Fire Station Details - Ampthill old fire station 3 site

Name:	Ampthill old fire station 3 site
Address:	The Oxlet
Town:	Ampthill
Brigade:	Bedfordshire
Postcode:

Year Range:	?-? (demolished)

Unconfirmed Latitude/Longitude:	0.000000 North 00.000000 East

Further Information/ Provenance:
http://ampthillfirestation.tripod.com/history.html - The Town's first recorded fire engine was purchased in the 1770s and was housed in this little building in The Oxlet, close to the old Town Pond [has picture] http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-674-1/dissemination/pdf/Ampthill/fulltext/Ampthill_Assessment.pdf - The Town Pond not shown on 18th or 19th century estate maps. "The Oxflode was situated to the rear of Church Street at its western end and may be preserved beneath the Oxlet carpark"


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