A memorial fountain alonside A428 in Harleston Village, Northampton. - Fountains on Waymarking.com

This is a large fountain, water trough, made of marble and stonework. The dedication panel has an earl's coronet (eight strawberry leaves (four visible) and eight "pearls" raised on stalks, of which five are visible) above the Spencer family coat-of-arms and the inscription:

                     In Memory Of
              Charlotte Countess Spencer
          Born 28 Sept 1835 Died 31 Oct 1903
                    By Her Husband
                         1904

    She that I loved for God's dumb creatures cared
    Felt for their pain and in their pleasure shared
    This wayside fountain in the years to be
    Will quench their thirst and keep her memory

There is no visible way of topping up the water but there is an overflow built into the trough at the right-hand end. In the bank behind there are two flag stones covering a tank of water, perhaps spring fed. At the moment the water surface is covered with duckweed. This type of fountain would have been a common sight in the days before motor transport.

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