| Name: | Buckhurst Hill old fire station 1 site |
| Address: | Stag Lane Reservoir, Stag Lane |
| Town: | Buckhurst Hill |
| Brigade: | Essex |
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| Year Range: |
1896-? (demolished) |
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Confirmed
Latitude/Longitude: | 51.626104 North
00.031829 East |
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| Further Information/ Provenance: | |
http://csweb.bournemouth.ac.uk/aip/gaz2004/geast.pdf
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=15535&strquery=%22fire%20station%22
- closed 1933 when Loughton and Grange Farm Chigwell opened - cannot confirm if this is the same station
Kelly's Directory of Essex, 1914, page 86
Shown on 1920 1:2500 OS map
http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MEX1037443&resourceID=1001
- built 1896. By 1933 the local brigade was absorbed into the Loughton brigade and the station was reused as by a local water company and renamed the reservoir store. All buildings including the reservoir are to be demolished prior to the sites redevelopment for housing
In 1896 the site of the Fire Station was at Stag Lane Reservoir, Stag Lane, Buckhurst Hill. This was however demolished and replaced by the Fire Station which was situated on the High Road which was demolished in 1933 with the opening of Loughton and Grange Farm, Chigwell
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