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...
MDFCTA confirms that this fountain is of a unique design but we can find no reference to the designer/architect.
Designed by John Shaw, Jnr., even in its current rather dilapidated state, this delightful fountain puts other Victorian examples to shame.
The inscription is carried by two glazed tiles, one of which has been broken and repaired. There's a bit of a puzzle here. It's a fair a...
Erected by Metropolitan Public Gardens Association, 83 Lancaster Gate, at the sole cost of Howard Morley Esq. former resident in the loca...
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...
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