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| Location | Little Stoke Manor Farm |
| Side inscription | METROPOLITAN DRINKING FOUNTAIN & CATTLE TROUGH ASSOCIATION |
| Side inscription | |
| Front inscription | PRESENTED BY J.C.H. |
| End inscription | THE WATER SUPPLIED IS THE PROPERTY OF THE ASSOCIATION AND IS FOR DRINKING PURPOSES ONLY FOR MAN AND BEAST. Persons using the water for other Purposes will be prosecuted. OFFICES, 70 VICTORIA STREET, WESTMINSTER |
| MDFCTA number | 1255 or 1254 |
| Type and size | Trough 1c 9ft 6in granite |
| Original location | Acton. Acton Park |
| Date erected | January 1891 |
| Comments | The troughs with MDFCTA numbers [1254] and [1255] were identical. Both were erected January 1891 near Acton Park in Uxbridge Road opposite Birkbeck Grove. Both were the gift of J.C. Hopkins £150.0.0. The trough with MDFCTA number [1254] was removed in 1965. The trough with MDFCTA number [1255] was removed in 1960. This trough is one of the pair and was moved to Stoke Manor farm in May 1961. The other trough is still outside Acton Park. Who was J.C.Hopkins? |
| Acknowledgements | Thanks to Mr. D for giving me permission to photograph this trough. |