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Summary

Documented location of water pump, probably of late 18th century date, used for keeping down dust on the road

Monument Type(s):

• PUMP (18th century - 1751 AD? to 1800 AD?)

Full Description

A pump is marked 'P' on the Second Edition Ordnance Survey mapping <1>, on the south side of the Bath Road near the junction with Northfield Road. It cannot be clearly seen on the First Edition map <2> but was probably one of a chain of water pumps put along the Bath Road at the end of the 18th century for watering the roads to keep the dust down <3>. It appears to have been removed some time in the 20th century, possibly by the 1920s as it is close to some of the recorded features in Harris's Thatcham Newtown excavations.

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