Drinking fountain

Introduction

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Drinking fountain

Image: © Eirian Evans Taken: 10 Jan 2022

In the centre of Denbigh, the fountain was presented for use of the public by Dr Pierce, Mayor of Denbigh. Dr Evan Pierce (1808-1895) was born in a small village just outside Denbigh and attended Denbigh Grammar School. He trained as a doctor at Edinburgh University and qualified in 1832. On his return to Denbigh that year he was faced with a cholera epidemic that had claimed 300 lives in one month. He joined other local doctors in caring for the sick and after hard work the epidemic was finally brought under control.

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.18368
Longitude
-3.421728