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Town pump

England
List entry 1003158
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003158
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0 hectares
Grid reference
TF 93424 36858
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Town pump is a Grade II listed structure located in Norfolk, England. The monument dates from the nineteenth century and served as a public water supply point for the local community. Constructed of stone or brick typical of Victorian civic infrastructure, the pump represents the practical provision of utilities in an era before mains water distribution became widespread. Such pumps were essential features of market towns and villages, providing accessible fresh water to residents and contributing to public health improvements during the period.

Town pump is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003158. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Town pump?

Town pump is a Grade II listed structure located in Norfolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003158.

Who is responsible for protecting Town pump?

Town pump is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1003158.

What other scheduled monuments are near Town pump?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ruins and site of Walsingham Priory (0.2 km), The Greyfriars (0.3 km), Gatehouse at manor house, East Barsham (3.4 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Ruins and site of Walsingham Priory
0.2 km
The Greyfriars
0.3 km
Gatehouse at manor house, East Barsham
3.4 km
Egmere medieval settlement
3.9 km
Hindringham Hall moated site with adjacent fishponds
4.4 km
Waterden medieval settlement remains
4.8 km
Ring ditches and enclosures W of The Hills
7.6 km
Fakenham gasworks
7.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Town pump

Town pump stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

Domesday entry for Walsingham, Norfolk →
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