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1585, May 7
The Great Fire of Darlington swept through the wooden buildings of High Row and Skinnergate, rendering 800 of the town’s population of 1,200 homeless. There was no brigade, so the people threw milk and even beer on the flames. It took Darlington 50 years to recover.
1757
The first recorded fire engine – a portable pump – was stationed in the south-west corner of St Cuthbert’s churchyard and the churchwardens were tasked with keeping it “fit for use on any sudden occasion”.
1837
A manual fire engine – one pumped by hand rather than by steampower – was stationed at a sewage works in Park Street (probably where the Royal Mail sorting office is today). Its keys, though, were kept a good sprint away in the police station in Grange Road. ....

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