Saint Mary’s Ealing

LocationOn the central grass reservation of St. Mary’s Road just south of the junction with Beaconsfield Rd and just north of the junction with Ranelagh Road.
Side inscriptionTHIS TROUGH AND THE FOUNTAIN ARE MAINTAINED BY THE LIBERALITY OF THE
METROPOLITAN DRINKING FOUNTAIN & CATTLE TROUGH ASSOCIATION
Side inscriptionTHIS CATTLE TROUGH & FOUNTAIN OPPOSITE WERE ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS OF EALING
IN MEMORY OF JANE MARGARET WALPOLE
ELDEST DAUGHTER OF RT HONBLE SPENCER HORATIO WALPOLE M.P.
A SIMPLE LIFE OF PIETY AND GOOD WORKS ENDEARED HER TO THE HEARTS OF ALL
Front inscription
End inscription
MDFCTA number0527 (tentative)
Type and sizeTrough 1a 9ft 6in (sic) granite
Original locationEaling. Ealing Old Church
Date erectedDecember 1875
CommentsNear old Parish church. Cost defrayed by local subscription as a memorial to Miss Walpole. £50.0.0. The MDFCTA records describe this trough as 18ft but it is definitely only 9ft 6in. Although this trough lacks an MDFCTA inscription I am fairly confident it is an MDFCTA structure. The trough is very close to this fountain.