Fire plaque, Castlegate/Sheepfoot Hill
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Fire plaque, Castlegate/Sheepfoot Hill
Image: © Pauline E Taken: 6 Dec 2013
These metal plaques, or badges, erected by insurance companies, (this example was issued by the Sun Fire Office), 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. For further information, see http://www.moleseyhistory.co.uk/books/surrey/fireplaques/index.html
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Image Location
Latitude
54.133725
Longitude
-0.791511