Location | West side of Wimbedon Parkside on the edge of the common. |
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Inscription | THE GIFT OF ROBT HANBURY ESQ M.P. THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS A FOUNTAIN OF LIFE PROV 14:27 |
Inscription | WITH THEE IS THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE. IN THY LIGHT SHALL WE SEE LIGHT. PS XXXVI.9 M.D. FOUNTAINS ASSOCIATION |
Inscription | I WILL GIVE UNTO HIM THAT IS ATHIRST OF THE FOUNTAIN OF THE WATER OF LIFE FREELY. REV XXI.6 |
Inscription | JESUS SAID WHOSOEVER DRINKETH OF THIS WATER SHALL THIRST AGAIN BUT WHOSOEVER DRINKETH OF THE WATER THAT I SHALL GIVE HIM SHALL NEVER THIRST. JOHN IV.14 |
MDFCTA number | 0035 |
Type and size | Fountain and dog trough, granite and iron |
Original location | Wimbledon. The Common Road south-east corner heading to Putney. (originally on The Strand opposite Somerset House) |
Date erected | 1 March 1904 |
Comments | The association paid £250.0.0. This fountain was the gift of Mr. R.Hanbury M.P. and was originally (June 1860) located on The Strand by Somerset House. It was moved to the south-east corner of Wimbledon Common on 1-March-1904. Although this fountain was moved from one district to another it was not re-allocated a new MDFCTA number. Robert Hanbury (1845-1903) was MP for Tamworth and later for Preston, 1885-1903. In the 1890s he lived at Sidney Lodge, Parkside. The fountain is adjacent to this cattle trough. A photo of the fountain and trough in their original location, in the Strand near to St. Mary-le-Strand church, can be found on page 116 of Lost London 1870-1945, Philip Davies (English Heritage). |