{On the southern end:}
The gift of Mrs Robinson of St Georges' Place, Hyde Park Corner
{On both sides:}
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association
E8, Mare Street
If the name of the Association had been shorter do you think the troughs would have been too?
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Robinson's trough
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Robinson's trough
Started by Samuel Gurney MP and the barrister, Edward Thomas Wakefield. Found...
MDFCTA says this was originally erected in 1881 outside The Plough in Clapham, which we think might have been at 156 Clapham High Street,...
The Latin quotation is interesting. It is from the Bible, Proverbs 3;16, and our Latin consultant, David Hopkins, translates it as "In h...
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...
This drinking fountain was erected in 1878 in memory of Robert Besley, who had run a typeface foundry in Fann Street 1849 - 61. This 1887...
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