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Fountain, Milnthorpe, Cumbria, SD49818150 -- The Fountain, Milnthorpe was the town's water supply up to 1906.
The Fountain, at the back of a car park off the main road, is on the site of a natural spring. The spring can be seen below a grating.
After a Miss Rawlinson fell in the fountain, 1880, on her way home from evensong, protecting stones were placed around it. After a circus elephant slipped in the fountain, 1941, the spring was covered with concrete. The Fountain was restored in 2000; it looks rather sad fitted with a plain tap on a plain pipe.
(photo 2.8.2005)