Markings: Indistinct words within a rectangle.
Manufacturer: Unk.
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Wiltshire |
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| Aldbourne, Wilts | Warrants a page of its own. |
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In a
nicely-kept shelter at Church Rd., Biddestone, Wilts. The pump itself is
rusting, and the maker's name is indecipherable. Markings: Indistinct words within a rectangle. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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Castle Combe, Wilts, is two distinct villages - Upper and Lower. The pump on the left is at the picturesque Butter Cross, Lower Castle Combe: a common model, in poor condition, with a padlock and chain but no handle, and a split right down the front of the downpipe. The one on the right is far more interesting, just off the main road at Upper Castle Combe, but this is also a ruin. |  |
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RDNO
47761. Manufacturer: Joseph Evans. |
Markings: Indistinct words within a shield. A nearby notice
carries the dates 1901 and 2000. Manufacturer: Llywellin & James, Bristol |
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An unusual "pump" at Grittleton, Wilts, sitting on an octagonal cast iron plinth. Removal of a small inspection plate on one side revealed that all internal mechanisms have been lost, and that it stands above a small stone-lined well, the surface of the water being about 3 ft below ground level. An inscription on a slightly damaged shield on the front of the pump reads: |
| PATENT THE SAFETY WATER ELEVATOR CO LD DUNSTABLE |
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| Markings: "Patent" on top cover; "B1" on plinth; "B11" and
"B12" on spindle brackets. Manufacturer: The Safety Water Elevator Company Ltd of Dunstable. |
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There used to be a spa at Holt, Wilts, and these grand stone
columns with a modest pump is all that's left - and they've probably been moved
from their original location. Elsewhere on the Internet it's reported that the
curative waters were developed commercially by Lady Lisle, Rev. John
Lawes [but see below] and "Henry
Eyre, Sworn Purveyor to Her Majesty for all Mineral Waters" from 1715 to
1750, and that the Spa declined in 1815. Markings: Above the pump there's an inscription: "Sacred to the memory of Lady Lisle and the Revd. James Lewis, the persons who patronised this spring and rendered it famous in the year 1720". Manufacturer: Unk. |
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Pump in Luckington, Wilts, outside the Pump House and next to the village lock-up. |
| Markings: Flag. Manufacturer: Lee Howl. |
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At Stoke Shooting Lodge, Stoke Farthing, Wilts.
Markings: Lion. Manufacturer: Joseph Evans. |
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