Markings: None.
Manufacturer: It has been suggested that it was made by Hedges of Bucklebury.
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A
strikingly painted one on the Old Bath Rd., at Charvil, Wokingham. Photo
supplied by Tom Hine - thanks, Tom - who has now passed on the following
information from Mr. G. Wise and Mrs. A. Curtis of Twyford Local History Group:
"The pump was installed in 1754 and renovated in the 1970s by Ronald HEARN, and
is now maintained by the Parish Council and nicely painted black and red. The
pump was on the Old Bath Road, a Turnpike for more than a century during the
1700s and 1800s. It was the old coaching road from London to Bath and two or
three pumps were located on the south side of the Turnpike in this area at two
mile intervals. The pump was used by cottage tenants, horse drawn coaches,
steam engines and for keeping the dusty dirt roads watered. The Turnpike was
set up in 1736 by the Maidenhead Turnpike Trust and used to collect Tolls until
abolished by Parliament in 1864." Markings: None. Manufacturer: It has been suggested that it was made by Hedges of Bucklebury. |
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A small,
broken, pump in Shinfield, Wokingham. Photo supplied by Paul Snelling - thanks,
Paul. Markings: Flag and an obliterated roundel. Manufacturer: Lee Howl. |
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In the High St at Sonning, Wokingham, this cast iron pump carries the inscription: | |
| THE GIFT OF Rt PALMER ESQ. FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF SONNING MDCCCXLVI. |
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| Robert Palmer (1793-1872) was an influential Bloomsbury lawyer, who inherited Holme Park in 1806, became a magistrate in 1815, High Sheriff in 1818 and Chairman of Quarter Sessions 1840-1864. He served as MP for Berkshire 1825-1831 and 1832-1859. He was a local benefactor who supplied much of the funding to build St John’s Church at Woodley, and his will provided for the Robert Palmer Almshouse Charity in Sonning. | ||
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base: "BARRETT EXALL & ANDREWES", "ENGINEERS READING". (Thanks to Margaret
Young for deciphering this for me.) Manufacturer: Barrett Exall & Andrewes, of Reading. |
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