Guess the Place

[KeithG]

Smiffy did you know the old Miersborough Lane is now Meresborough Lane?

Sorry Smiffy got my names mixed up!! 

[DaveTheTrain]

Thanks Smiffy (and Keith),

I enjoyed that, I looked at every pump station in Rainham to find it!  Here goes the next one.  It is not our usual area, but I did go to school here (or nearby) ... not that that helps you (or maybe it does). 

[Smiffy]

DaveTheTrain has located it! Here is the English Heritage entry:

Well house. C18-19. Timber-frame and thatched hipped roof. E spindle with a drum at the top, and braced arm for a horse, and 4 W posts for the winding wheel over the well which is capped by a stone flag. A rare and unusual surviving example of this type.

You are now it...

[KeithG]

I realised i was the wrong side of the A2 but couldn't post as busy
Well done DTT

[DaveTheTrain]

Found it, the little bypassed lane off Mierscourt Road.  The tree is still there as is the woodwork.

[Smiffy]

This is proving to be more fiendish to track down than I anticipated! A big clue then - the road was once known as Chapel Lane.

[KeithG]

I think maybe further down Pump Lane near Lower Rainham Road... Pump Farm?

[Smiffy]

Not Platter's farm, but there is a Farm shop close by. Not far to the south are some motorway services.

[DaveTheTrain]

Can I adjust my answer, looking at old maps, there is a pumping station on tother side of the London Road, which on old maps is shown as Pump Lane, but is now Guardian Court.  Here lies the Rainham Mark WSW.   So I think it may have been Platters Farm.

[DaveTheTrain]

I am going to guess and say its Pump Lane, Rainham.  I would have to guess and say it is by the old Bus Garage.

[Smiffy]

Not Meresborough, but you're close. Go a little bit further west. CAT, you're pretty much there re use, as it's for raising water.

[KeithG]

Smiffy did you know the old Miersborough Lane is now Meresborough Lane?

[pete.mason]

water supply for steam engines / traction engines?

[CAT]

The post closest to the camera appear to be rounded and with a 'drum' on top. Is it a covered winding mechanism, possibly for raising water or even a sluice gate?

[KeithG]

Meresborough area?