Aylsham
(click on photograph to bring up bigger/better
version).
[All photos by Val and Steve Muir
- thanks, both.]
The John Soame Memorial
Pump, Aylsham, Norfolk. Thanks to Val and Steve Muir for the photos. It carries
an inscription which reads:
Before the event of a
public water supply in 1938, water had to be drawn from private wells. After
John Soame's death in 1911, a public well was given to the town by his uncle.
The artesian well is 52 metres (170 ft) deep and its roof is thatched with
Norfolk reed.