Erection date: 1887
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Erected by the inhabitants of Mitcham in commemoration of the Jubilee of H.M. Queen Victoria 1887.
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Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association
CR4, Cricket Green
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee cattle trough - Mitcham
The fiftieth anniversary of the accession of Queen Victoria was celebrated on...
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:
Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee cattle trough - Mitcham
Started by Samuel Gurney MP and the barrister, Edward Thomas Wakefield. Found...
Press the button and the water spouts from behind the lower lily leaf. It works!
The quotation on the obelisk is from the bible, Proverbs 14:27. The quotation on the trough is from the bible, Psalms 145:9. Around the ...
The plaque explains why this fountain look so familiar to anyone who has walked around Paris. In 1872 Wallace donated 50 drinking fountai...
The arch from the Victorian drinking fountain has been rescued and reused above a modern drinking fountain, which no longer produces wate...
Unusually the brass drinking cup on a chain is still attached.
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