(inscribed in the marble plaque and very difficult to read:}
Joseph Salter, 1832 - 1876
NW1, Royal College Street
The green space behind this (defunct) drinking fountain is known as 'College Gardens' and was given to the Vestry of St Pancras (now Camden Council) in 1878 by Salter.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Joseph Salter
Salter was auditor to the Vestry of St Pancras and gave College Gardens to th...
The Crofton trough is on the left of our photo. The two other troughs here (one being outside out photo, to the right) are only marked "M...
This figure represents the woman of Samaria (a Samaritan) at the well, from St John's gospel.
{Carved in the granite pedestal:} Presented by Emily Bessie Orbell, July 1885.
There is another fountain in a similar style in St Pancras: Thornton's Fountain, erected in 1877.
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