Eltisley Village pump -Cambridgeshire
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Norfolk12
N 52° 13.290 W 000° 08.364
30U E 695390 N 5789531
A Water pump on the village green at Eltisley, in Cambridgeshire.
Waymark Code: WMBRC2
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/16/2011
Views: 3
This has no makers name on and is non working.
Eltisley has a large village green which was the junction of two ancient roads running from Cambridge to St Neots and from St Ives to Potton. The church stands immediately west of the green and several buildings from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries stand along its edge, suggesting that the green has been at the centre of the village for a long time. In 1868 it was earmarked for parishioners' recreation and exercise and cricket is played there in summer.
Eltisley Cricket Club was established in 1854 and a thatched pavilion stands on the village green. The Prisoner episode, The Girl who was Death used this cricket green for filming.
Until 1868, when it was turned into allotments, another green was sited to the east and in 1456, villagers were distinguished as living in either 'le Estende' or 'le Upende'; it appears that there have been at least two centres to the village since medieval times
there is another water pump there.
Is it Working: no
How to find.:
On the village green as you enter from the Cambridge Road
Visiting Restrictions:
available 24/7
Does this pump have a presence on the internet?: [Web Link]
Nearest Address: Not listed
Good place to park: Not Listed
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Visit Instructions:
A quality photograph of the old hand operated pump showing another feature with or without someone or GPSr in view. Describe your route to the pump, perhaps.