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| firemarks, Cumbria | ||||
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| Insured Properties |
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| Firemarks were first issued about 1680-83 by the Fire Office established 1680, and
later known as the Phoenix Fire Office. Their use ended late in the 19th century. |
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| Firemarks were placed on houses by insurance companies to indicate that the property
was insured, by them. It was an indication of which fire brigade, if there was one,
was responsible for fighting the fire, and was an advertisment for the insurance office.
The mark was particuclarly important before systems of house numbering were in place.
The firemark was also an indicator of the creditworthiness of the business using the
property. Early firemarks carry the insurance policy number, from which details about
the property can sometimes be had from old registers in the company office's today. |
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Ann Tyson's Cottage, Hawkshead, SD35169817 -- Firemark, Sun Fire Office (not visible on early photos). (photo 20.9.2013) | ||
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Appleby: High Wiend, 2, NY68352030 -- Firemark, Westminster Fire Office, policy number:- (photo 17.6.2011) | ||
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Carlisle: Fisher Street, 31 to 37, NY40065598 -- Firemark, Newcastle upon Tyne Fire Office. (photo 9.7.2013) | ||
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Gort Hall, Murton, NY72752171 -- Firemark:- (photo 2.6.2010) | ||
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Soulby Hall, Soulby, NY74791112 -- Firemark, Phoenix Assurance Co, copper, issued 1780s-90s:- (photo 11.5.2010) | ||
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Ambleside: Bridge Street, 5 and 6, NY37650457 -- Sun Fire Office fireplate, perhaps 1850-65 period. (photo 29.1.2010) | ||
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Bend or Bump, Hawkshead, SD35229818 -- Fireplate, Sun Fire Office. (photo 15.2.2008) | ||
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Honeypot, Hawkshead, SD35189813 -- Fire plate, Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society:- (photo 20.9.2013) | ||
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Ulverston: Fountain Street, 26, SD28697844 -- Fireplate, London and Lancashire Fire Office. (photo 21.11.2014) | ||
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| references:- | NB this does not pretend to be a complete or reliable list of references; it is a
list of sources I've come across - not even necessarily tracked down to read. |
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| ::: Journal of the Fire Mark Circle ::: Policy Holder, The (an insurance journal) :: Catalogue of Objects On View in the Museum: Chartered Insurance Institute : 1971: British Firemarks and Plates, a catalogue of the Institute and Bashall Dawson Collections: Chartered Insurance Institute Baumer, Edward: 1910: Early Days of the Sun Fire Office Brown, W A: 1935: Old Fire Insurance Signs: Antique Collector (journal) Bulau, Alwin E: 1953: Footprints of Assurance: Macmillan Felce, E: (Nov) 1906: Norwich Fire Marks and Plates: Norwich Union Magazine Fothergill, G A: 1911: British Fire Marks Kirk, John L: 1960 (revised edn): History of Fire Fighting: Castle Museum, The (York) Lawson, Douglas: 1966: Fire Marks and Fire Plates: Museums Journal: vol.66: pp.29-34 Vince, John: 1973: Fire Marks: Shire:: ISBN 0 85263 226 6 Williams, Bertram: 1927: Fire Marks and Insurance Office Fire Brigades Williams, Bertram: 1935: Specimens of British Fire Marks Wright, Brian: 1982: British Fire Mark 1680-1879: Woodhead-Faulkner (Cambridge):: ISBN 0 85941 175 3 |
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