Horse trough
Introduction
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Horse trough
Image: © David Smith Taken: 7 Mar 2011
The inscription is so weathered as to be almost illegible. However I noted that it was erected in 1915; when was the last horse trough in the UK erected? In other words, when did councils and benefactors realise that the water troughs would not be needed any more?
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Image Location
Latitude
50.735917
Longitude
-3.544142