| Name: | Witney old fire station 1 |
| Address: | Millin's Yard, r/o 101 High Street |
| Town: | Witney |
| Brigade: | Oxfordshire |
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| Year Range: |
?-1930s? |
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Confirmed
Latitude/Longitude: | 51.788821 North
01.483190 West |
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| Further Information/ Provenance: | |
Shown on 1889 1:2500 OS map, still on 1921 1:2500 OS map, still on 1955/1960 1:10560 OS map but 2 stations shown on 1955 map - other in Langdale Court off Market Square
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol14/pp33-68
- by the 1930s a public library was housed at first in the old fire station on High Street [may refer to this building]
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol14/pp111-130#anchorn314
- In 1880 the local board acquired a new town engine, which from 1881 was housed in rented premises behind No. 101 High Street
http://witneyhistory.org/Book%20of%20Witney%20-%20Charles%20Gott.pdf
- The original Fire Brigade had its headquarters in Millin’s Yard, behind what is now 101 High Street, and continued to operate from there as a horse-drawn unit until 1927
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