Exterior of Coxbench Pumping Station
Now disused as a Public Water Source and converted to a private residence. The original pumphouse is only the part at the front. There were 2 boreholes inside…
Location of Water Works at Coxbench
British Geological Society Borehole Record
Please note that the Borehole positions are NOT accurate on this plan. See the Record plan for better locations.
BGS Record Plan of Coxbench Boreholes
Commissioned in 1952?? by Shardlow Rural District Water Department. Taken over by South Derbyshire Water Board in 1961 and abandoned by Severn Trent Water…
c. 1960 OS Plan of Coxbench Borehole
Boreholes A and B are situated in the Pumphouse and the Well is located approximately at the end of the red pointer.
Says Malcolm Woodward: Ces took us as…
Says Malcolm Woodward: Ces took us as…
Coxbench Wells and Borehole.
Original trial Borehole (A) sunk in 1934 and 1936 a second Borehole (B) was sunk. The 2 boreholes in the pumphouse were interconnected in 1938 by a heading…
Geological details of Borehole A
Sunk by A Francis
Coxbench Well (C) and Connecting Heading
Constructed by Le Grand S & C in 1938. Well is 6 foot in diameter part brick lined with a heading at 40 foot connecting to the boreholes in the pumphouse
