Location | On the north side of the traffic island (Kennington Cross) between Kennnington Road and Kennington Lane. |
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Side inscription | METROPOLITAN DRINKING FOUNTAIN & CATTLE TROUGH ASSOCIATION |
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Front inscription | |
End inscription | THE GIFT OF TWO SISTERS AT LEYTONSTONE E. |
MDFCTA number | 2557 (originally 2000) |
Type and size | Trough 1c 6ft 6in granite |
Original location | Lambeth. Kennington Lane (originally Croydon. Addiscombe Road at junction Shirley Road) |
Date erected | 20 March 1933 (originally 15 August 1914) |
Comments | This trough was originally erected on 15 August 1914, as MDCFTA number [2000], in Croydon, Addiscombe Road at junction Shirley Road. The gift of association cost £34.0.0. In March 1930 it was taken down and stored in councils Depot because it was dangerous to traffic. Collected and stored by Stuarts 8 Novemeber 1930. On 20 March 1933 it was re-erected, as MDFCTA number [2557], in Kennington Lane. The gift of Misses Hughes Leytonstone. |