| Name: | Wantage old fire station 2 |
| Address: | Portway Place (now Portway) |
| Town: | Wantage |
| Brigade: | Oxfordshire |
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| Year Range: |
c1878-1910 |
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Confirmed
Latitude/Longitude: | 51.586230 North
01.429713 West |
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| Further Information/ Provenance: | |
Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, 1887, p180
- Merryweather engine at Engine House, & escape at Town Hall
Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, 1899, p239
- as above
Shown on 1899 1:2500 OS map
http://www.heraldseries.co.uk/news/hswantagenews/15063332.Heralding_the_Past__the_fire_station_that_become_a_school_armoury/ [article dated 01/02/2017]
- The building was originally built between 1878-1880 and was the first purpose-built Fire Engine House (or Fire Station as we would refer to such a building today) for Wantage. The Volunteer Wantage Fire Brigade operated out of the Fire Engine House in Portway until 1910. This was when the building was sold to King Alfred's School for £96 to be used as an armoury for the newly-formed King Alfred's School Officer Training Corps. The fire station then moved to the front of the VC Gallery in the Market Place and a new steam Merryweather fire engine was obtained
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