Inscription on Pound House
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Inscription on Pound House
Image: © Philip Halling Taken: 3 Nov 2012
Interesting inscription on The Pound House Image] in Longhope. The inscription reads: 'THE POUND HOUSE destroyed by FIRE 19 October 1851 was REBUILT for HANNAH BRIGHT Aged 71 years by the NORWICH UNION FIRE OFFICE 1852' After discovering this inscribed tablet research lead me to discover insurance companies used to have private fire brigades, the last one was disbanded in Worcester in 1929.
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Image Location
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51.867172
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-2.453367