Erection date: 1885
{On the pavement side:}
In loving memory of H. T. W. and M. W. W. 1885.
{On the road side:}
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association
{Each end has a partially obliterated, water-related, biblical inscription.}
WC1, Gray's Inn Road
The Foundling plaque is in Heathcote Street, in our photo it is in the pavement just to the right of the pedestrian (on his left).
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
H. T. W. and M. W. W. drinking trough
We're betting this is a married couple: Mr and Mrs W..... who had both died i...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
H. T. W. and M. W. W. drinking trough
Started by Samuel Gurney MP and the barrister, Edward Thomas Wakefield. Found...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
H. T. W. and M. W. W. drinking trough
We had spotted this unusual plaque in 2015 but put it on the long finger. The...
'Silence', the water feature, was officially opened 12 July 2011. This article in the Guardian contains a review.
If the name of the Association had been shorter do you think the troughs would have been too?
This fountain was originally erected July 1861 at the Royal Exchange. It was moved to make room for the London Troops WW1 memorial which ...
The garden's modern information board reads: This garden was acquired by the church of St John the Evangelist, Smith Square, for the use ...
From the RBKC pdf: "This trough was originally erected in 1900 in Kensington Crescent. The crescent was demolished in 1933 (the site is n...
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