Markings: Lion.
Manufacturer: Joseph Evans
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This one's in
Aldringham, Suffolk. Photo supplied by Mike Tovey - thanks,
Mike. Markings: Lion. Manufacturer: Joseph Evans |
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Rather grand pump by the side of the Town Steps, Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Carries the following plaque: | ||
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SON MANUFACTURERS LEISTON SAXMUNDHAM 18 SUFFOLK 40 |
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| Markings: No additional markings. Manufacturer: Garrett & Sons. |
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On the green at
Beyton, Suffolk. Markings: Not discernible in this pic, but it looks like a Climax pump. Manufacturer: Prob Thomas & Son of Worcester. |
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This one's
in the village of Blaxhall, Suffolk, well-hidden behind a hedge, in the YHA car
park. Markings: Climax 69-26. Manufacturer: Thomas & Son of Worcester. |
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The pump at Bredfield,
Suffolk, sited under a wrought iron canopy, is surmounted by a crown and
carries finger-signs indicating neighbouring villages. The village has a long
reputation for producing wrought iron, examples of which can be found all over
East Anglia. Markings: Unk. Manufacturer: Unk |
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The wooden-boxed pump
at Burgate Great Green, Suffolk, is surrounded by iron railings - possibly
originally to keep grazing animals away. Markings: Unk. Manufacturer: Unk |
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Darsham,
Suffolk. Markings: Can't read the plate in this photograph. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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The cap on this pump
at Earl Soham, Suffolk, surely cannot be original! Markings: Can't read the plate in this photograph. Manufacturer: Probably Appleby & Co, of Renishaw. |
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| Framlingham, Suffolk | This warrants a page
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Framsden,
Suffolk. Markings: Unk. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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On the green at Fressingfield, Suffolk, next to the War Memorial. Known as the "Low Pump", it's the only survivor of two that used to be in the village. Handle works: no water. There's an inscription that reads: |
| THIS PUMP WAS RESTORED IN JUNE 1978 IN MEMORY OF ALAN INGRAM WHO LOVED THIS VILLAGE |
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The
villagers of Great Livermere, Suffolk, have very successfully re-instated their
village pump with assistance from the St Edmundsbury Borough Council Rural
Areas Community Initiatives Fund. A photograph of the pump that was here in
about 1930 shows that it was wood-boxed. It's my guess that the new pump has
been salvaged from elsewhere and modified for village green use - and the
existence of the pint mug on a string suggests that the water is of drinking
quality! Markings: Any barrel markings are hidden by the wooden boxing. Manufacturer: Unk |
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A smartly-painted cast
iron pump in the Market Place, Hadleigh, Suffolk, sporting a coat of arms which
was awarded to the Town in 1618, and described as: "azure a chevron erminoise
between three woolsacks argent". And the crest "on a helm a wreath or and
azure, a mount vert thereon a lamb standing argent holding a banner azure with
a woolsack argent, the staff or mantled argent doubled gules, tasselled or".
Got that? Markings: Ransomes Ipswich. Manufacturer: Ransomes. |
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Large stone pump in the market place in Halesworth,
Suffolk. Markings: "Restored 1983". Manufacturer: Unk |
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Very smart wooden boxing to the pump in Haughley, Suffolk. Photo
supplied by Bob Hale - thanks, Bob. Markings: Unk. Manufacturer: Unk |
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A wooden
boxed pump under a thatched roof, in front of a crescent of thatched cottages
in the Suffolk village of Homersfield. Barnfield Cottages were designed by
Maurice Chesterton and built in 1925-27 by the Flixton estate for retired
estate workers. Markings: Couldn't get close enough to check. Manufacturer: Unk |
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This fire-damaged pump is in the now-regenerated Isaac Lord storehouses/maltings in the Wet Dock area of Ipswich. If it looks decrepit now, just take a look at an earlier photograph, taken before the area was improved. Photographs supplied by Borin Van Loon - thanks, Borin - who maintains a fascinating website. The lead tank, unusually, does not carry the spout, although it has a raised circular blank patch which was probably originally intended to be pierced for that purpose. It is embossed with: |  |
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| I C A floral [?] motif 1802 |
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| Markings: None other. Manufacturer: Unk |
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Easy to
miss down a short lane off the High St., Ixworth, Suffolk, this pump is just
about identical to one in St. Lawrence, Isle of Wight. Markings: "Warners" on the handle, and Warners London around the top of the cap. Manufacturer: John Warner, London |
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Kersey,
Suffolk. Markings: Unk. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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On the common at
Knodishall, Suffolk. Photo supplied by Mike Tovey - thanks,
Mike. Markings: Unk. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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Tucked away in the
rear courtyard of Kesgrave Hall, Little Bealings, Suffolk. The mansion was
built in 1812 and is now a hotel, having been an RAF and USAF base, St Edmunds
School and a company HQ. Markings: Unk. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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On the green at
Middleton, Suffolk. Photo supplied by Mike Tovey - thanks,
Mike. Markings: Unk. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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The pump at Mildenhall, Suffolk, carries a street lamp on top of it and features a securely padlocked spout. Photo supplied by Paul Snelling - thanks, Paul. There are two inscriptions nearby, one of which includes the comment "The Parish Pump is a reminder that piped water was not available until the 1940's", and the other one states: | |
| MILDENHALL TOWN CENTRE IMPROVEMENTS 1989 FOREST HEATH DISTRICT COUNCIL |
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The cast iron pump on
the green at Monk's Eleigh, Suffolk was presented to the village in 1854 by
William Makin of Hall Farm. Markings: Plenty, but not discernible on this photo. Manufacturer: Ransomes & Sims, Ipswich |
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Smart double-spouted
pump on the green in Moulton, Suffolk. Markings: Unk. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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In the
aptly named Pump St., Needham Market, Suffolk. Pic supplied by Chris Smith -
thanks, Chris. Markings: Unk. Manufacturer: Unk |
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The pump at Pakenham, Suffolk. Pic supplied by Bob Hale - thanks, Bob. Nearby there's a notice: | |||||
| PAKENHAM PARISH PUMP This pump was presented to the Parish in 1881 by Sir E. Walter Greene Bt. M.P. was Taken over and fenced in by The Parish Council. Any person damaging the same or Committing any nuisance in the enclosure Will be prosecuted.
To commemorate 90 years of The Parish Council 1894 - 1984 this pump was restored In 1984
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| Markings: A panel embossed "J J GOSLING,
ENGINEER, IPSWICH". Manufacturer: J. J. Gosling, of Ipswich. |
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An impressive pump at Saxmundham, Suffolk. It's hard to make out from the photo, but there's an inscription which reads: | |
| PRESENTED BY W. LONG ESQR. A.D. 1838 |
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| W. Long was William Long of Hurts Hall, Saxmundham, who also built the Market Hall and the schoolrooms in the town. For more information on Saxmundham take a look at http://www.saxmundham.org/ and for a specialist site relating to historic lettering on buildings try http://ipswich-lettering.org/ - fascinating stuff. | ||
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base: "Garrett & Sons Manufacturers Leiston". Manufacturer: Garrett's of Leiston. |
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| Southwold, Suffolk | Warrants a page of its own. |
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Found this one purely
by chance in the "Brigadoon" area of Suffolk, at St. Cross South Elmham. There
are so many South Elmhams that I'm not certain I could ever find it again.
Handle works; no water, as ever. Markings: Lion trademark. Manufacturer: Joseph Evans |
| St. James South Elmham, Suffolk | This warrants a page
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A restored and working
American pump in a garden in Stanton, Suffolk. Photograph supplied by Judith
Cawthorne - thanks, Judith. Markings: Trahern, Geo. D. Roper Corp, Rockford ILL, USA. Manufacturer: Trahern, Roper Corp. |
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Smart wooden-boxed
pump at Stuston, Suffolk. Markings: Unk. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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This pump is propped up
outside the back door of the Bell Inn at Walberswick,
Suffolk. Markings: Lion trademark on cylinder and another lion plus a "4" on the auxilliary chamber/tap. Manufacturer: Joseph Evans |
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Westleton, Suffolk,
boasts two pumps right next to each other on its village
green. Markings: Both have Flag trademarks on their cylinders. The one on the left also states "Made in England" and, I think I recall, "3½", whilst the one on the right is marked "3IN". Manufacturer: Lee Howl |
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| Woodbridge,
Suffolk |
Warrants a page of its
own. (For a good general intro to the town, see http://woodbridgesuffolk.info/) |
| Woolpit, Suffolk | Warrants a page of its own. |
