Pump at Stilton
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Pump at Stilton
Image: © Tiger Taken: 24 Jun 2020
A 19th-century pump with cast-iron column, fluted cap and finial and low spout and lever in the famous cheese village, surrounded by posts and chains and restored in 2000 for the millennium. Dick Williams has established that the pump was first erected in 1826 and remained in use until 1936. The whole group is listed Grade II https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101216106-pump-and-posts-and-parish-notice-board-stilton For the wider setting see Image
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Image Location
Latitude
52.489597
Longitude
-0.289315