Erection date: 1881
{On both long sides:}
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association
{The northern end has lost a plaque. The southern end is inscribed:}
In memoriam Robert Trotter Esq, 1877
says this was originally erected in 1881 outside The Plough in Clapham, which , to the east of the trough's current site.
SW4, The Pavement
This trough is fenced in, on its own, in quite a large wooded pasture.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Trotter's trough - SW4
Initially we could find nothing about Trotter but shortly after publishing th...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Trotter's trough - SW4
Started by Samuel Gurney MP and the barrister, Edward Thomas Wakefield. Found...
There seems to be some connection between Nell and this area so we asked the very knowledgeable Dave Walker, the Local Studies Librarian ...
A modern plaque screwed to the west side of the plinth reads: "This plaque commemorates the completion of the refurbishment of this memor...
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...
DrinkingFountains gives two pictures from the 'Illustrated London News' of this fountain when it was originally installed. From a close e...
The gardens’ information board is interesting: St George’s Gardens was one of the very first burial grounds to be established away from ...
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