Riber and Starkholmes
Approximate locations of Wards End Booster, Riber A and B Wells and Starkholmes Spring
Note: The pumping station at Wards End is marked 'Sewage'!
Note: The pumping station at Wards End is marked 'Sewage'!
Wads End Booster
Possible location of Wards End booster Station? (marked on the previous OS map as Sewage PS!)
Note: the Spring nearby could be a possible historical…
Note: the Spring nearby could be a possible historical…
BGS Record of Riber A and B Wells
There are 2 Wells marked on the British Geological Survey Map (see above) I think the location of Riber B on the British Geological Survey Map need to be…
Riber 'A' Well c.1900
'W' for well is shown top right hand corner of map.
Map is Ordnance Survey c1900
Map is Ordnance Survey c1900
Ribe 'A ' Well Location on 2021 Map
Ordnance Survey Map c.2021 The position of the Well was in front of Windmill Cottage. (possibly misnamed if it was a windpump!)
Record Sheet 1 for Riber A and B Wells
RIBER A: Water raised by windpump to a tank at surface and distributed by gravity to Riber Village.
RIBER B: Supplies Castle and gravity supply to Riber House.…
RIBER B: Supplies Castle and gravity supply to Riber House.…
'Wards End booster pump. This pumped water up into Riber res. After the res was abandoned it boosted water into the distribution system. …