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

	The townspeople of Thornbury, S. Glos, renovated and re-located their pump under a smart wrought iron canopy back in 1984, according to the following inscription:
	THIS PUMP AND CANOPY WERE ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THORNBURY IN APRIL 1984 THE PUMP ORIGINALLY STOOD IN BATH ROAD THORNBURY AND THE CANOPY MADE BY THE ALMONDSBURY FORGE IS A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL REMOVED IN 1925
	Markings: None. Manufacturer: Canopy made by Almondsbury Forge Works Ltd, Sundays Hill, Almondsbury, Bristol. Pump manufacturer unknown, but there's an identical one not far away, at Rockhampton.

At Newton, near Thornbury. Thanks to Matt Rodgers for the photo. Markings: None. Manufacturer: Unk.

At Grovesend, near Thornbury. Four years after the first photo, on the right, this pump is nicely retored. Thanks to Mike Caudwell for the photos. Markings: "VCI", a rose motif, and "MADE IN ENGLAND" on the spout. Manufacturer: Unk, but others exist in Kent's Bank, Cumbs, and Great Gransden, Cambs.

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