Conduit Building
Introduction
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Conduit Building
Image: © John M Taken: 14 Mar 2018
A reliable water supply was brought into the town in 1736 with six hand pumps. The supply was abandoned in 1946. An inscribed plaque (added in 1950) on the south-west side of the building reads: Cannock Conduit Trust founded 1736 By Public Subscription for bringing a water supply to the Township of Cannock. This building was erected in the year 1736 as the Conduit Head for the water brought by pipe from Stringer’s Meadow Rumer Hill Leacroft. The source of water being given by Dr. William Byrche of Leacroft Hall. The undertaking was endowed by the Lord of the Manor the Earl of Uxbridge, the Lord Bishop of Worcester, Sir Robert Fisher and others and later became a registered Charity and served the Township of Cannock for over 200 years.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.689483
Longitude
-2.031913