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Fothergill Memorial Fountain
Fothergill Memorial Fountain
Fothergill Memorial Fountain
Fothergill Memorial Fountain
Fothergill Memorial Fountain
Fothergill Memorial Fountain
Fothergill Memorial Fountain
Fothergill Memorial Fountain
Fothergill Memorial Fountain
Fothergill Memorial Fountain
Fothergill Memorial Fountain
Fothergill Memorial Fountain
Fothergill Memorial Fountain
Fothergill Memorial Fountain
Fothergill Memorial Fountain
Fothergill Memorial Fountain
Fothergill Memorial Fountain
Fothergill Memorial Fountain
Fothergill Memorial Fountain
Fothergill Memorial Fountain
Fothergill Memorial Fountain
Fothergill Memorial Fountain
Fothergill Memorial Fountain
Fothergill Memorial Fountain
Fothergill Memorial Fountain

Image credit: Helen Crute / Art UK

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Dr John Fothergill (1785–1858) was a respected medical practitioner, a Quaker and philanthropist who advocated anti-slavery and the abolition of capital punishment. He became the first president of Darlington Total Abstinence Society. On his death a competition was held to design a fountain in his honour, as he was known for prescribing a long drink of cold fresh water for his patients. The winner of the two guinea prize was 17 year old Septimus Hind, who sadly drowned in 1861, a year before the fountain was inaugurated.  On the day of its inauguration many members of the Total Abstinence Society met at their headquarters at the Mechanics Institute and walked, accompanied by the Darlington Sax Horn Band, in procession to Bondgate. It was there at 1pm that William Thompson, the president of the Total Abstinence Society, drank the first glass of water and declared the fountain open.

Title

Fothergill Memorial Fountain

Date

1860–1862

Medium

sandstone

Measurements

H 400 x W 170 x D 170 cm (E);
Plinth: H 30 x W 370 x D 370 cm

Accession number

DL1_HJC_S002

Acquisition method

funds principally subscribed by the Friends of Temperance

Work type

Water fountain, trough or pump

Owner

Darlington Borough Council

Custodian

Darlington Borough Council

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

10th June 1862

Access

at all times

Inscription description

incised in Roman capitals on the panels of the pedestal, north-east panel: ERECTED IN MEMORY OF THE LATE JOHN FOTHERGILL M.R.C.S. / WHO WAS BORN MAY 13TH 1785 / AND DIED JANUARY 20TH 1858; north-west panel: HIGHLY ESTEEMED / FOR HIS PROFESSIONAL SKILL / AND PRACTICAL PHILANTHROPY; south-west panel: ERECTED BY THE VOLUNTARY / SUBSCRIPTION OF HIS / FELLOW TOWNSMEN 1862; south-east panel: PRESIDENT OF THE DARLINGTON / TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY FROM / IT'S (sic) FORMATION IN AUGUST 4TH 1835 / UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1858

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Located at

Parkside, Darlington

DL1 5TD

At the south-west main entrance to the park, off Parkside.