Thatched shelter
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Thatched shelter
Image: © Evelyn Simak Taken: 28 Nov 2007
This octagonal thatched shelter, decorated for the festive season in late November, was erected in 1913. It is situated in the middle of the Cawston Road - Penfold Street junction; the view is east towards Penfold Street. This shelter houses the John Soame Memorial Pump. Before the event of a public water supply in 1933, water had to be drawn from private wells. The pump is named after John Soame, who was a councillor in Aylsham in 1894. After his death in 1911, a public well, pump and shelter was given to the town by his nephew, John Soame Austin, a wealthy financier born in Aylsham. The artesian well is 52 metres (170 ft) deep and its roof is thatched with Norfolk reed.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.795207
Longitude
1.249534