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.
One of a number of organisations active in the 1920s promoting animal welfare.
Jessie Hannah Craigen was a working-class suffrage speaker. She was also a freelance (or 'paid agent') speaker in the campaigns for Irish Home Rule and the cooperative movement and against vivisect...
The World League for Protection of Animals gives:"The World League was founded ... in Germany in 1898 ... The English branch of the League was established in 1900 by Miss A L Woodward; she continue...
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