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Brass plaque № 30837

Photograph at the Brass plaque № 30837 plaque

The use of this water was given to the inhabitants of this city for the purpose of cleansing the town, and, if occasion should require it, of extinguishing fires, by Richard, Lord Bishop of Bath & Wells, with the consent of Mr John Lovell, his Lefsee of the Mill, in the year of our Lord 1803, and in the Mayoralty of George Lax Esquire. NB To be kept in repair by the overseers of the In parish.

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