West Smithfield
PHILIP TWELLS.M.P.
FOR THE CITY OF LONDON.MAY 8.1881.
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| Location | South side of West Smithfield, facing north end of Giltspur Street. |
| Side inscription | METROPOLITAN DRINKING FOUNTAIN & CATTLE TROUGH ASSOCIATION |
| Side inscription | IN MEMORY OF PHILIP TWELLS.M.P. FOR THE CITY OF LONDON.MAY 8.1881. |
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| MDFCTA number | 0807 |
| Type and size | Trough design 97 18ft granite |
| Original location | City of London. South side of Smithfield Market. |
| Date erected | January 1882 |
| Comments | The gift of Mrs Philip Twells as a memorial to her husband to City of London. £250.0.0. Philip Twells M.P was a Member of Parliament for the City of London from 1874 until 1880, during Benjamin Disraeli's second term as Prime Minister. The date 8th May 1881 was the first anniversary of his death. This is one of only two known troughs with 2 fountain heads, the other one is here. The trough is very close to this fountain and this fountain. |