EPW061345 ENGLAND (1939). The Avimo Ltd Works, Cyril Street and environs, Taunton, 1939
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| Title | [EPW061345] The Avimo Ltd Works, Cyril Street and environs, Taunton, 1939 |
| Reference | EPW061345 |
| Date | 4-June-1939 |
| Link | |
| Place name | TAUNTON |
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| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 322446, 125604 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -3.1059280965105, 51.024030437613 |
| National Grid Reference | ST224256 |
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 Recorded location of a 2ndWW LAA gun position, S0014641, e01492. Although, being pre-war, there is no sign of it in this photo it supposedly still survived until around 2014 when the old 'Fortysteps' bridge was replaced with the new one. |
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Sunday 17th of December 2023 01:36:20 PM |
| St Andrew's School |
ANDREW BLACKMORE |
Saturday 3rd of October 2020 11:33:35 AM |
| coal stage |
John |
Tuesday 15th of January 2019 11:55:48 AM |
| St. Andrew's Church
Consecrated on 14 July 1881.
It was built as a gesture of thanksgiving "that the country had been spared the horrors of war" following the Treaty of Berlin between Russia and Turkey.
St. Andrew's was built to serve the rapidly expanding area of Taunton which served the newly arrived Great Western Railway, and soon became known as "The Railway Parish". |
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Tuesday 22nd of July 2014 08:41:18 PM |
| Greenway Avenue |
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Tuesday 22nd of July 2014 08:38:04 PM |
| The footbridge to the west of the station, known in the town as "Fortysteps", although Network Rail prefer to label it "40 Steps", a favoured location for generations of rail enthusiasts, was demolished at the end of 2013, due to construction of a new road alongside the railway. |
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Tuesday 22nd of July 2014 08:35:34 PM |
| Taunton Railway Station.
The South Block which is not clearly visible is a listed building (Grade 2).
Opened 1842 as part of the Bristol and Exeter Railway.
Many branch lines opened before 1873, going to Yeovil, Watchet, Chard, Barnstaple.
To cope with the traffic the station had a major rebuild in 1868, with the platforms extended in 1895.
The line became part of the Great Western Railway (amalgamation was in 1876).
In 1931-1932 the two tracks were widened to four tracks which forced another station rebuilding (new buildings on the North side).
The central platforms fell into disuse in 1970 until reused from 2000.
The engine shed closed in 1972. |
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Tuesday 22nd of July 2014 08:32:33 PM |
| Malthouse
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Tuesday 22nd of July 2014 08:15:55 PM |
| This building marks the Western limit of Avimo |
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Tuesday 22nd of July 2014 08:09:19 PM |
| Former Great Western Hotel
Grade 2 listed building - English Heritage Building ID: 269917
mid C19 block |
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Tuesday 22nd of July 2014 08:03:56 PM |
| Engine Shed |
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Tuesday 22nd of July 2014 08:00:11 PM |
| Congregational Chapel |
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Tuesday 22nd of July 2014 07:58:11 PM |
| Allotment Gardens |
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Tuesday 22nd of July 2014 07:56:28 PM |
| Road passes underneath station here |
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Tuesday 22nd of July 2014 07:54:43 PM |
| Railway Street |
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Tuesday 22nd of July 2014 07:50:31 PM |
| Avimo |
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Tuesday 22nd of July 2014 07:37:01 PM |
| Greenway Recreation Ground |
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Tuesday 22nd of July 2014 07:33:05 PM |
| Cyril Street |
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Tuesday 22nd of July 2014 07:31:38 PM |
| Herbert Street |
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Tuesday 22nd of July 2014 07:22:56 PM |
User Comment Contributions
 AVIMO - Originally Herbert Street, Taunton. ------------------ Two family histories: Avimo -> General Optics, Taunton, acquired by GSI Group - at Taunton, producers of Beryllium products at Lisieux Way Taunton, Somerset TA1 2JZ and also Avimo -> Thales Optronics -> Taunton Aerospace at Unit 3, Venture Way, Priorswood Industrial Estate, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 8DE. Component manufacturers. ---------------- Avimo Ltd was founded in 1937 and originally commenced trading as a manufacturer of aircraft equipment. During the Second World War they started to design and manufacture optical instruments, initially for aircraft and then for both armoured fighting vehicles and man-portable applications. In the post-war years they designed and built sights for almost every type of armoured fighting vehicle used by the British Army. ----------- see The Story of AVIMO (1946) 104 pages- Makers of optical - mechanical - electrical instruments and aeronautical equipment from their commencement in 1937 to (1946) See advert in The Aeroplane 1940- eg AVIMO- Taunton, Somerset: For Aircraft: High Pressure Pipe Couplings; Electrically Heated Pressure Pads; Oxygen Equipment; Control Dumpers; For Aero-Engines: Carburetters, Starters, Flame traps, Sand traps, Screened Harness, --------------- Company web site: www.avimo.co.uk was redirected to www.thalesgroup-optronics.com/ from October 2003. The date on the Thales web site remained set at 2003 (quoting a French address) but the Thales website was used for other not associated purposes about 2006 and disappeared around 2010. Current web site http://www.tauntonaerospace.co.uk. Taunton Aerospace was formed from a Management Buy-Out from Thales in 2007. Recent project was complex components for the Solar Orbiter due to launch in 2017. Suppliers of components to aerospace, marine, medical, ultra-sonic, electronic, military and powder technology markets. ---------- Image: Copy of 1939 advert is from http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/File:Im19391215Aero-Avimo.jpg and is used under Gnu FDL, and equivalent Creative Commons Attribution licence. "Copyright. You may copy and use any of the content of this site (Grace's Guide) provided you make a clear link on your web site or printed matter to Grace's Guide as the source of that information.". www.gracesguide.co.uk. |
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Tuesday 22nd of July 2014 07:17:41 PM |
