Fountain

Buxton water trough - Enfield

Erection date: 1879

Inscription

{On one end:}
The gift of J. H. Buxton, 1879

{On both sides:}
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association

EN1, Forty Hill

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