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Filey Road, SCARBOROUGH, YO11 2TU

This is one of two identical open shelters on the south cliff which consist of cast iron columns supporting a flat roof. It dates from the early 20th century but its reason for being here is unknown since it must pre-date bus services and there was no street tram up here. There is a detailed view of the horse trough in Image

Public horse troughs are expressions of later C19 charitable provision. The Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association had been established in London by Samuel Gurney an MP and philanthropist and Edward Thomas Wakefield, a barrister, in 1859 to provide free drinking water. Originally called the Metropolitan Free Drinking Fountain Association it changed its name to include cattle troughs in 1867, to also support animal welfare. In the 19th century ‘cattle’ included horses. The objective of the Association was the provision of clean water for the working classes and for animals. This initiative in London was followed regionally and Scarborough, as a rapidly developing sea-side resort especially frequented by the middle classes and entrepreneurs of industrial West Yorkshire, was no exception in terms of both public drinking fountains and horse troughs. This cast iron water trough is next to the street shelter shown in Image although it was originally further south along Filey road

National Cycle Route 1 heading north west.

This shelter on Holbeck Road, near its junction with West Street is identical to the one on Filey Road shown in Image This is one of two identical open shelters on the south cliff which consist of cast iron columns supporting a flat roof. As with the Filey Road one, it dates from the early 20th century but its reason for being here is unknown since it must pre-date bus services and there was no street tram up here.