Location | On east side of horse track just north of Albert Gate (i.e. just north east of the junction of Albert Gate and South Carriage Drive). |
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Side inscription | METROPOLITAN DRINKING FOUNTAIN & CATTLE TROUGH ASSOCIATION |
Side inscription | METROPOLITAN DRINKING FOUNTAIN & CATTLE TROUGH ASSOCIATION |
Front inscription | (on a blue plaque screwed into the front of the trough) THIS TROUGH WAS DONATED TO THE CITY OF LONDON IN 1892. IN 1985 IT WAS REMOVED FROM VICTORIA EMBANKMENT, NEAR TEMPLE PRECINCTS, AND PRESENTED TO THE HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY REGIMENT IN MEMORY OF THE HORSES KILLED AND INJURED IN THE TERRORIST BOMBING AT HYDE PARK. |
End inscription | THE GIFT OF J.H.BUXTON 1892 |
MDFCTA number | 1293 |
Type and size | Trough design 2a 18ft |
Original location | City of London. Temple Gardens |
Date erected | December 1892 |
Comments | In December 1892 this trough was erected in Temple Gardens. The gift of Mr. J.H. Buxton. In January 1894 it was removed and re-erected on the opposite side of Victoria Embankmento by order of the LCC. In 1906 it was moved again back to the north side of Victoria Embankment. This much travelled trough was moved to Hyde Park in 1985 as a memorial to the horses killed and injured in the Hyde Park terrorist bombing. The move from the Embankment to Hyde Park was achieved in two stages. On 18 May 1984 it was moved by a cart pulled by 4 shire horses to the Old Southern Railway Stables, Bermondsey”. At the stables it was refurbished and then installed near to Knightsbridge Barracks as a memorial to the horses killed in Hyde Park bombing. This trough was going to be located inside the barracks but instead it has been placed on public show at the site of the bombing. The Albert Gate ceremony took place at 13:00 Monday 13-March-1989. This trough is one of many donated by J.H. Buxton. |