Chipping Campden Pumps (click on photograph to bring up bigger/better version).

	An elegant pump in excellent condition in Chipping Campden, Glos, complete with Latin inscription:
	1832 IMPENSIS HON. ET REV. L. NOEL HUJUSCE PAROCHI PER SEX ANNOS VICARII ST. JOHN IV. 13.14	Translation: 1832 Donated by the Hon. & Rev. L. Noel Vicar of this Parish for 6 years (Book of John, Chapter IV, Verses 13, 14)
	(More information) Manufacturer: Unk

	Just up the road from the one above is this other pump, set back in an alcove. Markings: None. Manufacturer: Unk.
	And a further pump in the grounds of King's Hotel. Markings: None. Manufacturer: Unk.

	Chipping Campden has numerous little passages off the High St, and at the end of one of them is this pump. You needed to look very closely to make out the spout until it was spruced up by 2018. Thanks to Paul Snelling for the photo on the right. Markings: None. Manufacturer: Unk.
	Part way up Hoo Lane, Chipping Campden. Markings: None. Manufacturer: Unk.
	This one is in the grounds of a lovely old cottage in the town - my thanks to the owners for allowing me access. The pump top has a nasty frost crack which has been repaired at some stage in the distant past with a form of filler (cement?), a metal strip to hold this poultice in place, and two iron bands. Markings: A very badly corroded maker's plate which has indecipherable words in exactly the same position as on a typical Appleby plate. Manufacturer: Appleby of Renishaw, Derbs. (The decorative details of the pump are practically identical with one at Yanworth, Glos.)
	Further up Hoo Lane is this lift and force pump with a plank-mounted wheel; the cut off lead pipe above the outlet valve suggests that it might not be in its original location. Thanks to Mike Woolford for the photo. Markings: Unk. Manufacturer: Unk.
	And now, years later, we've found yet another in Chipping Campden. The lower spout has been sealed off with cement. Thanks to John Hurst for the photo. Markings: None. Manufacturer: Unk.

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