Erection date: 1884
{On a shield attached to the plinth:}
The gift of the United Kingdom Temperance & General Provident Institution
{Another shield gives the date:}
1884
We feel the date probably gives a clue to what this substantial fountain was erected to commemorate, but we can't think what. Any ideas?
SW4, The Pavement, Clapham Common
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Temperance
A life insurance company. From FriendsLife: "The UK Total Abstinence Life wa...
The ashes of both Southwoods are in the memorial at the top of the steps. The labels behind the cherubs read: "Not drinking water" and "...
{On the end of the trough:} The gift of L.S. and B.S. to commemorate 25 years of happy married life, 1881. {On the sides of the trough:}...
This is a lovely piece of sculpture. The cut off fluted column possibly indicates the "life cut short" of John Baker Law, but he died age...
The garden's modern information board reads: This garden was acquired by the church of St John the Evangelist, Smith Square, for the use ...
Funded by private donations from MPs and unveiled by the Queen. 26 foot high, made of galvanised strips of steel, painted black, with a s...
Merchant who along with his partner Robert Murray created the first Penny Post in London in 1680. He was also an independent slave trader who attempted to break the monopoly that the Royal African ...
Philanthropist. He was a wealthy benefactor, particularly to Lewisham and Christ's Hospital, where he had attended school. In 1840 he built and endowed the almshouses in Lewisham which bear his nam...
Clerk for the managers that ran the 1873-75 changes at Aske’s Hospital. May be "Jnd.", either way we can't think what it might stand for.
United Kingdom citizen who died in the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001. Andrew Joseph Bailey was born on 20 April 1972 in Birmingham, West Midlands, a son of Vincent H. Bailey an...
In our photo Keane's is the plaque to the left (east), Treloar to the right, just above the cyclist's head. The cyclist may look as if he...
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