Markings: None.
Manufacturer: It's a "No. 15 Enriched Gothic Pump Case" made by S. Owens & Co., of London.
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In the churchyard at
Birling, Kent. It's in a generally poor state with a cracked Pump
Top. Markings: There's a maker's plate on the front, but it's badly corroded. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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An imposing specimen on
the green at Brasted, Kent, identical to pumps at Hampton Court Palace (East
Molesey, Surrey); Esher, Surrey; Cranfield, Beds; Stalbridge, Dorset; and
Ipplepen, Devon. Photo supplied by Paul Snelling - thanks,
Paul. Markings: None. Manufacturer: It's a "No. 15 Enriched Gothic Pump Case" made by S. Owens & Co., of London. |
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The octagonal pump at Cobham, Kent, has seen better days, and looks as if it has lost its lower spout. It carries an inscription: | |
| THIS RESERVOIR WAS ENLARGED AND REBUILT WITH THE WATERWORKS HERETO BELONGING AT THE FULL EXPENCE OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN STUART EARL OF DARNLEY AND GIVEN TO THE PARISHIONERS TO COMMEMORATE HIS COMING OF AGE APRIL THE 19TH 1848 |
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Small pump with massive
trough at Egerton, Kent. Photo supplied by Mike Tovey - thanks,
Mike. Markings: Lion. Manufacturer: Joseph Evans. |
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A magnificently
fanciful pump in the Market Place, Faversham, Kent. There had been a pump on
this site from 1635, but the amazing edifice there today was erected in 1855.
What the photo doesn't show is the enormous decorated finial - must try to get
a better pic. Markings: Unk. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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Another impressive one, at Headcorn, Kent. There's an information notice on the wall behind it, which reads: | |
HEADCORN PARISH PUMP This pump was installed in 1846 a short distance west of its present site and was in public use for nearly 50 years before the arrival of mains drainage. Moved to Day's Green in 1982, it was replaced here in January 2002 |
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Rolvenden, Kent. The pump carries various inscriptions, but the only one decipherable from this photo is: | |
| ROLVENDEN VILLAGE PUMP |
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Cast iron-clad pump at
Shadoxhurst, Kent. Markings: "J.U.Bugler Ashford 1887". Manufacturer: J. U. Bugler, of Ashford, Kent. |
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Wooden-cased lead pump
under a moss-covered tiled roof at Smarden, Kent. Photo supplied by Simon
Cowper-Smith - thanks, Simon. Markings: On the lead tank, a star either side of the spout, and above it the date 1897. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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In the High St., West
Malling, Kent. The term for the decoration on the dome that the urn is standing
on is "gadrooned" - a new one on me, but which I've checked and found to mean a
"convex molding carved with ornamental beading or reeding". Photo supplied by
Deb Jones via John Gow - thanks, both. Markings: Dated 1850, and carries an inscription recording the re-instatement of the pump by the Royal Engineers in 1977. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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