Erection date: 1892
{Engraved in the north end:}
The gift of J. H. Buxton 1892
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 Place and Temple Avenue. It was moved here in 1985 as a memorial to the horses killed by the bomb.
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Buxton water trough - Hyde Park
Our colleague, Andrew Behan, did some searching and at the Cambridge Alumni D...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Buxton water trough - Hyde Park
{Plaque on the south end:} This trough was donated to the City of London in 1...
The plaque explains why this fountain look so familiar to anyone who has walked around Paris. In 1872 Wallace donated 50 drinking fountai...
There seems to be some connection between Nell and this area so we asked the very knowledgeable Dave Walker, the Local Studies Librarian ...
Why (Oh why, oh why) do people chose dark, coloured granite for inscriptions? The mottling in the granite can make the text almost impos...
Erected by Metropolitan Public Gardens Association, 83 Lancaster Gate, at the sole cost of Howard Morley Esq. former resident in the loca...
Unusually the dedication is on the side and the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association credit is squeezed onto the ...
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them