| Name: | Reading old fire station 1 site |
| Address: | 15 & 16 St Marys Butts |
| Town: | Reading |
| Brigade: | Berkshire |
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| Year Range: |
1894-1939 (demolished) |
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Confirmed
Latitude/Longitude: | 51.454601 North
00.974851 West |
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| Further Information/ Provenance: | |
Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, 1899, p141
Kelly's Directory of Reading, 1914, p37/p38:
Hose carts at: Emmer Green, Gosbrook Road, Eastern Avenue Police Station, Whitley Street, Oxford Road Police Station, Corporation Yard
Fire Escape at: Central Station, Eastern Avenue, High Bridge Police Station, Gosbrook Road
Ladders at: 64 Alma Street, Arthur Road, Russell Street, 70 Albany Road, Waldeck Street, Sackville Street, St Laurence Church, South Street
Kelly's Directory of Reading, 1914, p214
Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, 1915, p158
Shown on 1899 1:2500 OS map, still on 1912 1:2500 OS map, still on 1931 1:2500 OS map
Fire Cover 203, page 52
- 1894-1939, replaced by Caversham Road
Michael Bissett-Powell
- station caught fire in 1939
The first home of the fire brigade was the Boar's Head, later moving to Cross Street, and subsequently finishing up at temporary accommodation at St Marys Butts, where it stayed until 1938
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