{On the east end:}
In memoriam Charles Kingsley
{Above this there seems to be an 'F' but any other letters are illegible.}
{On the north side:}
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association
NW1, Chalk Farm Road
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Charles Kingsley water trough - NW1
Born Devon. Christian Socialist and amateur naturalist. Supported his friend,...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Charles Kingsley water trough - NW1
Started by Samuel Gurney MP and the barrister, Edward Thomas Wakefield. Found...
The MDFCTA site says it was erected in March 1888 and was the gift of Mrs Swaam (surely a mistype for Swaab) and cost £115.0.0.
From the RBKC pdf: "This trough was originally erected in 1900 in Kensington Crescent. The crescent was demolished in 1933 (the site is n...
The Living Stream: Holy Wells in Historical Context By James Rattue, 1995 says "As his lands included the parish of St Govor in west Wale...
On the ground is a ghost footprint of what could have been one of these water-fountains we remember from the 1950s, found in parks near c...
We feel the date probably gives a clue to what this substantial fountain was erected to commemorate, but we can't think what. Any ideas?
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