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More than you ever thought you needed to know about... | Village Pumps | |
| Welcome to this unique website, dedicated to the study of old Village Pumps in the UK, investigating their remaining locations, their design and manufacture, their history, and the relationship to their communities then and now. | From the fanciful: | To the functional: | To the forgotten: | |||
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| The menu on the left should be self-explanatory. The
ever-growing Directory is a location index leading to the core of the site,
where you can find details and photographs of thousands of old pumps. Check to
see if your local pump is included yet and, if it isn't, then why not send me
the details, along with a photograph if possible, and I'll add it to the
collection. Please note that after adding a
representative example of each type I'm no longer including any pumps that can
be bought new, e.g., those that are widely sold through garden centres or are
newly installed in parks or at seaside wash-down
areas. Fakes, replicas, water pillars and assorted street objects that have fooled us in the past have a page of their own, and a "grey-out" feature indicates where a pump has been lost since we photographed it. Thankfully, it's a rare occurrence. |
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The UK Distribution Map provides an alternative method of getting to the pump details. The red numbers that appear against each County/Unitary Authority/Region are derived from the National Register of Village Pumps, which currently totals: |
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| If you'd like to read more, then there are just a few copies left of "The Book"... | ||||
| Latest Updates | ||||
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 16 Jan 2025
Update to Cobham,
Kent. 7 Jan 2025 Update to Stanford
Dingley (Jennet's Hill) W. Berks.
5 Jan 2025 Further update to Pikehall, Derbs.
Chinese manufacturers Botou Hengsheng Crafts Casting Co.,
Ltd. and Jiangsu Top Pump Manufacture Co Ltd.
30 Dec 2024 Update to Pikehall,
Derbs. 18 Dec 2024 Update
to Hillsborough, Co. Down. Unknown possible French
Manufacturer in Tours. |
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Updated: 16 Jan 2025 |
Original photographs and text Copyright © 2006-2025 R. K. Williams - exceptions where shown. See also http://www.gloucesterrugbyheritage.org.uk |
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