{Carved into the western end:}
The gift of Mrs Leigh, Summerville Halifax 1899
{Carved into the northern side:}
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association
There is a comma between Leigh and Summerville so "Summerville Halifax" describes Mrs Leigh's origins rather than "Halifax" being Mrs Leigh Summerville's home town.
EC1, City Road
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Mrs Leigh
Andrew Behan has researched this lady and discovered the following: Born abo...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Mrs Leigh
Started by Samuel Gurney MP and the barrister, Edward Thomas Wakefield. Found...
Most of this decorative rim has been lost. Only this 'Junius' section and, to the left of our photo, a much weathered section on which 'M...
The green space behind this (defunct) drinking fountain is known as 'College Gardens' and was given to the Vestry of St Pancras (now Camd...
The date and the rather crudely carved tulip-like outline are on a separate piece of granite, and the Honble. Mrs Rashleigh had been dead...
Supporting this lamp standard is really not a job for such small babies - they're actually clinging on for dear life. The push buttons f...
This drinking fountain, manufactured in cast-iron by 'Andrew Handyside & Co. Ltd. of Derby & London' was presented in 1877 at the...
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