Essex

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arksden Arksden, Essex. Photo supplied by Steve Foote - thanks, Steve.

Markings: Flag and "3½".

Manufacturer: Lee Howl.

ashdon The pump by the riverside at Ashdon, Essex, looks as if it has a replacement cap made of concrete. Photo supplied by John Hurst - thanks, John.

Markings: None.

Manufacturer: Unk.

Burton End, Essex See separate page.

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org.uk's site.		 On the green at Chignall St. James, Essex.

Markings: Unk.

Manufacturer: Unk.

Chrishall, Essex See separate page.

Clavering, Essex See separate page.

debden Debden, Essex. Photograph supplied by John Hurst - thanks, John.

Markings: Flag, "4IN".

Manufacturer: Lee Howl.

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org.uk's site.		 Wooden-boxed lead pump at Dedham, Essex.

Markings: None.

Manufacturer: Unk.

elmdon Elmdon, Essex. Photos by Steve Foote - thanks, Steve. This highly unusual pump is identical to ones at Clavering, Essex, and West Wratting, Cambs, and in addition to still having its weights in place it also has the braces which would have held a probable wooden casing.

Markings: None.

Manufacturer: Poss Charles Lack of Cottenham.		 elmdon

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Markings: Difficult to make out from the photo, but almost certainly "G.INGOLD, ENGINEER, BPS STORTFORD".

Manufacturer: The spout and fulcrum style also point towards G. Ingold of Bishop's Stortford.

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org.uk's site.		 This cast iron-clad pump is on Piper's Tye Green at Galleywood, Essex. It carries an inscription as follows:
Replica of the village pump that stood on Pipers Tye until the 1900s.
Presented to the Galleywood Parish Council by Norman Bayes on the 1st February 1987.
Markings: None other reported.

Manufacturer: Unk.

goldhanger An unusual one at Goldhanger, Essex, which reportedly still works. Photo supplied by Borin Van Loon - thanks, Borin. It carries an inscribed plaque:
"THIS WELL IS 70 FEET DEEP
WITH A FURTHER
100 FEET OF ARTESIAN BORE
MAKING 170 FEET IN ALL
THE WELL WAS DUG DURING
THE HOT SUMMER OF 1921"
The housing must conceal some form of high gearing, as a 70 ft operating rod would be very heavy. There's a dual spout arrangement, one at low level for buckets and the other at high level probably for water carts. Apparently, to the right of the pump, there's a "local curiousity known as The Pug Stone, a semi-circular piece of granite said to be part of a grinding stone from a pug mill". [Pug Mill: a machine for mixing and working clay and other materials into pug. Pug: loam or clay mixed and worked into a soft, plastic condition without air pockets for making bricks or pottery.]
Markings: None other.

Manufacturer: Unk.

great dunmow In the centre of Great Dunmow, Essex, this pump is very similar to one at Thaxted, but with evidence that a lower spout has been replaced by a higher one. There is some history behind the pumps in this village, as their removal led to a pump riot in 1786 with 12 people being incarcerated in Chelmsford Gaol as a result. Photo supplied by John Gow - thanks, John.

Markings: None.

Manufacturer: Unk.


Great Maplestead, Essex See separate page.

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org.uk's site.		 This bulbous pump in the main street of Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, is similar to others I've seen, but can't at the moment remember where. Must check it out.

Markings: Unk.

Manufacturer: Unk.

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org.uk's site.		 A small pump in the churchyard at Hatfield Peverel, Essex.

Markings: Unk.

Manufacturer: Unk.

Henham, Essex See separate page.

highstreet green High Street Green, Essex. Photo supplied by Paul Snelling - thanks, Paul

Markings: Unk.

Manufacturer: Unk.

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taken from www.geograph.
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Markings: Unk.

Manufacturer: Unk.

margaret roding On the green at Margaret Roding, Essex. Photo supplied by Gordon Ridgewell - thanks, Gordon.

Markings: None reported.

Manufacturer: Unk.

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taken from www.geograph.
org.uk's site.		 Margaretting Tye, Essex.

Markings: Unk.

Manufacturer: Unk.

newport The unusual spout on this one in Newport, Essex, might indicate that its original function was not simply for the public to fill buckets. Photo supplied by John Hurst - thanks, John.

Markings: "Coleman & Morton" "1877" and possibly "A1" - but indistinct.

Manufacturer: Coleman & Morton of Chelmsford, who made agricultural implements including water carts.		 newport

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Markings: Unk.

Manufacturer: Unk.

radwinter Radwinter, Essex. Photo supplied by Gordon Ridgewell - thanks, Gordon.

Markings: None reported.

Manufacturer: Unk.

rayleigh In the High St, Rayleigh, Essex. Photo supplied by Mike Davies - thanks, Mike - who tells me that it is believed once to have had a sign stating "any boys found climbing or injuring the pump will be publicly whipped".

Markings: None reported.

Manufacturer: Looks very similar to an S. Owens model.

Rayne, Essex See separate page.

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org.uk's site.		 An elegant cast iron-clad pump in Ridgewell, Essex. On the back it's inscribed slightly haphazardly:
THIS
WELL
WAS
SUNK
AND
PUMP
ERRECTED
BY
VOLUNTARY
CONTRI-
BUTIONS
Markings: Ransomes, Ipswich, on the front.

Manufacturer: Ransomes of Ipswich.

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taken from www.geograph.
org.uk's site.		 Under a chestnut tree at Newman's End, nr Sheering, Essex.

Markings: Unk.

Manufacturer: Unk.

Sible Hedingham, Essex See separate page.

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org.uk's site.		 A fine roadside specimen at Southminster, Essex, carrying the inscription:
ERECTED
BY THE GOVERNORS
OF THE
CHARTER HOUSE
MARCH 1832
Markings: "Richmond and Son Engineers, Chelmsford".

Manufacturer: Richmond and Son, Chelmsford.

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org.uk's site.		 A wreck, almost lost in the undergrowth, at Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex.

Markings: Unk.

Manufacturer: Unk.

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org.uk's site.		 The pump at Brewer's End, Takeley, Essex, was reported to have been installed by the Takeley Pump Co., in 1886. Read more.

Markings: "G. INGOLD B'SP STORTFORD" is reported.

Manufacturer: George Ingold, Apton Rd., Bishop's Stortford.

thaxted A cast iron clad pump at Thaxted, Essex, very similar to one at Great Dunmow. Photo supplied by John Gow - thanks, John .

Markings: None.

Manufacturer: Unk.

Tillingham, Essex See separate page.

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org.uk's site.		 Two pumps in the centre of the village at Toppesfield, Essex, the smaller one mounted on a plank. Above the smaller pump is a cast iron plate:
HALSTEAD RDC
ALL USERS OF THIS WELL
ARE ADVISED TO BOIL
ANY WATER USED
FOR DRINKING
PURPOSES
Markings: Unk.

Manufacturer: Unk.

waltham abbey At the Royal Gunpowder Mills, Waltham Abbey, Essex. Photo supplied by Paul Snelling - thanks, Paul.

Markings: None.

Manufacturer: Unk.

whiteash green Whiteash Green, Essex. Photo supplied by Paul Snelling - thanks, Paul.

Markings: "Warners" on the iron plank.

Manufacturer: Warners of London.

widdington Widdington, Essex. Photo supplied by Steve Foote - thanks, Steve.

Markings: "G.Ingold B.Stortford’", within a square border.

Manufacturer: G. Ingold of Bishop's Strotford.

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