Erection date: 8/5/1881
{On the side facing the garden:}
In memory of Philip Twells, M. P., for the City of London, May 8 1881.
{On the side facing the road:}
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association
EC1, West Smithfield
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Philip Twells horse trough
Banker, barrister and MP for the City of London. Lived in Enfield where h...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Philip Twells horse trough
In addressing the 'square mile' concept Londonist has provided a potted histo...
Started by Samuel Gurney MP and the barrister, Edward Thomas Wakefield. Found...
This figure represents the woman of Samaria (a Samaritan) at the well, from St John's gospel.
In the background of our photo you can see the windmill undergoing restoration. The essential MDFCTA tells us that this was originally i...
On the ground is a ghost footprint of what could have been one of these water-fountains we remember from the 1950s, found in parks near c...
Interesting that no artist is named for this sculpture. As far as we can tell all the names on the plaque are of those in the council wh...
The inscription text is taken from a modern (and indeed rather nasty) plaque attached to the east side of the plinth. For our close-up s...