Remembrance

The water standpipes were installed in Ticknall South Derbyshire in 1914 at the instruction of Sir Vauncey Harper-Crewe ( Calke Abbey ) to bring clean water to the village a wind pump was used to lift the water from a well where it was piped to a covered reservoir 21 where installed around the village the 16 that remain are Grade 2 listed, one still has water in it there is a dog bowl on the stand. The system was made redundant in 1962 when mains water arrived in the village