Fountain

Trotter's trough - SW4

Erection date: 1881

Inscription

{On both long sides:}
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association

{The northern end has lost a plaque. The southern end is inscribed:}
In memoriam Robert Trotter Esq, 1877 

MDFCTA says this was originally erected in 1881 outside The Plough in Clapham, which we think might have been at 156 Clapham High Street, to the east of the trough's current site.

Site: Trotter's trough - SW4 (1 memorial)

SW4, The Pavement

This trough is fenced in, on its own, in quite a large wooded pasture.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Trotter's trough - SW4

Subjects commemorated i

Robert Trotter

Initially we could find nothing about Trotter but shortly after publishing th...

Read More

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Trotter's trough - SW4

Created by i

Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association

Started by Samuel Gurney MP and the barrister, Edward Thomas Wakefield. Found...

Read More

Nearby Memorials

Philip Twells

Philip Twells

WC2, Lincoln's Inn Fields

The close-up picture depicts the top section of this classically-inspired monument, which shows marked similarities to the Soane tomb, sh...

1 subject commemorated
Rashleigh fountain

Rashleigh fountain

E8, Kingsland Road

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...

2 subjects commemorated
Henry E Goodison

Henry E Goodison

N6, Kenwood Gardens

The decoration on the urn is delightful. Strung between 4 classical style masks are fruit garlands supporting a variety of creatures: s...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Triton Fountain

Triton Fountain

NW1, Inner Circle, Regent's Park, Queen Mary's Gardens

Donated in 1950. The surrounding terrace layout was designed by Goetze in collaboration with Duncan Campbell in 1938. Sculptor: William ...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in Wanstead

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in Wanstead

E11, Cambridge Park, George Green

The Latin quotation is interesting. It is from the Bible, Proverbs 3;16, and our Latin consultant, David Hopkins, translates it as "In h...

2 subjects commemorated, 3 creators