St. Mary Abbot’s hospital
THE GRIEFS OF EARTH LOOK UPON
GOD BLESS THE POOR!
TEACH THEM TRUE LIBERTY
MAKE THEM FROM STRONG DRINK FREE
LET THEIR HOMES HAPPY BE
GOD BLESS THE POOR.
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| Location | On the east side of Marloes Road on the wall of St. Mary Abbot’s hospital (now a private estate) opposite Stratford Road. |
| Inscription | 1893 |
| Inscription | LORD FROM THY BLESSED THRONE THE GRIEFS OF EARTH LOOK UPON GOD BLESS THE POOR! TEACH THEM TRUE LIBERTY MAKE THEM FROM STRONG DRINK FREE LET THEIR HOMES HAPPY BE GOD BLESS THE POOR. |
| MDFCTA number | 1311 (tentative) |
| Type and size | Fountain special design, stone. |
| Original location | In wall of Infirmary Marloes Road, Kensington. |
| Date erected | February 1894 |
| Comments | Transferred to care of associaion at time of erection. The association not responsible for repairs to stonework. Replaced by a Bubble Fountain May 1935. This almost agrees with a structure in the MDFCTA records but there is no inscription to confirm. The date in the inscription slightly disagrees but it could be the date it was taken over in the case of the association. |
| Reference(s) | Troughs & Drinking Fountains, Philip Davies: P-16 |