Gressenhall (click on photograph to bring up bigger/better version).

[Thanks to John Hurst for all the photos.]

gressenhall, 2016 At Cherry Tree Cottage, Gressenhall Workhouse and Farm Museum, Gressenhall, Norfolk. There's a similar one at Stanton, Suffolk.

Markings: "TRAHERN" and "GEO. D. ROPER CORP ROCKFORD ILL. U.S.A."

Manufacturer: Roper of Rockford, USA.
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gressenhall, 2016 Also at Cherrry Tree Cottage at Gressenhall Workhouse and Farm Museum, Gressenhall, Norfolk.

Markings: Flag.

Manufacturer: Lee Howl.

gressenhall, 2016 In the Laundry Room at Gressenhall Workhouse and Farm Museum, Gressenhall, Norfolk.

Markings: None

Manufacturer: Unk.
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gressenhall, 2016 Outside the farm at Gressenhall Workhouse and Farm Museum, Gressenhall, Norfolk. Local knowledge puts this pump as at least 30 years old.

Markings: The stand has a "D" in a diamond at its base - but the D is back to front. (Explain that one, somebody...)

Manufacturer: Unk.
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gressenhall, 2016 Outside the laundry at Gressenhall Workhouse and Farm Museum, Gressenhall, Norfolk. The design is the same as the one above, and very similar ones are available commercially today - so do we include it as an "old" pump, or dismiss as newcomer?

Markings: None.

Manufacturer: Unk.

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