Description and History of Site:-
Wrought iron lamp standard erected c 1800. Originally an oil lamp was used. From 1830 Richmond Town Council paid Richmond Gas Works, established in 1821, £75 per year to light the main streets and the lamp was converted.

At the base is a stone pillar erected in about 1782 in which the remains of a water-spout or water-point can be seen and which provided a water supply to local people. Water was conveyed in a lead pipe from a cistern under the Obelisk in the Market Place and flowed freely into a stone trough. The overflow ran down Bridge Street in the River Swale. On the
top of the pillar is remains of a wrought iron lamp standard erected c1800.

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Key Words :- Wrought Iron Lamp Standard Water Spout Drinking Point

Viewing the Site :- Can be viewed from the public footpath

Address :- Bargate, Richmond, North Yorkshire, DL10 4GG
Grid Ref :- NZ 16975 00727
Co-ordinates :- Lat 54.401729 , Long -1.740026
Local Authority :- Richmondshire District Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - North Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Site Condition :- Site disused - but otherwise substantially intact
Site Dates :- c1800 -
Record Date :- 15 April 2018

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