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drinking fountain, Cockermouth
locality:-   Cockermouth
civil parish:-   Cockermouth (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   drinking fountain
coordinates:-   NY11853066
1Km square:-   NY1130
10Km square:-   NY13


photograph
BYP21.jpg (taken 21.6.2013)  
photograph
BYP22.jpg (taken 21.6.2013)  
Inscribed:-
"IN MEMORY OF THE CHILDHOOD OF WILLIAM AND DOROTHY WORDSWORTH BORN WITHIN SIGHT OF THIS FOUNTAIN W.W. APRIL 7TH. 1770 D.W. XMAS DAY 1771."
"WHO FEELS CONTEMPT FOR ANY LIVING THING / HATH FACULTIES HE HATH NEVER USED."

evidence:-   drawing:- Butler 1982-92
source data:-   drinking fountain, Cockermouth drawn by David Butler
courtesy of David Butler
image  click to enlarge
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"[In memory of the childhood of / William and Dorothy Wordsworth / born within sight of this fountain / W.W. April 17th 1770 D.W. Xmas day 1771.]"
"[Who feels contempt for any living thing / hath faculties that he hath never used.]"
Erected 7 April 1896. 
item:-  private collection : 377
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