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More than you ever thought you needed to know about... | Village Pumps |
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| 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 many hundreds 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. | ||||
The UK Distribution Map is now clickable, and 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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| Latest Updates | ||||
 3 Jan 2009 Fletching, East Sussex.
18 Dec
2008 Farmcote, Glos. 15 Dec 2008
Great Livermere, Suffolk. 12 Dec 2008
Pumps in Norfolk; Yorks. Manufacturer C. Benson. 10 Dec 2008 Pumps in
Hants and Sussex. Manufacturer Richard
Fuller.
9 Dec 2008 Pumps in Northern Ireland; Kent; Cornwall;
Cheshire; Warks; Cambs. 8 Dec 2008 Langham,
Rutland. 2 Dec 2008 Many pumps in
Yorks. |
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Updated: 3 Jan 2009 |
Original photographs and text Copyright © 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 R. K. Williams - exceptions where shown. |
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