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

pakenham The pump at Pakenham, Suffolk. Pic supplied by Bob Hale - thanks, Bob. Nearby there's a notice:
PAKENHAM PARISH PUMP

This pump was presented to the Parish in
1881 by Sir E. Walter Greene Bt. M.P. was
Taken over and fenced in by The Parish
Council.
Any person damaging the same or
Committing any nuisance in the enclosure
Will be prosecuted.
  By order of The Parish Council
Pakenham May 5th 1902.
H. CROSS.
Chairman.



To commemorate 90 years of The Parish
Council 1894 - 1984 this pump was restored
In 1984
  N. R. WHITWELL.
Chairman

Markings: A panel embossed "J J GOSLING, ENGINEER, IPSWICH".

Manufacturer: J. J. Gosling, of Ipswich.  

pakenham In private hands in Pakenham, Suffolk. Photograph supplied by Roger Harnore - thanks, Roger.

Markings: "Parry", "British Make" and "2" .

Manufacturer: Parry - possibly Parry Pumps Ltd., of Walsall.

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