{On the road side:}
Queen Victoria, 1837 - 1901.
{On the pavement side:}
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association
{On the west end:}
Erected by C F K
The "C F K" is extremely difficult to decipher, we read it more with our fingers than our eyes.
EC2, Finsbury Square
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Victoria's trough
Reigned: 1837-1901, 64 years. Born Kensington Palace. Daughter of Edward, Duk...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Victoria's trough
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association.
Started by Samuel Gurney MP and the barrister, Edward Thomas Wakefield. Found...
The decoration on the urn is delightful. Strung between 4 classical style masks are fruit garlands supporting a variety of creatures: s...
There is a non-working drinking fountain at the other end of the trough.
Spring carries a bag of seeds and his job is to walk the fields casting the seeds to the ground.
There is a comma between Leigh and Summerville so "Summerville Halifax" describes Mrs Leigh's origins rather than "Halifax" being Mrs Lei...
If this rather barren 60s paved area looks familiar perhaps you recognise it from the first scene in Antonioni's Blowup, from 1966.
Manufacturing company. Founded in Notting Hill by John Kirby Farnell. Initially they produced fancy items such as tea cosies and pincushions. Farnell's daughter Agnes started making soft toys in 18...
The etching seems to be of late 17th century date but, like Discovering London, we cannot find it on the web so cannot name the artist. ...
Born Vienna, educated England, granted English citizenship 1865. Sculptor in Ordinary for Scotland (a member of the royal household in Scotland) 1881 - 1890. Best known for the head of Queen Victor...
Deborah Singmaster of Footnotes sent us a photo and asked if we had any information. We did some research (see below) but have failed to...
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