| Name: | Church Stretton old fire station 2 site |
| Address: | Beaumont Road |
| Town: | Church Stretton |
| Brigade: | Shropshire |
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| Year Range: |
1911-1964 (demolished) |
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Unconfirmed
Latitude/Longitude: | 52.539108 North
02.805801 West |
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http://www.shropshirestar.com/pictures/2011/04/01/pictures-from-the-past-april-1/sd3738326p9-thursday-stret/
- has picture of appliance turning out from station next to Church Stretton UDC offices in c1960 (does not show fire station building). Building opposite still exists, so station plotted approximately from that
Not shown on available maps March 2015
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/salop/vol10/pp72-120
- A volunteer fire brigade was established in 1881, the engine being kept at David Hyslop's posting stables in Brook Street.The brigade was taken over and re-formed by the U.D.C. in 1901, and the council depot built in Beaumont Road in 1911 included accommodation for the engine. In 1964 the county council opened a new fire station in Essex Road
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