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 text is taken from a modern (and indeed rather nasty) plaque attached to the east side of the plinth. For our close-up s...
To the memory of William Gilson Humphrey B.D. Scholar divine Vicar of this parish from 1855 to 1886 Born Jan. 1815 Died Jan. 1886
{Carved in the granite pedestal:} Presented by Emily Bessie Orbell, July 1885.
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