Location | West side of London Road just south of a small spur road that links Church Road to London Road. |
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Side inscription | PRESENTED BY SIR • DAVID • L • SALOMONS • BART 1894 |
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MDFCTA number | 1319 (tentative) |
Type and size | Trough 1a 9ft 6in (sic) granite |
Original location | Kent. Tunbridge Wells, South Borough |
Date erected | October 1894 |
Comments | Spectre Hill, London Road, Southborough. The gift of Sir David L Salmons £36.0.0. David Lionel Salomons, (1851-1925), a scientist and engineer. A year after presenting this horse trough, in 1895, he organised the first "Horseless Carriage Exhibition" in Tunbridge Wells. This was England's first motor show. This trough is only tentatively assigned to MDFCTA structure [1319] because the MDFCTA records describe it as a 6ft 6in trough. The trough is very close to this fountain. This trough was stolen in late 2019. |