Fire Station Details - Farndon old fire station

Name:	Farndon old fire station
Address:	High Street
Town:	Farndon
Brigade:	Cheshire
Postcode:

Year Range:	?-?

Confirmed Latitude/Longitude:	53.084682 North 02.875941 West

Further Information/ Provenance:
Shown on 1911 1:2500 OS map http://newspapers.library.wales/view/4591210/4591218/77/ - Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register 27/09/1890: FARNDON AND HOLT FIRE BRIGADE. On Saturday a competition took place. Prizes were afterwards distributed at the Fire Station [another reference in 1905] http://www.roydenhistory.co.uk/farndon/villagetrail/farndon_walk_leaflet.pdf - This lock up dates from 1837. In the late 19th century, it was used as part of the village fire station http://holtlhs.weebly.com/chronology.html - 1888 Farndon and Holt Fire brigade formed - 1939 Holt Auxiliary Fire Service formed


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