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More than you ever thought you needed to know about... | Village Pumps | |
| Welcome to this unique website, dedicated to the study of Village Pumps in the UK, investigating their remaining locations, their design and manufacture, their history, and the relationship to their communities then and now. | From the fanciful: | To the functional: | To the forgotten: | |||
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| The menu on the left should be self-explanatory. The ever-growing Directory is a location index leading to the core of the site, where you can find details and photographs of thousands of pumps. Check to see if your local pump is included yet and, if it isn't, then why not send me the details, along with a photograph if possible, and I'll add it to the collection. (Beware though, my ISP doesn't seem to be able to manage attachments over about 6 MB.) | ||||
The UK Distribution Map provides an alternative method of getting to the pump details. The red numbers that appear against each County/Unitary Authority/Region are derived from the National Register of Village Pumps, which currently totals: |
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| If you'd like to read more, then there's "The Book"... | ||||
| Latest Updates | ||||
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 17 Jan 2012 Pump at
Hillsborough and update to Dromore, Co. Down. 16 Jan 2012
Pumps in Bristol (city); update to pumps in Cambridge
(city) and Lisburn, Co. Antrim. 15 Jan 2012 Pumps in
Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol; and Prestbury, Cheshire. 13 Jan 2012
Pump in Upwood, Cambs. 12 Jan 2012
Pumps at Quatford, Shrops; Aylsham, Norfolk;
Toddington, Beds. Update to Saintfield, Co.Down. Manufacturer William Carlile, Belfast. 6 Jan 2012
Manufacturer Robert Warner & Co., Walton-on-the-Naze,
Essex. |
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Updated: 25 Jan 2012 |
Original photographs and text Copyright © 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 R. K. Williams - exceptions where shown. See also http://www.machynlleth.info and http://www.gloucesterrugbyheritage.org.uk |
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