{On the road side:}
Queen Victoria, 1837 - 1901.
{On the pavement side:}
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association
{On the west end:}
Erected by C F K
The "C F K" is extremely difficult to decipher, we read it more with our fingers than our eyes.
EC2, Finsbury Square
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Victoria's trough
Reigned: 1837-1901, 64 years. Born Kensington Palace. Daughter of Edward, Duk...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Victoria's trough
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association.
Started by Samuel Gurney MP and the barrister, Edward Thomas Wakefield. Found...
Doesn't this picture of the alms houses just make you weep? A London Inheritance has a photographic analysis of how this area has change...
The gardens’ information board is interesting: St George’s Gardens was one of the very first burial grounds to be established away from ...
{On the end of the trough:} The gift of L.S. and B.S. to commemorate 25 years of happy married life, 1881. {On the sides of the trough:}...
The ashes of both Southwoods are in the memorial at the top of the steps. The labels behind the cherubs read: "Not drinking water" and "...
This is a lovely piece of sculpture. The cut off fluted column possibly indicates the "life cut short" of John Baker Law, but he died age...
Unveiled by Hutton's widow.
This building is commonly known as the Royal Academy (of Arts). The wings of the building are occupied by a number of learned societies, ...
We are grateful to Rambissoon’s daughter, Meera, who told us that her father designed the plaque. She writes: “He was an architect for London Underground. He was passionate about design and transpo...
