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Name:Lees old fire station 1
Address:in a close near the road leading from Lees to Hey
Town:Lees
Brigade:Greater Manchester
Postcode:
  
Year Range: ?-?
  
Unconfirmed
Latitude/Longitude:
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Further Information/ Provenance: 


http://oldhamfirebrigade.synthasite.com/lees-fire-brigade.php
- on 02/11/1821, it was decided to build an engine house and "that land for this purpose be purchased in a close belonging to Mr Joseph Bracewell near the road leading from Lees to Hey"

Not shown on available maps September 2016


http://gmfsmuseum.org.uk/brigade-histories/greater-manchester-area-brigades-list
- Lees FB disbanded 1884

https://sites.google.com/site/oldhamfirebrigade/lees-fire-brigade
- An engine house was built on land bought for £4 from Joseph Bracewell of Lees. This triangular piece of land could not have been in a more awkward position – a few yards up from Hey Lane (what is now Elliot St/ St John St). Lees FB disbanded in 1890
 
 
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