(inscribed in the marble plaque and very difficult to read:}
Joseph Salter, 1832 - 1876
NW1, Royal College Street
The green space behind this (defunct) drinking fountain is known as 'College Gardens' and was given to the Vestry of St Pancras (now Camden Council) in 1878 by Salter.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Joseph Salter
Salter was auditor to the Vestry of St Pancras and gave College Gardens to th...
'Wardmote' just means a meeting where decisions are made.
This corner is well-supplied with water. To the left of our photo, closer to the flower stall there is a granite horse trough, very simil...
{On long, low bronze plaques, one on each face, starting at the south and going clockwise:} To commemorate the jubilee of The Metropolit...
Most of this decorative rim has been lost. Only this 'Junius' section and, to the left of our photo, a much weathered section on which 'M...
A lovely fountain, with its egg-and-dart cornicing and gaping mouth, which presumably is where the functioning parts once sat.
