| Name: | Whitechapel old fire station 1 site |
| Address: | Church Lane, Whitechapel Road |
| Town: | Whitechapel |
| Brigade: | London |
| Postcode: | E |
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| Year Range: |
1871-1901? (demolished) |
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Confirmed
Latitude/Longitude: | 51.515115 North
00.069391 West |
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| Further Information/ Provenance: | |
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/hitch/gendocs/institute.html
Station appears to be junction of Colchester Street and Commercial Road. Same plot as current station
Shown on 1896 1:1056 OS map, still on 1896 1:2500 OS map, still on 1913/1915 1:1056 OS map, still on 1916 1:2500 OS map
Post Office Directory
- MFB C district, Commercial Road
Post Office Directory of London, 1910, Vol 2, Part 3, page 2262
- LFB C District. Gives address as 27 Commercial Road East. If 1871-1901 dates are correct, was there another station between this one and current (1931) station?
Fire Cover 206, Page 17
- damaged by enemy action in WW1 (if 1901 closing date is correct, this must be a different station that was damaged)
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