Pumps & Wells
Some Other Villages
Ayot St Peter
Long Marston
Well & Pond, Offley
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Some Other Villages |
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Ayot St Peter |
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Long Marston |
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Well & Pond, Offley |
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Pumps and Wells
The Village Pump at Cottered.
Postcard circa 1902
Villages wanted a supply of clear drinking water and in elevated positions on the chalk the water table was too deep for houses to have their own wells. The village pump was therefore very important.
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The Village Pump at Anstey |
The High Street The pump was manufactured by J. Cranstone, whose works were in the High Street. The gas lamp was added at a later date. |
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Many village pumps have been lost and in 2002 Ickleford erected a replacement on the village green, using a pump which had been used elsewhere in the village. The village Web Site contains more details including a bigger picture. |
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In the village of Aldbury a combined well house and communal bake house was built by Lord Brownlow of Ashridge. |
Page restructured December 2009
