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

	A small pump by the side of La Route de Pleinmont, Torteval, set back off the road near the turning for La Creux Mahie. Nearby there's a green-painted wooden door in the wall which probably gives access to the water source. A notice on this door reads:
	IT IS FORBIDDEN TO AFFIX ANYTHING TO THIS PROPERTY BY ORDER OF THE CONSTABLES OF TORTEVAL
	Markings: Flag, "Made in England" and "3". Manufacturer: Lee Howl.

	The small pump near Les Tielles, Rue des Tielles (Route de Pleinmont) is identical to the one shown above, but has lost its operating rod. This pump also has an associated green door, with an almost identical notice:
	IT IS FORBIDDEN TO AFFIX ANYTHING TO THIS PROPERTY By order of The Constables of Torteval
	Markings: Flag, and "Made in England". Manufacturer: Lee Howl.

	A larger pump on La Route de Pleinmont (Le Marais), Torteval, with the church in the background. The front-facing spout is extended through a couple of right angles so that it empties over the trough by the side of the pump. It comes complete with the now-familiar green door and standard warning notice:
	IT IS FORBIDDEN TO AFFIX ANYTHING TO THIS PROPERTY BY ORDER OF THE CONSTABLES OF TORTEVAL
	Markings: None, although there's a small metal panel on the pump, painted over. Manufacturer: Unk.

	More tortuous spout pipework on the pump near the church on Rue du Belle, Torteval.
	Markings: Lion, "Made in England". Manufacturer: Joseph Evans.

	A freshly-painted pump (minus its operating rod) on La Rue Des Villains (Rue des Portelettes), Torteval. So freshly painted, in fact, that I got wet paint all over my hands... Its associated wooden door (also featuring wet grey paint) repeated the same ol' message:
	IT IS FORBIDDEN TO AFFIX ANYTHING TO THIS PROPERTY BY ORDER OF THE CONSTABLES OF TORTEVAL
	Markings: Flag and "3". Manufacturer: Lee Howl.

	A very smart pump just off Route de la Rocque Poisson, Torteval. The lead tank has the following embossed on it:
	T. TOSTEVIN An eagle on its nest Two rose heads 1848
	Compare this with the one at La Pompe in St. Martin, and I think it must be the same manufacturer. The tank decoration is so similar (although not quite identical) and the spout with integral stopcock looks exactly the same. The name J. Tostevin (related?) can be found on a pump in St. Pierre du Bois.
	Markings: None further on this side, but see below. Manufacturer: Unk - but possibly Llewellins & James of Bristol?
	But look around the other side of this pump and there's another spout/stopcock assembly, facing the opposite direction. It's embossed with:
	R. PRIAULX An eagle on its nest Two rose heads "184x" [can't make out the last number - telephoto shot]
	This is something of a mystery. There's only one handle, which means there's only a single operating rod, and therefore there can only be a single tank, but this is two-faced. Was it designed to serve two separate users, perhaps one either side of a fence or boundary? Or is it just a chimera, constructed as a garden feature from odd parts of two pumps? (O. Priaulx appears on a pump in St. Peter Port - relation?)
	Markings: None other. Manufacturer: Unk - but possibly Llewellins & James of Bristol?

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