{On the end of the trough:}
The gift of L.S. and B.S. to commemorate 25 years of happy married life, 1881.
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Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association
E9, Lauriston Road
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Happy married life
A couple married in 1856 and still so happy 25 years later, that they erect a...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Happy married life
Started by Samuel Gurney MP and the barrister, Edward Thomas Wakefield. Found...
The rear of the fountain has a little door with a keyhole, presumably to provide access to the water-delivering mechanism - so long unused.
Henry Lofts erected this fountain without naming anyone he wished to commemorate so, unusually, he is, on our website at least, commemora...
There is a comma between Leigh and Summerville so "Summerville Halifax" describes Mrs Leigh's origins rather than "Halifax" being Mrs Lei...
'Silence', the water feature, was officially opened 12 July 2011. This article in the Guardian contains a review.
The "C F K" is extremely difficult to decipher, we read it more with our fingers than our eyes.
Campaigning journalist and spiritualist. Born Northumberland. Committed to the peace movement, women's rights, civil liberties. As part of his campaign against juvenile prostitution he 'bought' 12 ...
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The 6th Battalion, Grenadier Guards, was raised in 1941 in Caterham, Surrey. In June 1942 it set sail from Liverpool to Syria where it became part of 201st Guards Brigade. It had to guard the borde...
Londonist have a eye-witness account of this event.
The plaque is on the yellow brick wall, hidden by the bush with red flowers.
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