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Name:Taunton old fire station 1 site
Address:Magdalene Street
Town:Taunton
Brigade:Somerset
Postcode:
  
Year Range: 1936-? (demolished)
  
Confirmed
Latitude/Longitude:
51.016085 North
03.098315 West
              
Further Information/ Provenance: 

Kelly's Directory of Somerset, 1897, p399
Kelly's Directory of Somerset, 1889, p356
Kelly's Directory of Somerset, 1902, p413
Kelly's Directory of Somerset, 1914, p446
Kelly's Directory of Somerset, 1919, p424

Shown on 1888 1:500 OS map (fire engine house and fire escape house marked), still on 1914 1:2500 OS map, still on 1930 1:2500 OS map, still on 1960/1961 1:2500 OS map

Paul Pickford
- It was originally built as an Ebeneezer Christian Chapel and school room and was acquired by the Town Council in 1936 for use as the Fire Station.
 
 
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