Fire Station Details - Brentford old fire station

Name:	Brentford old fire station
Address:	pub, 55 High Street
Town:	Brentford, Middlesex
Brigade:	London
Postcode:	TW8 0AH

Year Range:	1898-1964

Confirmed Latitude/Longitude:	51.484748 North 00.301944 West

Further Information/ Provenance:
http://www.glias.org.uk/database/boroughs/borough_0019.htm http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-439902-former-brentford-fire-station-55-hounslo http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22581&strquery=%22fire%20station%22 http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=13161&inst_id=118&nv1=search&nv2= - Ex Middlesex FB. C Division Frank van der Weerden - Brentford & Chiswick MB then to Middlesex. Station opened in 1898 and closed in 1965 http://www.bhsproject.co.uk/pcFireStation_1913.shtml Fire Cover 200, page 38 - Chiswick replaced Chiswick & Brentford stations prior to GLC taking over Middlesex FB in 1965 http://laytoncollection.org/index.php/thomas-layton-brentford/the-layton-trail - opened on 22 February 1898. The Fire Station was altered and refitted many times between the 1920s and 1950s until it closed in 1965; then it was used by the ambulance service until the 1980s Kelly's Directory of Essex Herts & Middx 1894, page 38 - address given as "The Ham"


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