Turvey (click on photograph to bring up bigger/better version).

	Turvey, Beds. Thanks to John Hurst for the photos. A sign states:
	THIS WATER IS UNFIT FOR DRINKING PURPOSES
	And an incribed stone carries the poem:
	NELLS WELL [sic] O fountain pure, whose spring so sure Has never yet run dry; Thy water tells of deeper wells Which living streams supply. Thy spring, though pure, no thirst can cure Who drinks will drink in vain; Go, neighbour, try that deep supply; Thou ne'er shalt thirst again.
	There's a bit of history to the pump and "Nell's Well", which made national television news when it was shut down in1960, and it turns out that Nell was the wife of a local tinker. (Click on the image of the pub sign.)
	Markings: None. Manufacturer: Unk.

By 2017 this one in Turvey, Beds, had lost its wooden cladding, to reveal a simple lead rat's tail pump with a missing operating rod. Thanks to John Hurst for the photo on the left, and Mike Woolford for the ones on the right. Markings: A date - 1819 - and a floral/leaf design. Manufacturer: Unk.

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