The fountain is on the site of a spring known as Walton Well[1] (aka Bruman's or Brumman's Well)[2][3] Previously, a stone trough was available before the drinking fountain was erected in 1885 by an Oxford Alderman, William Ward.

[4] At the location of the spring, there is now a drinking fountain in the road, with a plaque dated 1885.

[2] It was erected by William Ward, who was Mayor of Oxford in 1851 and 1861.

[5] The fountain was designed by the Oxford architect Harry Wilkinson Moore and carved in Portland stone using a Neo-Baroque style by McCulloch of London.

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