St. Peter's Pump, River Stour, Wiltshire.
Joseph Skelton (1783-1871)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper, wood, glass
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Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 731095
Summary
Print, coloured engraving. St. Peter's Pump, River Stour, Wiltshire by Joseph Skelton (1785-1850). Dated 1474, and situated north west of the main National Trust park in Six Wells Bottom Valley. It was originally part old Bristol’s water supply and stood near St Peter's Church at the west corner of Peter Street and Dolphin Street, Bristol. St Peter’s Church was bombed in 1940 but some of it still remains standing. The pump luckily was moved by an ”Act of Parliament” in 1766 and was put here in 1768. It marks the source of the river Stour.
Marks and inscriptions
Peter's Pump, which stood Formerly in Peter Street. Now placed at the source of the river Stour in Wiltshire.
Makers and roles
Joseph Skelton (1783-1871), artist