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

woodbridge  woodbridge  woodbridge  Handsome Victorian Gothic pump in the Market Place, with the inscription "Erected 1876". It was provided by the Seckford Charity, named after Thomas Seckford, a local benefactor, who provided the funding for many other worthy causes in the town. Looks well looked after, although the stone is showing signs of weather erosion and the canopy has lost one of its ornamental spires. The wheel connects to an external crank mechanism, and the spout emerges separately, probably suggesting that this is a force pump, not a lift pump.

Markings: J. Tylor & Sons, Engineers, London. Mike Tovey adds that there's also a plate affixed to the pump stating "R W Allen Plumber Woodbridge", of whom there's currently no further information

Manufacturer: J. Tylor & Sons, Engineers, London.
woodbridge  woodbridge    A bit of an enigma: a pump behind a row of cottages in Bredfield Street, Woodbridge.

Markings: Model name "Parry 3" on the cylinder. So far, I can find no reference to this type anywhere.

Manufacturer: Unk.

Picture © Linn Barringer.

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