London Borough of Bromley (click on photographs to bring up bigger/better versions).

	An imposing municipal pump at Market Sq., Bromley, with a fancy counterweight. Thanks to Simon Cowper-Smith for the photos (which also show a portion of a large Charles Darwin mural, behind the pump). The nearby plaque reads:
	Bromley Town Pump A parish pump stood in the Market Square, adjacent to the Market Hall, for many years. The pump was fed with water from an underground stream that still surfaces in the Church House Gardens. However at the time of the building of the old Town Hall in 1863 the original pump was removed. The present pump of interesting Victorian design was put up as a replacement, on a new site in the Market Square, sometime in the 1860s. This pump was also removed when the old Town Hall was demolished in 1933 to make way for the Market Square development. It was re-erected in Church House Gardens, where it stood for fifty years before being restored. London Borough of Bromley
	Markings: None noted. Manufacturer: It's probably an "Enriched Gothic Pump Case" by S. Owens of London.

The pump in Farnborough village, Greater London, is old but not original, and its cap seems to be a modern replacement. There's a plaque nearby which provides some useful information, including a map of the original location of the village pump, and an inscription. Photo supplied by Simon Cowper-Smith - thanks, Simon. Markings: None reported. Manufacturer: Unk.

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