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| Location | Near the centre of Victoria Tower Gardens one the east side of Millbank. |
| Inscription | ERECTED IN 1835 (sic) BY CHARLES BUXTON M.P. IN COMMEMORATION OF THE EMANCIPATION OF SLAVES 1834 AND IN MEMORY OF HIS FATHER SIR T. FOWELL BUXTON AND THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH HIM WILBERFORCE,CLARKSON,MACAULAY, BROUGHAM DR LUSHINGTON AND OTHERS |
| Inscription | THIS PLAQUE COMMEMORATES THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ANTI SLAVERY SOCIETY 1839-1989 |
| MDFCTA number | 0049 |
| Type and size | Fountain and dog trough, granite, stone and iron |
| Original location | St Margarets end of Great George Street |
| Date erected | 1863 |
| Comments | The Buxton Memorial Fountain. Cost £2000.0.0. Transferred to care of association when erected. Dog trough fixed at stand point close to fountain July 1884. This fountain originally stood in Greate George Street by Parliament Square. It was moved to its present site in 1957. The fountain was erected in 1865 so why does the modern inscription describe the original date as 1835? |
| Reference(s) | Troughs & Drinking Fountains, Philip Davies: P-27, P-76 |