Erection date: 1887
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Erected by the inhabitants of Mitcham in commemoration of the Jubilee of H.M. Queen Victoria 1887.
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Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association
CR4, Cricket Green
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee cattle trough - Mitcham
The fiftieth anniversary of the accession of Queen Victoria was celebrated on...
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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee cattle trough - Mitcham
Started by Samuel Gurney MP and the barrister, Edward Thomas Wakefield. Found...
The "C F K" is extremely difficult to decipher, we read it more with our fingers than our eyes.
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'Wardmote' just means a meeting where decisions are made.
Press the button and the water spouts from behind the lower lily leaf. It works!
In memory of Joseph Payne, Esq., deputy assistant judge, a zealous total abstainer and a faithful friend of Bands of Hope. Died March 29,...
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