Building    From 1878  To 1934

Besley drinking fountain

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A drinking fountain was erected in Aldersgate Street in 1878 in memory of Robert Besley. It was removed 1934.

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Besley drinking fountain

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Besley drinking fountain removed

This plaque surely should have been designed with the Clarendon typeface, jus...

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