Surbiton
& CATTLE TROUGH ASSOCIATION
THE LATE
JANET CHARLOTTE BENNETT MATHEW
SOLE FOUNDER
AND ORIGINATOR OF
OUR DUMB FRIEND’S LEAGUE
(on a metal plate at the back of the fountain head)
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| Location | On the west side of a small green at the junction between Ditton Road and Ellerton Road. |
| Side inscription | METROPOLITAN DRINKING FOUNTAIN & CATTLE TROUGH ASSOCIATION |
| Side inscription | |
| Front inscription | ERECTED IN MEMORY OF THE LATE JANET CHARLOTTE BENNETT MATHEW SOLE FOUNDER AND ORIGINATOR OF OUR DUMB FRIEND’S LEAGUE (on a metal plate at the back of the fountain head) |
| End inscription | |
| MDFCTA number | 2690 |
| Type and size | Trough 1g 9ft 6in granolithic |
| Original location | Surbiton. Ditton Road |
| Date erected | 24 June 1936 |
| Comments | Corner Ellerton Road and Ditton Road, Legacy of Mrs J.C.B. Stuart-Dennison. The structure bears inscription: Erected in memory of the late Janet Charlotte Bennett Mathew sole founder and originator of Our Dumb Friends League. Note the unusually high fountain head for the design 1g trough. |