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

cirencester, 2014 This lead pump is tucked away at the Tontine Building in Cirencester, Glos. Thanks to Mike Woolford for the photos.

Markings: The decorated lead tank carries the initials "IB" and the date, 1813.

Manufacturer: Unk. 
cirencester  A nicely-kept wood-encased lead pump in a stone housing outside the Bowly Almshouses in Watermoor Rd., Cirencester, Glos. (More information.) The plaque on the front has the inscription:
THE BOWLY PUMP
DONATED BY
THOMAS BREWIN
1865
 
Markings: None other.

Manufacturer: Unk.   

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