Town Pump - Market Place, Southwold, Suffolk.
Posted by: 
greysman
N 52° 19.560 E 001° 40.764
31U E 410002 N 5798118
A cast iron pump in an unusual triangular plan.
Waymark Code: WMZA7T
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/07/2018
Views: 1
In the centre of the Market PLace is the 'Town Pump' a cast iron construction dated 1873 showing Herrings and the Crown and Crossed Arrows of St. Edmund.
From British Listed Buildings:-
Cast 1873 by George Child for Major J.E. Grubbe, the mayor of Southwold. In cast-iron and of triangular section. The plinth is embossed with a crest on the west side with the inscription `Defend thy Rights', on the east side with `Erected 1873 / J.E. Grubbe, Mayor', and on the south side `Pro Bono / Publico / G.E. Child / Fecit' - 'For the Good of the People, G.E.Child made it'. The spout is in the form of a herring. The tapering upper shaft carries the cast-iron handle pump handle and there are three herrings at the apex supporting a wrought-iron bracket with globe lantern.
Is it Working: no
Nearest Address:
Market Place
Southwold, Suffolk United Kingdom
IP18
How to find.:
Enter Southwold on the A1095, carry on straight down Mights Road into High Street. The Market Place is directly ahead with the Swan Hotel on the left and the Pump opposite in the junction with East Street.
Visiting Restrictions:
None
Good place to park: Not Listed
Does this pump have a presence on the internet?: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
A quality photograph of the old hand operated pump showing another feature with or without someone or GPSr in view. Describe your route to the pump, perhaps.