1864 - Old Fire Station Stony Stratford, Bucks
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Norfolk12
N 52° 03.306 W 000° 51.222
30U E 647155 N 5769340
A Small fire Station in the Historic town Of Stony Stratford, was the library and now an office..Dated stone above the door.
Waymark Code: WM57R9
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/24/2008
Views: 4
Originally the Fire Station Serving this area now superceded by a new upmarket Station at Great Holm.
This served as Stony Stratford’s Fire Station for almost a hundred years. The town suffered a series of devastating fires in 1703, 1725,1736,1742.1863.
Year of construction: 1864
Cross-listed waymark: [Web Link]
Full inscription:
STONY STRATFORD- FIRE STATION
1864 - 1958
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO A DISASTEROUS FIRE OCCURRED IN STONY STRATFORD AS A RESULT THE INHABITANTS OF THE DISTRICT CONTRIBUTED TO PROVIDE A NEW FIRE STATION AND FIRE ENGINE.
THE FIRE STATION WAS OCCUPIED CONTINUOUSLY BY
THE STONY STRATFORD VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADE LATER TO BECOME PART OF THE NATIONAL FIRE SERVICE AND RECENTLY BUCKINGHAMSHIRE FIRE
BRIGADE UNTIL IT WAS CLOSED IN 1958 AND CONVERTED TO A LIBRARY.
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