The current fountain is not the only one to have graced the Rectory Park, as the photographs here show. Copyright © Books of the North 2010.

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A view of the fountain in the Rectory garden, around 1900. At this time the grounds were the private gardens of Houghton's Rector, then Rev Reginald Heart Yeld. Copyright © Books of the North 2011.

This fountain, as seen in 1912, appears to be different from that shown in the previous photograph from 1900. Copyright © Books of the North 2011.

The stone of this fountain is thought to have been brought back to Houghton after the War. Testing of the stone in 2010 suggested that it is in fact travertine, a form of limestone usually formed at the mouth of a hot spring, probably from Tivoli (Tibur), Italy.

A child passing in front of the Rectory Park fountain in the 1950s.

At this time, it became common for Houghton's youth to deposit their prize goldfish in the fountain while on their way home from Houghton Feast. Copyright © Books of the North 2010.

A view of the fountain in 2007.

When compared with the view from the 1950s above, it is clear that parts of the fountain have eroded away, or as is more likely, been shorn off. Copyright © Books of the North 2010.

This tiered water feature, as seen in May 2011, was located next to the Broadway entrance to Rectory Park. Copyright © Books of the North 2012.

It was demolished some time after the photograph was taken.

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