couple: Mr and Mrs W..... who had both died i...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
H. T. W. and M. W. W. drinking trough
Started by Samuel Gurney MP and the barrister, Edward Thomas Wakefield. Found...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
H. T. W. and M. W. W. drinking trough
We had spotted this unusual plaque in 2015 but put it on the long finger. The...
Henry Lofts erected this fountain without naming anyone he wished to commemorate so, unusually, he is, on our website at least, commemora...
"1 Thess. 1-3" is a biblical reference, the text of which reads: "Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and...
We feel the date probably gives a clue to what this substantial fountain was erected to commemorate, but we can't think what. Any ideas?
Spring carries a bag of seeds and his job is to walk the fields casting the seeds to the ground.
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