Detail View: SHIMMER: Jeffcock Memorial Drinking Fountain and Horse Trough
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Title:
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Jeffcock Memorial Drinking Fountain and Horse Trough
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Image Date:
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2001
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Period:
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20th century
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Start Date:
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1902
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Location:
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Sheffield, South Yorkshire
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Country:
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ENGLAND, UK
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Material:
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granite
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Display Creator:
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not known
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Image ID:
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01-2548
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Description:
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Detail with part of the inscription. Location: Handsworth Road, Handsworth. Description: Column in polished granite, with small basin for drinking fountain, together with large water trough in white granite. The surface of the column has been inscribed with simple decorative patterns. Inscriptions: On the pink polished granite column within the inscribed patterns: JEFFCOCK / MEMORIAL // M.J. / MAY 20. 1883. // T.D.J. / SEPT 14. 18?? // T.W.J. / AUGUST 3. 1900. Commission: not known Comment: The Jeffcocks were a large and prominent local family whose members have been recorded in the area since 1351. The most notable member of the family was William Jeffcock, who was born in Handsworth in 1800 and, in 1843, became the very first Mayor of Sheffield.
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Rights:
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© Sheffield Hallam University
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Permissions:
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For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
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Image Storage Location:
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http://helios.shu.ac.uk/01-2548.tif
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Photographed by:
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Dave Ball
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Creator:
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not known
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Creator Role:
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Architect.
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Subject Heading:
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Monuments -- England -- Sheffield
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Subject Heading:
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Memorials -- England -- Sheffield
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Subject Heading:
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Public health
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Subject Heading:
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Drinking water
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Subject Heading:
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Watering troughs
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