Fire insurance plaque, High Street

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Fire insurance plaque, High Street

Image: © Pauline E Taken: 12 Mar 2009

These metal plaques, or badges, erected by insurance companies, were used to show that a property was insured. There are two types - early plaques were mostly cast in lead and displayed either a painted or engraved number which corresponded to the number of the insurance policy. The second type, known as a fire-plate was pressed from either thin copper-plate, or tinned sheet-iron. http://www.moleseyhistory.co.uk/books/surrey/fireplaques/index.html

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.913675
Longitude
-2.583663