| Name: | Potton old fire station |
| Address: | Hogg Hill/Brook End |
| Town: | Potton |
| Brigade: | Bedfordshire |
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| Year Range: |
1887-1974 |
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Confirmed
Latitude/Longitude: | 52.127322 North
00.212785 West |
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| Further Information/ Provenance: | |
Kelly's Directory of Bedfordshire, 1890, p110
- no address given
Kelly's Directory of Beds, Hunts & Northants, 1898, p126
- no address given
Kelly's Directory of Beds, Hunts & Northants, 1903, p144
- no address given
Kelly's Directory of Bedfordshire, 1910, p154
- no address given
Kelly's Directory of Bedfordshire, 1914, p158
- brigade station and parish room built 1887
Shown on 1884 1:2500 OS map, still on 1901 1:2500 OS map, still on 1926 1:2500 OS map, still on 1937/1938 1:2500 OS map, still on 1967/1973 1:2500 OS map
http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/221836
- video of reopening of fire station in 1957 [why had it been closed?]
http://www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/CommunityAndLiving/ArchivesAndRecordOffice/CommunityArchives/Potton/PottonFireStations.aspx
- quotes report from 1882 stating the local gas company refursed to supply gas to the engine house to light it, so 1887 date seems too late
- engine house enlarged and repoened in 1889
- enlarged again in 1955 and formally reopened on 20/07/1957
- new fire station opened in February 1974
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