{On the southern end:}
The gift of Mrs Robinson of St Georges' Place, Hyde Park Corner
{On both sides:}
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association
E8, Mare Street
If the name of the Association had been shorter do you think the troughs would have been too?
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Robinson's trough
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Robinson's trough
Started by Samuel Gurney MP and the barrister, Edward Thomas Wakefield. Found...
The memorial was designed by Pierce. The 4 statues were sculpted by Woodford. The fountain was inaugurated in 1954, in what is known as t...
The Latin quotation is interesting. It is from the Bible, Proverbs 3;16, and our Latin consultant, David Hopkins, translates it as "In h...
The lettering is incised and painted black - very effective.
The text is inscribed into the main body of the fountain but can really only be read with the fingers. As is common nowadays, the founta...
"1 Thess. 1-3" is a biblical reference, the text of which reads: "Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and...
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