Fountain

Mrs Kirby's fountain

Photograph by: London Remembers

Erection date: 1900

Inscription

Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association
Erected by S.F.K.

Site: Mrs Kirby's fountain (1 memorial)

W11, Westbourne Grove, ‘Turquoise Island’

This corner is well-supplied with water. To the left of our photo, closer to the flower stall there is a granite horse trough, very similar to those installed by the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association but this one looks very new and is inscribed: "Be kind and merciful to all animals, The Pembridge Association, 2006".

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Mrs Kirby's fountain

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Mrs S. F. Kirby

A pdf from RBKC tells us that SFK is "Mrs Kirby, who sponsored nine other dri...

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Mrs Kirby's fountain

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Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association

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