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| HER Number | MWB16472 |
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| Record Type | Monument |
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| Name | Drinking Fountain, Bartholomew Street, Newbury |
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Summary
Stone water fountain set within wall of Newbury Town Hall in Bartholomew Street; possibly originally part of the demolished Mansion House
Associated Legal Designations or Protected Status
- Conservation Area: Newbury Town Centre
Monument Type(s):
Full Description
The stone water fountain in Bartholomew Street was noted in Oxford Archaeology's Newbury Historic Character Study <1><2>.
The marble back of the drinking fountain has a religious inscription :
"Jesus said 'Whosever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: but whosever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst'. St John C iv V15. 11"
The fountain has been redundant for several years (not seen to be working in the 21st century).
The design of the fountain was agreed by a committee on 2 August 1859 <3>.
Sources and further reading
| <01> | Oxford Archaeology. 2006. Newbury Historic Character Study - Assessment Report. OA Job No 2563. WBC Network. [Unpublished document / SWB14654]
http://info.westberks.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=30418 (Accessed 25/09/2015) |
| <02> | Oxford Archaeology. 2006. Newbury Historic Character Study - Database and shape files. [Digital archive / SWB14655] |
| <03> | Young, N. 2015. Newbury 365. p. 222. [Monograph / SWB149295] |
Related Monuments
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
| EWB870 | Newbury Historic Character Study (NHCS) (Ref: NEWHESCO) |
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