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Fountain

Buxton water trough - Spitalfields

Erection date: 1889

Inscription

{Engraved in the north end:}
The gift of J. H. Buxton 1889

{Engraved on both sides, though 'Metropolitan' is illegible on the road side:}
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association

This is the only fountain/trough in Tower Hamlets on the site.

Site: Buxton water trough - Spitalfields (1 memorial)

E1, Commercial Street

Our picture shows the trough and, in the railings behind, the drinking fountain topped with an obelisk. Engraved below the fountain "Donated by the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association, 1860".

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Buxton water trough - Spitalfields

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Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association

Started by Samuel Gurney MP and the barrister, Edward Thomas Wakefield. Found...

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John Henry Buxton

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