Southfleet (moved to New Barn)
1887
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| Location | East side of Hook Green Road, south of the footpath that goes through Hook Place Farm. In an area of stables etc. that appear to be converted to offices. |
| Side inscription | ERECTED BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS 1887 |
| Side inscription | (unknown – the trough is too close to a wall) |
| Front inscription | |
| End inscription | |
| MDFCTA number | 1159 |
| Type and size | Trough special 11ft (sic) granite |
| Original location | Gravesend. London Road |
| Date erected | September 1887 |
| Comments | Originally outside St. James Church, New Road, Gravesend. Two Fountains cattle and sheep trough. The cost defrayed by local subscription £98.0.0. Letter dated 9 November 1956 reports disposal to JJ Barker, Hook Place Farm, Southfleet, Kent. This is one of only two known troughs with 2 fountain heads, the other one is here. The MDFCTA records describe this trough as 6ft 6in in length but it is definitely 11ft. This trough has been moved to New Barn. |