Location | Within the High Wycombe museum entrance, on the left side of the pathway leading to the museum, just north of the main gates. |
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Side inscription | PRESENTED BY METROPOLITAN DRINKING FOUNTAIN & CATTLE TROUGH ASSOCIATION TO THE BOROUGH OF CHEPPING WYCOMBE 1908 ALDERMAN R.S.WOOD, MAYOR |
Side inscription | METROPOLITAN DRINKING FOUNTAIN & CATTLE TROUGH ASSOCIATION |
Front inscription | |
End inscription | |
MDFCTA number | 1760 |
Type and size | Trough 1f 9ft 6in special "High Wycombe" design |
Original location | Buckinghamshire. High Wycombe |
Date erected | 18 July 1908 |
Comments | Special design of red polished granite. Entrance to east end of town in London Road. Presented by association cost £109.12.8. Removed (to museum?) 1943. This is the archetypal High Wycombe design trough. Other examples are in Wisbech, Caterham and Swindon Village. |