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Golden Jubilee Drinking Fountain
Golden Jubilee Drinking Fountain
Golden Jubilee Drinking Fountain
Golden Jubilee Drinking Fountain
Golden Jubilee Drinking Fountain
Golden Jubilee Drinking Fountain
Golden Jubilee Drinking Fountain
Golden Jubilee Drinking Fountain

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The fountain was the gift of the late Mrs Howard of Brereton Hall and commemorates Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee. It was originally erected on Swan Bank at the junction of Duke Street and Mill Street (the marketplace) and was connected to the town water supply. It became an obstacle to traffic in 1936 and was relocated to the end of Mill Street in order to build a roundabout. No longer connected to the water supply, the structure was used as a signpost and later removed to the corporation yard near Holmes Chapel Road. In reaction to public concern, Alderman Barton proposed that the fountain be relocated to Mill Green where it remained until 1961. Judged to be a traffic hazard when it was damaged by a vehicle, it was repaired and moved to Congleton Park in 1969, not far from the Jubilee Pavilion, at the edge of the playing field next to the old tennis courts.

Title

Golden Jubilee Drinking Fountain

Date

1887

Accession number

CW12_ML_S012

Acquisition method

donated by Mrs Howard of Brereton Hall

Work type

Water fountain, trough or pump

Owner

Congleton Town Council

Custodian

Congleton Town Council

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

1887

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Located at

Park Road, Congleton

CW12 1JG

Set within the Jubilee Gardens, Congleton Park.