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Latitude: 51.5087 / 51°30'31"N
Longitude: -0.126 / 0°7'33"W
OS Eastings: 530150
OS Northings: 180527
OS Grid: TQ301805
Mapcode National: GBR HF.WB
Mapcode Global: VHGQZ.RBRS
Plus Code: 9C3XGV5F+FJ
Entry Name: Drinking Fountain Attached to Church Walls and Railing to Church of St Martin-In-the-Fields
Listing Date: 23 July 1991
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1277825
English Heritage Legacy ID: 430317
Also known as: Drinking Fountain Attached To Church Walls And Railing To Church Of St Martin In The Fields
ID on this website: 101277825
Location: London, Westminster, London, WC2N
County: London
District: City of Westminster
Electoral Ward/Division: St James's
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: City of Westminster
Traditional County: Middlesex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: St Martin-in-the-Fields
Church of England Diocese: London
Tagged with: Drinking fountain Railing
TQ 3080 NW
72/205
ADELAIDE STREET, WC2
Drinking fountain attached to Church walls and railing to Church of St Martin-in-the-Fields
II
Memorial drinking fountain attached to church walls and railings to Church of St Martin-in-the-Fields. c1886, provided through the Metropolitan Free Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association. Granite. Plain arch of battered base with central round-arched niche for fountain and segmental arched niche for dog bowl at base. Inscription to the memory of William Gilson Humphry, vicar of the parish. Restored and replica bronze lion mash spout installed c1989.
Founded in 1859 the Metropolitan Free Drinking Fountain Association (Cattle Trough added 1867) provided free fresh water to many humans and beasts at a time when ale and spirits were easier to obtain than water and most supplies contaminated. The Christian association of water and purity of spirit led evangelical Victorians to become patrons of the Association which provided a catalogue of functional designs but some wealthy patrons used their own.
Listing NGR: TQ3015080527
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