The Village Fountain

Many of the Cotswold villages have their own drinking fountains, but this one in the village of Cherrington incorporated and animal trough as well.

It was made in 1875 with a single block of limestone and was presented to the village by a Elizabeth Mary George who lived in Cherrington Park. Water was fed from a spring in the nearby farm.

Best viewed with the magnify button above the pic.

[Lin]

Love all the textures, both of the fountain and the wall,in this capture.

[Graham Thresher]

A great capture of a classic village structure. Fav

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

@linnypinny @thresheg Thank you both much appreciate the FAV Graham.

[Phil Cameron]

well that's a treasure ,I do like the wall behind with the castleation on top

[Susan Golding]

lovely piece of history.

[virtualbrownie]

great narrative to go with an interesting photo

[Claire]

You have caught some wonderful textures

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

@philcameron59 @windridge @virtualbrownie @claireuk Thank you all for your comments and Phil your not meant to be looking at the wall behind.

[Gayanne Campbell]

This is so beautiful, love the textures and patterns. A fav. I have a pretty large collection by David Winters on the Cotswold Villages. So, it was pretty thrilling to see this. :-)

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

@zenna Thank you Gayanne, The Cotswolds are so beautiful and I love every moment I get out and about here, problem is I'm getting older and it's not easy these days.

[Kathie]

Lovely shot and story. Not sure I would have guessed that.

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

@kathiecb Thanks Kathie for looking and your comments.

[Glenn Mostert]

Beautiful shot and text Lady Heather!

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

Thanks Glenn.

[Connie]

What great textures in this capture, Heather. A Fav from me!

[John]

Love the brickwork and the setting of the composition is so nice.

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

@congaree Thanks again, much appreciated