Exeter
MARY HEATHFIELD
FEBRUARY 12TH 1917
DRINKING FOUNTAIN
& CATTLE TROUGH
ASSOCIATION
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| Location | South side of Topsham Road just east of the corner with Earl Richard’s Road North, opposite the entrance to the barracks. |
| Side inscription | BE KIND TO ALL ANIMALS |
| Side inscription | |
| Front inscription | THE BEQUEST OF MARY HEATHFIELD FEBRUARY 12TH 1917 |
| End inscription | METROPOLITAN DRINKING FOUNTAIN & CATTLE TROUGH ASSOCIATION |
| MDFCTA number | 2087 |
| Type and size | Trough 1c 6ft 6in granite |
| Original location | Devonshire. Exeter |
| Date erected | 7 March 1918 |
| Comments | Topsham Road near barracks, The gift of the late Miss Mary Heathfield from a legacy of £50.0.0. Who was Mary Heathfield? What was her association with Exeter? The executor of Mary Heathfield's will was her sister Miss Fanny Heathfield of Nutwell, Remenham, Henley-on-Thames. |