| Name: | Saffron Walden old fire station site |
| Address: | 5 Hill Street |
| Town: | Saffron Walden |
| Brigade: | Essex |
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| Year Range: |
?-1984 (demolished) |
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Confirmed
Latitude/Longitude: | 52.022678 North
00.240747 East |
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| Further Information/ Provenance: | |
Kelly's Directory of Essex, 1914, page 496
- Volunteer FB formed in 1865, 1 manual, 1 steamer, fire escape and appliances
Kelly's Directory of Essex, 1914, page 499
- 5 Hill Street
http://www.ecfrs.co.uk/stations/saffron_walden.htm
- close 1984. Current station on same site
Shown on 1921 1:2500 OS map - in yard of what is current fire station
http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MEX1002452&resourceID=1001
- 1 and 3 Hill Street, Mid/late C19 brick building, former fire and ambulance station [need confirmation if this was earlier/different location]
3 Hill Street (photo exists of firemen and horse drawn manual pump outside a single bay station in 1906), so likely that later station was built on same site
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