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Latitude: 51.5031 / 51°30'11"N
Longitude: -0.1586 / 0°9'30"W
OS Eastings: 527905
OS Northings: 179848
OS Grid: TQ279798
Mapcode National: GBR 8H.LC
Mapcode Global: VHGQZ.6HJ2
Plus Code: 9C3XGR3R+6H
Entry Name: Memorial Horse Trough Opposite Albert Gate Entrance
Listing Date: 23 July 1991
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1248615
English Heritage Legacy ID: 430323
ID on this website: 101248615
Location: Hyde Park, Hyde Park Corner, Westminster, London, SW1X
County: London
District: City of Westminster
Electoral Ward/Division: Knightsbridge and Belgravia
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: City of Westminster
Traditional County: Middlesex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: St George, Hanover Square
Church of England Diocese: London
Tagged with: Memorial
TQ 2779 NE HYDE PARK
87/53 Memorial Horse Trough opposite
Albert Gate Entrance
II
Memorial horse trough. 1892, donated by J H Buxton through the Metropolitan Free
Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association. Grey granite double trough supported
blocks with spur stones at either end; waste water tray beneath. Cistern at one
end. Formerly located at Blackfriars Bridge, the trough was moved to the present
site 1985 as a memorial to horses killed in the IRA terrorist bombing of the
Household Cavalry a year earlier. The south end carries a cast iron memorial
plaque. Founded in 1859 The Metropolitan Free Drinking Fountain Association (Cattle
rough added 1867) provided free fresh water to many humans and beasts at a time
when ale and spirits were easier to obtain than water and most supplies contamina-
ted. Cattle driven to the metropolitan markets and, by 1885, over 50,000 working
horses in London were spared the frequent risk of death from dehydration by the
provision of troughs.
Listing NGR: TQ2790579848
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