{"id":1419,"date":"2011-01-03T05:15:37","date_gmt":"2011-01-03T05:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/history.onclick.co.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=1419"},"modified":"2011-01-03T05:15:37","modified_gmt":"2011-01-03T05:15:37","slug":"the-parish-pump","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mardenhistory.org.uk\/home\/?page_id=1419","title":{"rendered":"The Parish Pump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marden has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mardenhistory.org.uk\/home\/media_library\/pump2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-941\" style=\"border: 12px solid #d8e9da; margin: 5px; padding: 5px;\" title=\"pump2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mardenhistory.org.uk\/home\/media_library\/pump2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"284\" \/><\/a>always had a good natural water supply, sited as it is on  Wealden clay. Water is retained in the soil and the water table is high.  There were several pumps and wells in the village. The Parish Pump,  pictured here, stood in the centre of the village opposite the Maidstone  Road. It was erected by the Parish Council in 1899 when the old dip  well was covered in. It has been painted in several colours in its time  though the most favoured combination was red and yellow.<\/p>\n<p>In 1907 the Parish Pump was locked up by the Rural District Council  as it was found to be contaminated by ammonia, nitrates, chlorides and  organic matter. It was then removed to the Workhouse well, and can still  be seen today in front of the The Allens, which now stands on the site  of the Workhouse. It no longer draws water, it is now a decorative item.<\/p>\n<p>To this day the Pump is a feature in the village. The Marden Society  newsletter, which is circulated regularly to members, is known as &#8220;The  Parish Pump&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marden has always had a good natural water supply, sited as it is on Wealden clay. Water is retained in the soil and the water table is high. There were several pumps and wells in the village. The Parish Pump, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mardenhistory.org.uk\/home\/?page_id=1419\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":24,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1419","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mardenhistory.org.uk\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mardenhistory.org.uk\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mardenhistory.org.uk\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mardenhistory.org.uk\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mardenhistory.org.uk\/home\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1419"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mardenhistory.org.uk\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1421,"href":"https:\/\/www.mardenhistory.org.uk\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1419\/revisions\/1421"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mardenhistory.org.uk\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mardenhistory.org.uk\/home\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}