Clapham Common
AND CATTLE TROUGH ASSOCIATION
AND CATTLE TROUGH ASSOCIATION
ROBERT TROTTER ESQ.
1877
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| Location | In the middle of the small triangular green between The Pavement, Clapham Common South Side and Long Road. |
| Side inscription | METROPOLITAN DRINKING FOUNTAIN AND CATTLE TROUGH ASSOCIATION |
| Side inscription | METROPOLITAN DRINKING FOUNTAIN AND CATTLE TROUGH ASSOCIATION |
| Front inscription | |
| End inscription | IN MEMORIAM ROBERT TROTTER ESQ. 1877 |
| MDFCTA number | 0750 |
| Type and size | Trough 1d 9ft 6in granite |
| Original location | Wandsworth. Clapham, The Plough |
| Date erected | February 1881 |
| Comments | Clapham Old Town Road, Clapham Common. The gift of Mr. Trotter. £60.0.0. This trough is one of several erected in memory of Robert Trotter. It is also one of a few that contain the inscription "METROPOLITAN DRINKING FOUNTAIN AND CATTLE TROUGH ASSOCIATION" instead of the more usual "METROPOLITAN DRINKING FOUNTAIN & CATTLE TROUGH ASSOCIATION". For a full list of troughs with an "AND rather than a "&" click here. |