Wokingham

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taken from www.geograph.
org.uk's site.		 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.
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.
Markings: At the 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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