2008

TQ4052 : Drinking trough and fountain

taken 18 years ago, near to Limpsfield, Surrey, England

Drinking trough and fountain
Drinking trough and fountain
At the junction of Detillens Lane with the A25. At the end facing the camera the trough is inscribed "Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association 70 Victoria Street SW" (i.e. without the "Metropolitan" that normal is included in the association's title on such troughs). On the rear of trough, and also around the drinking fountain (in the shelter) is inscribed "Presented by Alice and Horace Barry 1913", who were longstanding residents of Home Place in nearby Oxted.
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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TQ4052, 86 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Ian Capper   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 26 June, 2008   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 28 June, 2008
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 401 527 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:15.4073N 0:0.4148E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 400 527
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EAST (about 90 degrees)
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