Welford: Old Parish Pump and Well Lane

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The photograph on this page of Welford: Old Parish Pump and Well Lane by Nigel Cox as part of the Geograph project.

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Welford: Old Parish Pump and Well Lane

Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 7 May 2015

The old parish pump is fed by a well said to be about 40 feet deep that is believed to date from the 17th century. It became redundant when mains water was introduced to the village in the late 1940s. This well, one of the last three public ones in the village, was restored in 1997 with the help of donations from parishioners. Well Lane on the right was once a route out of the village to the west, but was truncated after the field pattern was altered after the Enclosures Act of 1780. It's now a green lane that stops after about 200 metres, when a watercourse crossing is reached. Most of what the photographer has written here was gleaned from the very helpful information board on the left.

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.415541
Longitude
-1.0628