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ENGLAND - COUNTY BRIGADES

Effective from 1 April 1948

ENGLAND - COUNTY BOROUGH BRIGADES

Effective from 1 April 1948

Bedfordshire

Area: 473 sq. miles

Fire stations: 11

 

Berkshire & Reading

Area: 740 sq. miles

Fire stations: 21, plus 2 fire parties (one with light pump, one with hose truck)

 

Buckinghamshire

Area: 749 sq. miles

Fire stations: 33

 

Cambridgeshire

Area: 492 sq. miles

Fire stations: 10

 

Cheshire

Area: 973 sq. miles

Fire stations: 28

 

Cornwall

Area: 1,350 sq. miles

Fire stations: 30 (1950)

 

Cumberland

Area: 1,513 sq. miles

Fire stations: 17

 

Derbyshire

Area: 993 sq. miles

Fire stations: 29

 

Devon

Area: 2,577 sq. miles

Fire stations: 51

 

Dorset

Area: 973 sq. miles

Fire stations: 21

 

County Durham

Area: 974 sq. miles

Fire stations: 26

 

Isle of Ely

Area: 354 sq. miles

Stations: 9

 

Essex

Area: 1,499 sq. miles

Fire stations: 65

 

Gloucestershire

Area: 1,209 sq. miles

Fire stations: 36

 

Hampshire

Area: 1,456 sq. miles

Fire stations: 50

 

Herefordshire

Area: 842 sq. miles

Fire stations: 13

Hertfordshire

Area: 632 sq. miles

Fire stations: 34

 

Huntingdonshire

Area: 366 sq. miles

Fire stations: 7

 

Kent

Area: 1,519 sq. miles

Fire stations: 82

 

Lancashire

Area: 1,621 sq. miles

Fire stations: 63

 

Leicestershire & Rutland

Area: 957 sq. miles

Fire stations: 15

 

Lincolnshire - Holland

Area: 419 sq. miles

Fire stations: 8

 

Lincolnshire - Kesteven

Area: 724 sq. miles

Fire stations: 11

 

Lincolnshire - Lindsey

Area: 1,502 sq. miles

Fire stations: 27

 

London

Area: 117 sq. miles

Fire stations: 61 (3 river)

 

Middlesex

Area: 233 sq. miles

Fire stations: 38

 

Norfolk

Area: 2,035 sq. miles

Fire stations: 38 (1950)

 

Northamptonshire

Area: 905 sq. miles

Fire stations: 20

 

Northumberland

Area: 1,994 sq. miles

Fire stations: 19

 

Nottinghamshire

Area: 819 sq. miles

Fire stations: 25

 

Oxfordshire

Area: 736 sq. miles

Fire stations: 16

 

Isles of Scilly

Area: 6 sq. miles

Fire stations:

 

 

 

 

Soke of Peterborough

Area: 84 sq. miles

Fire stations: 2

 

Shropshire

Area: 1,347 sq. miles

Fire stations: 25

 

Somerset

Area: 1,603 sq. miles

Fire stations: 36

 

Staffordshire

Area: 1,071 sq. miles

Fire stations: 35

 

Suffolk & Ipswich

Area: 1,468 sq. miles

Fire stations: 36

 

Surrey

Area: 702 sq. miles

Fire stations: 47

 

East Sussex

Area: 781 sq. miles

Fire stations: 28

 

West Sussex

Area: 628 sq. miles

Fire stations: 23

 

Warwickshire

Area: 873 sq. miles

Fire stations: 24

 

Westmorland

Area: 789 sq. miles

Fire stations: 11

 

Isle of Wight

Area: 147 sq. miles

Fire stations: 11

 

Wiltshire

Area: 1,345 sq. miles

Fire stations: 24

 

Worcester City & County

Area: 693 sq. miles

Fire stations: 20

 

Yorkshire - East Riding

Area: 1,150 sq. miles

Fire stations: 15

 

Yorkshire - North Riding

Area: 2,116 sq. miles

Fire stations: 30

 

Yorkshire - West Riding

Area: 2,515 sq. miles

Fire stations: 63

 

Barnsley Yorkshire

Area: 12 sq. miles

Fire stations: 1

 

Barrow-in-Furness Lancashire

Area: 35 sq. miles

Fire stations: 1

 

Bath Somerset

Area: 10 sq. miles

Fire stations: 1

 

Birkenhead Cheshire

Area: 14 sq. miles

Fire stations: 2

 

Birmingham Warwickshire

Area: 80 sq. miles

Fire stations: 19

 

Blackburn Lancashire

Area: 13 sq. miles

Fire stations: 1

 

Blackpool Lancashire

Area: 17 sq. miles

Fire stations: 3

 

Bolton Lancashire

Area: 24 sq. miles

Fire stations: 1

 

Bootle Lancashire

Area: 5 sq. miles

Fire stations: 1

 

Bournemouth Hampshire

Area: 18 sq. miles

Fire stations: 4

 

Bradford Yorkshire

Area: 40 sq. miles

Fire stations: 3

 

Brighton Sussex

Area: 20 sq. miles

Fire stations: 2

 

Bristol Gloucestershire

Area: 41 sq. miles

Fire stations: 6

 

Burnley Lancashire

Area: 7 sq. miles

Fire stations: 1

 

Burton-upon-Trent Staffordshire

Area: 7 sq. miles

Fire stations: 1

 

Bury Lancashire

Area: 12 sq. miles

Fire stations: 1

 

Carlisle Cumberland

Area: 10 sq. miles

Fire stations: 1

 

Chester Cheshire

Area: 6 sq. miles

Fire stations: 1

 

Coventry Warwickshire

Area: 30 sq. miles

Fire stations: 3

 

Croydon Surrey

Area: 20 sq. miles

Fire stations: 3

 

Darlington Co. Durham

Area: 10 sq. miles

Fire stations: 1

 

Derby Derbyshire

Area: 13 sq. miles

Fire stations: 2

 

Dewsbury Yorkshire

Area: 11 sq. miles

Fire stations: 1

 

Doncaster Yorkshire

Area: 13 sq. miles

Fire stations: 1

 

Dudley Worcestershire

Area: 7 sq. miles

Fire stations: 1

East Ham Essex

Area: 5 sq. miles

Fire stations: 1

 

Eastbourne Sussex

Area: 10 sq. miles

Fire stations: 1

 

Exeter Devon

Area: 14 sq. miles

Fire stations: 1

 

Gloucester Gloucestershire

Area: 8 sq. miles

Fire stations: 3

 

Great Yarmouth Norfolk

Area: 7 sq. miles
Fire stations: 2

 

Grimsby Lincolnshire

Area: 9 sq. miles

Fire stations: 2

 

Halifax Yorkshire

Area: 22 sq. miles

Fire stations: 1

 

Hastings Sussex

Area: 12 sq. miles

Fire stations: 2

 

Huddersfield Yorkshire

Area: 22 sq. miles

Fire stations: 1

 

Kingston upon Hull Yorkshire

Area: 23 sq. miles
Fire stations: 4

 

Leeds Yorkshire

Area: 60 sq. miles

Fire stations: 5

 

Leicester Leicestershire

Area: 27 sq. miles
Fire stations: 2

 

Lincoln Lincolnshire

Area: 10 sq. miles

Fire stations: 2

 

Liverpool Lancashire

Area: 43 sq. miles

Fire stations: 11

 

Manchester Lancashire

Area: 43 sq. miles

Fire stations: 9

 

Middlesbrough Yorkshire

Area: 11 sq. miles

Fire stations: 2

 

Newcastle & Gateshead Northumberland

Area: 25 sq. miles

Fire stations: 6 (inc.1 fireboat station)

 

Northampton Northamptonshire

Area: 10 sq. miles

Fire stations: 1

 

Norwich  Norfolk

Area: 13 sq. miles

Fire stations: 2

 

Nottingham  Nottinghamshire

Area: 25 sq. miles

Fire stations: 3

 

Oldham Lancashire

Area: 8 sq. miles
Fire stations: 2

 

Oxford Oxfordshire

Area: 13 sq. miles

Fire stations: 2

 

Plymouth Devon

Area: 20 sq. miles

Fire stations: 4

 

Portsmouth Hampshire

Area: 14 sq. miles

Fire stations: 3

Preston Lancashire

Area: 9 sq. miles

Fire stations: 1

 

Rochdale Lancashire

Area: 15 sq. miles

Fire stations: 1

 

Rotherham Yorkshire

Area: 14 sq. miles

Fire stations: 1

 

St. Helens  Lancashire

Area: 12 sq. miles

Fire stations: 1

 

Salford Lancashire

Area: 8 sq. miles

Fire stations: 1

 

Sheffield  Yorkshire

Area: 62 sq. miles

Fire stations: 5

 

Smethwick & West Bromwich Staffordshire

Area: 15 sq. miles

Fire stations: 2

 

South Shields Co. Durham

Area: 8 sq. miles

Fire stations: 2

 

Southampton Hampshire

Area: 15 sq. miles

Fire stations: 3

 

Southend-on-Sea Essex

Area: 16 sq. miles

Fire stations: 3

 

Southport Lancashire

Area: 29 sq. miles

Fire stations: 1

 

Stockport  Cheshire

Area: 12 sq. miles

Fire stations: 2

 

Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire

Area: 33 sq. miles

Fire stations: 3

 

Sunderland Co. Durham

Area: 13 sq. miles

Fire stations: 2

 

Tynemouth Northumberland

Area: 7 sq. miles

Fire stations: 1

 

Wakefield Yorkshire

Area: 9 sq, miles

Fire stations: 1

 

Wallasey Cheshire

Area: 14 sq. miles

Fire stations: 1

 

Walsall Staffordshire

Area: 14 sq. miles

Fire stations: 2

 

Warrington Cheshire

Area: 7 sq. miles
Fire stations: 1

 

West Ham Essex

Area: 7 sq. miles

Fire stations: 2

 

West Hartlepool Co. Durham

Area: 7 sq. miles

Fire stations: 1

 

Wigan Lancashire

Area: 8 sq. miles

Fire stations: 1

 

Wolverhampton Staffordshire

Area: 14 sq. miles

Fire stations: 4

 

York Yorkshire

Area: 10 sq. miles

Fire stations: 1

The following fire brigades were created in England pursuant to the Fire Services Act 1947 with effect from 1 April 1948.

ENGLAND Changes 1948 - 1974

ENGLAND 1 April 1948

ENGLAND 1 April 1974

ENGLAND Changes 1974 to date

SCOTLAND

WALES

NORTHERN IRELAND

 

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