Lawson drinking fountain, Stony Holme

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Lawson drinking fountain, Stony Holme by Rose and Trev Clough as part of the Geograph project.

The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.

There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk

Lawson drinking fountain, Stony Holme

Image: © Rose and Trev Clough Taken: 14 Aug 2011

Located beside Image . The fountain (originally with a lamp on top) used to be in Court Square, near the station cab rank. It had to be moved in about 1930 when the underground toilets were built in its place (information from Carlisle Encyclopaedia http://www.carlisleshistory.co.uk/page49.htm ). Inscription : Presented by Wilfrid Lawson Esqr. M.P. to the citizens of Carlisle. November 1861. Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet of Brayton, was a Liberal Party politician and prominent temperance campaigner : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Wilfrid_Lawson,_2nd_Baronet,_of_Brayton .

Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0