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Title
Water Fountain
Date
1864
Medium
painted metal
Measurements
H 100 x W 50 x D 10 cm (E)
Accession number
SN15_RJT_S034
Acquisition method
gift from G. M. M. Esmead, Esq.
Work type
Water fountain, trough or pump
Owner
Chippenham Town Council
Custodian
Chippenham Town Council
Work status
extant
Access
at all times
Inscription description
small plaque on wall to left: THIS FOUNTAIN WAS FORMERLY SITUATED / AT THE SOUTH-EAST CORNER OF THE OLD / TOWN BRIDGE AND RE-INSTALLED IN THIS / POSITION BY THE CHARTER TRUSTEES. / Councillor John Chambers, J.P. / Mayor of Chippenham / April, 1980; inscription on trough: MONKTON SPRING. / THIS WATER WAS GIVEN TO THE / TOWN OF CHIPPENHAM / BY G.M.M. ESMEADE ESQUIRE / AND THE EXPENSE OF CONVEYING IT / TO THIS SPOT WAS DEFRAYED / BY SIR JOHN NEELD BART / JAMES WHARRY MAYOR. OCTOBER. 1864
The Shambles, Chippenham
SN15 3HL
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