| Name: | Aberystwyth old fire station 1 site |
| Address: | Smithfield Avenue (now Park Avenue) |
| Town: | Aberystwyth |
| Brigade: | Mid & West Wales |
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| Year Range: |
<1895-1962 (demolished) |
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Confirmed
Latitude/Longitude: | 52.412895 North
04.082316 West |
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| Further Information/ Provenance: | |
Building confirmed demolished
Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire & S Wales, 1895, page 61
- Smithfield Avenue (later Park Avenue)
In use by 1905 - shown on 1905 1:500 OS map, still on 1932 1:2500 OS map, not on 1964/1965 1:2500 OS map
Plotted from 1905 map
https://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=9906
- has link to official opening [of current station] programme on 21/05/1962. Lists Aberystwyth Volunteer FB formed 18/06/1887
http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3860627/3860632/29/
- The Montgomery County Times and Shropshire and Mid-Wales Advertiser 12/01/1895: fire station in Smithfield Avenue mentioned
Aberystwyth old 3 is 'council yard', which may have been a shed adjacent to this fire station
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