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Title
Village Pump
Date
1897
Medium
stone & iron
Measurements
H 223 x W 75 x D 107 cm;
Plinth: H 30 x W 260 x D 260 cm
Accession number
BN8_AL_S022
Acquisition method
commissioned by Richard Fuller (local plumber)
Work type
Water fountain, trough or pump
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
20th June 1897
Listing date
17/03/52
Access
at all times
Inscription description
top of pump, NW face, small oval inset metal plaque: V.R.; top of pump, NE face, small oval inset metal plaque: 1837; top of pump, SW face, small oval inset metal plaque: 1897; NW face, underneath oval plaque, octagonal metal plaque with raised letters: NOTICE. THIS PUMP MUST NOT BE USED FOR FILLING STEAM ENGINES ANY PERSON FOUND DAMAGING THIS PUMP WILL BE PROSECUTED; raised metal crown underneath followed by a second octagonal metal plaque with raised letters: ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF NEWICK, TO COMMEMORATE THE HAPPY COMPLETION BY QUEEN VICTORIA - THROUGH THE GRACE OF GOD - OF THE SIXTIETH YEAR OF HER GOOD AND GLORIOUS REIGN. JUNE 20TH 1897