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memorial pump, Nenthead
locality:-   Nenthead
civil parish:-   Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   pump
locality type:-   memorial
locality type:-   drinking fountain
coordinates:-   NY78144372
1Km square:-   NY7843
10Km square:-   NY74

photograph
BUJ55.jpg (taken 23.4.2011)  
photograph
BUJ56.jpg  Inscription:-
"IN COMMEMORATION / OF A / TESTIMONIAL / PRESENTED TO HIM / AND MRS BAINBRIDGE / BY THE EMPLOYEES / OF THE / LONDON LEAD Co. / AND / OTYHER FRIENDS / SEPR. 28TH. 1877" "ERECTED BY R. W. BAINBRIDGE ESQ. OF MIDDLETON HOUSE" (taken 23.4.2011)  
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MEMORIAL PUMP AND CANOPY / / A689 / ALSTON MOOR / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73095 / NY7814543722"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Memorial pump under ornamental canopy dated 1877. Stands on stepped base of large stone slabs. Cast-iron; cylindrical pump is fluted, c2 1/2 ft high, with bucket rest and lion's head spout. 4 columns with Classical, Egyptian, and Gothic detailing support a ribbed dome with finial. Foundry mark probably GEO. SMITH, SUN FOUNDRY, GLASGOW. Semicircular arch, with cusping, to each side inscribed: ERECTED BY R.W. BAINBRIDGE ESQ OF MIDDLETON HOUSE. Oval plaque above each arch inscribed: IN COMMEMORATION OF A TESTIMONIAL PRESENTED TO HIM & MRS BAINBRIDGE BY THE EMPLOYEES OF THE LONDON LEAD CO. &OTHER FRIENDS SEPT. 28TH 1877. Corner antifixae have obelisk finials; small crocodile to top of each cap internally. Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham, has an identical memorial canopy with an ornamental fountain instead of a pump."
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