Started by Samuel Gurney MP and the barrister, Edward Thomas Wakefield. Founded as the Metropolitan Free Drinking Fountain Association it changed its name to include cattle troughs in 1867. have a terrific post about this organisation.
is a great site, aiming to collect all these troughs and fountains, and not just those in London. Do let them know of any they don't yet have.
Now the , they are still trying to provide water to the public - probably more difficult now than when they started.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association
This 'Matilda fountain' is a copy of the 1867 statue 'At the Spring' or 'Earl...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association
{On a ground level plaque:} 1859 - 1939. Presented by the Metropolitan Drink...
MDFCTA confirms that this fountain is of a unique design but we can find no r...
Is it likely that the beloved friend was a horse or dog rather than a person?
{On one end:} The gift of J. H. Buxton, 1879 {On both sides:} Metropolitan D...
This is the only fountain/trough in Tower Hamlets on the mdfcta site.
Actor and wild-life campaigner. Â Born Marylebone. Â Briefly married to actor Denholm Elliott, then to actor Bill Travers 1957 until his death in 1994. Â Played Violette Szabo, in the 1958 film 'Carve...
Pioneer veterinary surgeon, Asian explorer.  Born Lancashire.  First Englishman to qualify as a vet, in France, during a revolution.  He set up in practice in Oxford Street, creating a horse hosp...
Person, Animals, Exploring, Medicine, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Tibet, Uzbekistan
Founded by Wilfrid Blunt and his wife. From 1917 run by their daughter, Lady Wentworth until her death in 1957.
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