Bradworthy(click on photographs to bring up bigger/better versions).

bradworthy The pumphouse in The Square, at Bradworthy, Devon, contains a wood-cased pump and a slate trough. The gates, although chained, can be opened. Photo on the left supplied by Richard Holladay - thanks, Richard. At the front is the inscription: bradworthy
1837.
ERECTED BY
PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION
TO COMMEMORATE THE DIAMOND
JUBILEE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA.
BY PERMISSION OF THE LORD
OF THE MANOR.
1897.
And at the rear:
ERECTED
TO
COMMEMORATE THE DIAMOND
JUBILEE OF HER MAJESTY
1897.
Martin Humphrey recalls that as a child "We drank [from] it & it was wonderful - far better than any other water we'd had." Elsewhere I've found that apparently a water diviner was paid ten shillings to determine the right location for the pump house, and water was eventually found at a depth of 40ft.
Markings: None.

Manufacturer: Unk.

bradworthy At the other end of The Square is another pump, sadly dilapidated.

Markings: None.

Manufacturer: Unk.		 bradworthy

bradworthy And yet another one in Lower Village, Bradworthy.

Markings: None visible.

Manufacturer: Unk.

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