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

The pump on the left is on the corner of Church Bank in Montgomery, Powys, and carries an earl's coronet design with a date 1876. The flat front plate and spout are of cast iron, but the housing behind it is made of substantial pieces of timber - showing signs of rot. A large handle is still in place and not strapped down. Stone trough. The second pump - see right - is further down Arthur St, and is essentially identical except for the date - 1871. Its handle is strapped down. The pumps were installed when Edward James Herbert, 3rd Earl of Powis, modernised the water supply. Markings: Pump is encased. Manufacturer: Unk.

And this is reportedly the remnant of what used to be a third pump in the town, on Lion's Bank. Photo suppplied by Paul Snelling - thanks Paul - (who was assured by a local man that this was the case). Markings: None! Manufacturer: Unk.

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