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

cobham The octagonal pump in The Street, Cobham, Kent, is chained down and had for some years lost its lower spout - thanks to Paul Snelling for the photo the left. An old photo shows that this lower spout was in fact a stopcock, which would have been necessary to allow selection between the high and low positions. Sometime around 2023 a replacement spout was fitted, but a 2025 photo (thanks, Chris Williams, for the photos on the right) also shows some repairs to the upper spout.

Behind it there's a stone inscription:		 cobham, 2025

cobham, 2025

cobham, 2025
 THIS RESERVOIR
WAS ENLARGED AND REBUILT
WITH THE WATERWORKS HERETO BELONGING
AT THE FULL EXPENCE OF THE
RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN STUART
EARL OF DARNLEY
AND GIVEN TO THE PARISHIONERS
TO COMMEMORATE
HIS COMING OF AGE
APRIL THE 19TH 1848
Markings: None other.

Manufacturer: Unk.

cobham A small pump in Cobham, Kent, old but now converted to a water feature. Thanks to Paul Snelling for the photo.

Markings: None visible.

Manufacturer: Unk.

cobham A wood-cased lead pump in Cobham College Quadrangle. Open the wooden door and what do you see? Not a lot. Thanks to Paul Snelling for the photos. The pump carries a plaque, inscribed as follows:
This Pump was restored to mark the visit of
HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS ROYAL
on 12th. June 1996
JOHN SHAW & VERNON HULL - Presidents
Markings: None other.

Manufacturer: Unk.

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