Pollards Hill
A FEW BURGESSES AND FRIENDS
AS A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION
OF THE MUIFICENT GIFT OF
POLLARDS HILL
AS AN OPEN SPACE TO THE
BOROUGH OF CROYDON
BY
SIR FREDK T. EDRIDGE D.L. J.P.
LADY EDRIDGE
JULY 1913
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| Location | North-west corner of Pollards Hill |
| Inscription | THIS FOUNTAIN WAS ERECTED BY A FEW BURGESSES AND FRIENDS AS A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION OF THE MUIFICENT GIFT OF POLLARDS HILL AS AN OPEN SPACE TO THE BOROUGH OF CROYDON BY SIR FREDK T. EDRIDGE D.L. J.P. LADY EDRIDGE JULY 1913 |
| MDFCTA number | 1960 |
| Type and size | Drinking fountain design 146 modified, fine axed polished granite. |
| Original location | Pollards Hill |
| Date erected | 10 July 1913 |
| Comments | Fine axed granite polished. Erected by Whiteheads on prepared foundations. Erected by local subscription £180.0.0. Association paid £5.0.0. Sir Frederick Edridge was a former Mayor of Croydon. In 1913 he gave the site of Pollards Hill to Croydon Corporation to be used as public open space. |