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Portwell drinking fountain

Portwell drinking fountain
Faringdon, Oxfordshire
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www.fdahs.org.uk/buildings/pump-house
The Portwell...
was given to the town by Sir Henry Unton, Lord of the Manor in the 16th century. It was pumped from the spring which rises in the cellar of the Pump House. It was then the town’s only piped water supply. On one side there was a hand pump with a heavy lead drinking cup securely chained for people to use. There were also two troughs providing water for the horses and cattle that used the market. Two gas lamps were placed on top in the 19th century.

Faringdon drinking fountain
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