Fountain

Crofton trough

Erection date: /1/1904

Inscription

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Erected in memory of Ann E. L. Crofton by her niece January 1904.

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Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association.

Site: Crofton trough (1 memorial)

SE18, Beresford Square

The Crofton trough is on the left of our photo. The two other troughs here (one being outside out photo, to the right) are only marked "Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association" with no dedication.  The building on the right is the Royal Arsenal Gatehouse.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Crofton trough

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Ann E. L. Crofton

Died before January 1904. Remembered by her niece with a cattle trough in Woo...

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

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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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niece of Ann E. L. Crofton

 January 1904 erected a cattle trough in memory of her aunt, Ann E. L. Crofton.

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