2017

TQ3240 : Drinking trough, Keeper's Corner

taken 7 years ago, near to Burstow, Surrey, England

Drinking trough, Keeper's Corner
Drinking trough, Keeper's Corner
Drinking trough at Keeper's Corner, as seen in TQ3240 : Keeper's Corner.

The inscription reads: In memory of the mute fidelity of the 400,000 horses killed and wounded at the call of their masters during the South African war of 1899-1902 in a cause of which they knew nothing. This fountain is erected by a reverent fellow creature.

An inscription on the end reads WT 1903, referring to the said "reverent fellow creature", William Tebb, who lived at nearby Rede Hall from 1895 until his death in 1917. Originally from Manchester, he had made his fortune as a director of a bleaching chemical company in London. He was a social reformer, pacifist and anti-imperialist, opposing the South African War to which the inscription refers. He was also against vaccination, campaigning against compulsory smallpox vaccination on the grounds that it was a diversion from improved sanitation which would have had wider benefit.
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association

The Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association was founded in 1859 initially to provide clean drinking water in public places for people in London, but soon extended to include animals and also outside London itself. It is still active (now known as The Drinking Fountain Association), with the objectives of:

• The promotion of the provision of drinking water for people and animals in the United Kingdom and Overseas
• The preservation of the Association's archive materials, artefacts, drinking fountains, cattle troughs and other installations.

For full details of its history, see LinkExternal link.


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Geographical Context: Roads, Road transport Water resources Place: Burstow Person: William Tebb other tags: Keepers Corner Drinking Trough Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
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TQ3240, 23 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Ian Capper   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 19 August, 2017   (more nearby)
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Monday, 28 August, 2017
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OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 322 409 [100m precision]
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OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 322 409
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