Erection date: 1887
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Devas 1887
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Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association
SW19, Windmill Road
In the background of our photo you can see the windmill undergoing restoration.
The essential tells us that this was originally installed at Arterbury Road SW20, in September 1887 by Thomas Devas. When or why it was moved to its present location is not known.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Devas drinking trough
Wimbledon landowner and important member of local society. In 1854, Devas and...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Devas drinking trough
Started by Samuel Gurney MP and the barrister, Edward Thomas Wakefield. Found...
The Ward drinking fountain is to the left of the gate. The Wesley plaque is to the right.
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...
This trough was originally installed in 1892 at Victoria Embankment, "near Temple Precincts" which must mean somewhere between Temple Pla...
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