| Name: | Laindon old fire station site |
| Address: | High Road |
| Town: | Berry, Laindon |
| Brigade: | Essex |
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| Year Range: |
1940?-1962 (demolished) |
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Confirmed
Latitude/Longitude: | 51.571884 North
00.421260 East |
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| Further Information/ Provenance: | |
http://www.basildon.com/history/laindon/berry.html
http://www.basildon.com/history/laindon/lhrs2.html
http://www.basildon.com/history/stories/story4b.html
http://www.basildonrecorder.co.uk/news/9419782.Hats_off_to_the____home_of_firefighting___/
- Basildon previous served by fire stations at Laindon & Vange
- fire station was almost opposite what was Essex Road approx half way between Laindon station and Laindon link
Essex Fire & Rescue Fleet Summary
- closed by ECFB. Replaced by Basildon in 1962
Fire Protection Review, ? 1962
- Basildon fire station officially opened 15/03/1962, replacing two obsolete stations at Laindon and Vange
http://www.basildon.com/history/chronology/19401949.html
- An auxiliary fire brigade at Laindon under Section-Officer R.F. Cole known to have attended call outs. The brigade operated from a small auxiliary (section) fire station in the High Road between Shepherd's Restaurant and the Laindon Recorder office. It survived to December 1961 when the main Essex County fire station at Broadmayne in Basildon became operational. All equipment including vehicles were then transferred to the new station. The Laindon station was then used as a storage garage until the late 1970s or early 1980s when it was finally demolished. Laindon Community Centre car park and building now covers the site of the former fire station.
Shown on 1956 1:2500 OS map, still on 1960 1:10560 OS map (building not shown on 1939 1:2500 OS map)
Fighting Fire in Essex, page 53
- closed 1962
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