Rolvenden (click on photographs to bring up bigger/better versions).

[Photos supplied by Paul Snelling - thanks, Paul.]

rolvenden

rolvenden
The village pump at Rolvenden, Kent, with an unusually large lead spout. The pump carries various inscriptions:
ROLVENDEN
VILLAGE
PUMP
 THE VILLAGE PUMP.
ONE TIME THE ONLY SOURCE OF WATER
FOR THE STREET AND NOW
PART OF ITS HERITAGE.

RESTORED 1965

BY
WING COMMANDER A.H.BUTTON,
WHOSE PARENTS LIVED IN PUMP HOUSE
THIS PUMP WAS RESTORED AGAIN
IN 2005 BY
MICHAEL HOOK
THE WORK FUNDED BY
ROLVENDEN PARISH COUNCIL
Markings: None other discernible.

Manufacturer: Unk.

We're reliably informed that there's a pump under here...

Markings: None.

Manufacturer: Unk.

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