Fountain

Bear fountain

Erection date: 1939

Inscription

{On a ground level plaque:}
1859 - 1939. Presented by the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association to mark its 80th anniversary.

Site: Bear fountain (1 memorial)

W2, Kensington Gardens

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Bear fountain

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Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association - 80th anniversary

Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association.

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Bear fountain

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Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association

Started by Samuel Gurney MP and the barrister, Edward Thomas Wakefield. Found...

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