Horningsea, Cambs (click on photograph to bring up bigger/better version).

Two pumps, both in the High St.

From the Bamford's catalogue, this is probably a Bamford's Patent Yard Pump (Light Pattern). Markings: Clearly, on cap: "Henry Bamford & Sons Uttoxeter. Staff. 531". Manufacturer: Bamford's.

The markings on the barrel - see opposite - positively identify this pump as a Bamford's "Patent Yard Pump (Strong Pattern), for wells not exceeding 25ft deep". Their old catalogue also states that it was "fitted with Improved Acme Buckets and Valves and Brass Seatings", the 14X means that it has a 3½" bore, and it was offered for sale at 54/-. Markings: On barrel, a shield with "7959 MARK 14X", and another shield with "BAMFORD'S UNIVERSAL PUMP" and an inter-twined "BU". Just decypherable, on cap: "Henry Bamford & Sons Uttoxeter. Staff. 531". Manufacturer: Bamford's.

|Back|