Buxton water trough - Hyde Park

Buxton water trough - Hyde Park

W1, South Carriage Drive, Hyde Park

This trough was originally installed in 1892 at Victoria Embankment, "near Temple Precincts" which must mean somewhere between Temple Pla...

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Hyde Park bomb - the horses

Hyde Park bomb - the horses

W1, South Carriage Drive, Hyde Park

This trough was originally installed in 1892 at Victoria Embankment, "near Temple Precincts" which must mean somewhere between Temple Pla...

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Maharajah of Vijianagram's fountain

Maharajah of Vijianagram's fountain

W2, Hyde Park, North Ride

Here we have a plaque commemorating a lost fountain. It was only removed in 1964 so we are surprised that we can find so little informati...

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Burdett-Coutts - Victoria Park - fountain

Burdett-Coutts - Victoria Park - fountain

E9, Victoria Park

This extravaganza in Victorian gothic with Moorish touches was designed by Darbishire and given by Burdett-Coutts. The four podgy little ...

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Robert Roger's fountain

Robert Roger's fountain

EC2, Love Lane

The remains of the church of St Mary Aldermanbury are behind this fountain.

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Robinson's trough

Robinson's trough

E8, Mare Street

If the name of the Association had been shorter do you think the troughs would have been too?

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Trotter's trough - SW4

Trotter's trough - SW4

SW4, The Pavement

MDFCTA says this was originally erected in 1881 outside The Plough in Clapham, which we think might have been at 156 Clapham High Street,...

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Sir Simon Milton - nymph and pool

Sir Simon Milton - nymph and pool

W1, Mount Street, Connaught Hotel

'Silence', the water feature, was officially opened 12 July 2011. This article in the Guardian contains a review.

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Bevington fountain

Bevington fountain

SE1, Tower Bridge Road, St Mary Magdalen garden

Why (Oh why, oh why) do people chose dark, coloured granite for inscriptions? The mottling in the granite can make the text almost impos...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
CG Cattle Trough

CG Cattle Trough

EC1, Ray Street, Railway bridge

Silver Tiger thinks the inscriptions reads "G. G." and that might be right (it's certainly punningly right) but our fingers read "C. G." ...

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