Erection date: 1882
{Carved in the marble surface at the back:}
Erected to the memory of H. Hayhill by his friends in HM Exchequer and Audit Dept. 1882.
Site: Hayhilll fountain (1 memorial)
SE1, Lambeth Palace Road
Erection date: 1882
{Carved in the marble surface at the back:}
Erected to the memory of H. Hayhill by his friends in HM Exchequer and Audit Dept. 1882.
SE1, Lambeth Palace Road
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Hayhilll fountain
Worked in the HM Exchequer and Audit Dept. and had died in or shortly before ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Hayhilll fountain
If this rather barren 60s paved area looks familiar perhaps you recognise it from the first scene in Antonioni's Blowup, from 1966.
No attractive detail to show so we've taken the opportunity to show the metal door that most fountains of this date have, presumably givi...
The drinking fountain looks more recent than 1960 and this film of the unveiling confirms our supposition that the plaque was originally ...
Press the button and the water spouts from behind the lower lily leaf. It works!
DrinkingFountains gives two pictures from the 'Illustrated London News' of this fountain when it was originally installed. From a close e...
The birthday was on Saturday 11 June, so we take the date on the plaque to refer to the party.
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