| Name: | Market Drayton old fire station 2 |
| Address: | former toilets, Church Street |
| Town: | Market Drayton |
| Brigade: | Shropshire |
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| Year Range: |
1790-? |
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Confirmed
Latitude/Longitude: | 52.903508 North
02.483221 West |
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| Further Information/ Provenance: | |
Slater's Directory of N & S Wales etc., 1880. [Part 2: Shrops, Mon, Bristol & Chester], p64
Kelly's Directory of Shropshire, 1913, page 150
- FB station is in Church Street. There are two powerful manual engines, a portable fire pump and a hose cart
Plaque on building states:
- The Engine Station. 1790. Site of the Parish Fire Station. Horse drawn engines from this place served the town for more than a century. The alarm was raised by ringing the Buttercoss bell and the horses collected from a field below Phoenix Bank
Shown on 1902 1:2500 OS map, still on 1926 1:2500 OS map
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