Handpump at Chapel Farm:: OS grid TF9716 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

TF9716 : Handpump at Chapel Farm

near to Beetley, Norfolk, Great Britain

Handpump at Chapel Farm

The chalk below isn't too far down providing water.
Bought in 1776 by the local magistrates, the 62 acre farm was to become part of the Workhouse system, later the union house system. The chapel part of the name comes from the 13th C chapel sited here, some masonry survives built into the barn.

Gressenhall Workhouse :: TF9717

Gressenhall workhouse is a 1777 'industrial facility' built to employ the local poor. It became union system with strict rules and laws with the introduction of thee poor law.
Today it is a working museum and office suite for Norfolk Museum services. The nearby Chapel (or union) farm is a 1920s style working farm and museum. Link

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2012

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Grid Square: TF9716, 67 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Ashley Dace (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Supplemental image
Date Taken: Thursday, 2 August, 2012 (more nearby)
Submitted: Friday, 3 August, 2012
Geographical Context: Farm, Fishery, Market Gardening
Subject Location: OSGB36: TF 9756 1679 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:42.7617N 0:55.3946E
Photographer Location: OSGB36: TF 9753 1679
View Direction: EAST (about 90 degrees)