Tree pump, Queens Square - Attleborough, Norfolk
Posted by: SMacB
N 52° 31.090 E 001° 00.970
31U E 365394 N 5820522
The renovated tree pump in Queen's Square reminds us of times when all householders had to make their way to the communal pump for water
Waymark Code: WMN0FM
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/02/2014
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"A renovated wooden pump in Queen's Square, in the centre of Attleborough, Norfolk, with cast iron handle, spout and "basket". It carries a marble plate, inscribed as follows:
1837 1897
VICTORIA
TO
COMMEMORATE
THE
60TH YEAR
OF
HER MAJESTYS
REIGN.
QUEEN & EMPRESS
ENCLOSED
JUNE, 1897.
THIS TREE PUMP
WAS RENOVATED
TO COMMEMORATE
THE QUEENS
GOLDEN JUBILEE
JUNE 2002"
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