Erection date: 1884
{On a shield attached to the plinth:}
The gift of the United Kingdom Temperance & General Provident Institution
{Another shield gives the date:}
1884
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?
SW4, The Pavement, Clapham Common
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Temperance
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The inscription which is on marble is barely legible, so we are grateful Wikipedia for the information. One has to wonder why a group as...
We'd guess that Percy was fond of dogs and that he lived in Kensington, but we don't know.
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