Erection date: 1880
{Side of trough:} Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association.
{Rear of trough:} The gift of W. Ward Esq. of Lawn House Brixton Hill 1880.
There is a non-working drinking fountain at the other end of the trough.
SW16, Streatham Common South
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Ward drinking trough
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Ward drinking trough
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Compare this memorial with the one in Wilmington Square.
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