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A smart wooden shelter with a tiled roof (but missing cross?) protects the pump on the green at Brockham, Surrey. Photos supplied by Paul Snelling - thanks, Paul. Deepdene and Henry Thomas Hope have an interesting history. |  |
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FOUNTAIN IS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF HENRY THOMAS HOPE ESQRE (OF THE DEEPDENE) BY HIS NEIGHBOURS & TENANTS RESIDENT IN THE DISTRICT OF BROCKHAM TO COMMEMORATE HIS NUMEROUS ACTS OF BENEVOLENCE AND HIS READINESS ON ALL OCCASIONS BOTH TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT |
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| RESTORED BY THE BROCKHAM GREEN VILLAGE SOCIETY WITH THE AID OF CONTRIBUTIONS FROM LOCAL RESIDENTS JUNE 1951 |
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"London", on the spout. Manufacturer: J. Warners of London. |
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This one, opposite the Four
Horseshoes on Burrowhill Green, Chobham, Surrey, comes complete with chained
handle and a sturdy cast iron trough. Markings: On the trough are the words: Herring &... Chertse... the end of each word being obliterated by a hole made for the overflow pipe exit. Manufacturer: Herring Foundry, Chertsey. |
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Smartly painted pump at
Pump Corner, Dorking, Surrey. On top is a fingerpost indicating Horsham and
Guildford, although Guildford is painted out because it's now a one way street.
Photo by Paul Snelling - thanks, Paul. Markings: None reported. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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Next to the tiny St.
Michael's Chapel, on the edge of Downside Common, Downside, Surrey, is this
fine cast-iron clad specimen, with a strapped down handle. My thanks to the 4
old codgers in the Cricketers for pointing me towards it, otherwise I'd never
have found it. One side panel is inscribed: |
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PUMP WAS ERECTED & THE WATER BROUGHT FROM A DISTANCE FOR THE SUPPLY & COMFORT OF THE COTTAGERS ON DOWNSIDE COMMON COBHAM BY HARVEY COMBE ESQR 1858 |
Harvey Combe was the local squire, owner of the Cobham Park Estate. |
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other. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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Outside The Pepperpot, on the corner of Church St and High St,
Godalming, Surrey. Markings: There's a fragment of a name plate on the Pump Top, but it's not decipherable in this pic. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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A chain pump, minus chain, in a
garden in Guildford, Surrey, but originally from Long Ashton, nr Bristol.
Thanks to Martin de Little for these pics, which show very clearly how the
chain was driven. Markings: A roundel with "H. Bamford & Sons", "Uttoxeter", and "Improved Chain Pump". Also carries a shield with the letters "H", "B" and "&S" and a model number, RD NO 17856. Manufacturer: Bamford's. |
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Neat thatched pump at Holmbury St.
Mary, Surrey. Photo supplied by Paul Snelling - thanks,
Paul. Markings: None reported. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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This elegant pump in Leigh, Surrey, is essentially identical to one I found deep in Parkhurst Forest, on the Isle of Wight. Photos supplied by Paul Snelling - thanks, Paul. It carries inscriptions as follows: |  |
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| BEST KEPT
VILLAGE LEIGH 1978 |
CAIRN ENERGY BEST KEPT VILLAGE LEIGH -MEDIUM- 1996 |
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A very solid cast iron pump under a tiled roof at Ockley, Surrey. The pump was renovated in 2004, according to a panel affixed to the pump, and a plaque placed there in 2006 by the Ockley Society records details of the original benefactor. Photo supplied by Paul Snelling - thanks, Paul. | |
| RENOVATED
YEAR 2004 BY JAMES DAVIES JD FOREST GREEN FORGE |
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reported. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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On the
green at Walliswood, Surrey. Photo supplied by Paul Snelling - thanks,
Paul. Markings: None reported. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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