WAW010897 WALES (1947). View of Bridgend Ordnance Factory

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Details

Title [WAW010897] View of Bridgend Ordnance Factory
Reference WAW010897
Date 20-September-1947
Link Coflein Archive Item 6413790
Place name
Parish
District
Country WALES
Easting / Northing 292500, 179000
Longitude / Latitude -3.5488715344132, 51.499219736582
National Grid Reference SS925790

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Wainskeel, now The Haywain Public House

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Thursday 9th of September 2021 09:17:23 PM
County Council Yard

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Thursday 14th of January 2016 02:32:09 PM
Upper Tremains; farm house, still exists at Underwood Place Brackla estate. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.506712,-3.552502,3a,75y,333.4h,76.89t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sHHKnJ5RbtgSRPIMaAazzCQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

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Saturday 27th of June 2015 08:47:55 PM
Tremains House, demolished during development of the Brackla housing estate

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Saturday 27th of June 2015 08:33:18 PM
Textile Shop, for sewing the linen bags that held the cordite that launched the shells.

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Tuesday 17th of March 2015 08:55:10 PM
Zone for High Explosive Shell filling

Harvey
Tuesday 17th of March 2015 08:38:59 PM
Tremains Halt - station constructed for workforce access to factory

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Tuesday 17th of March 2015 08:38:08 PM
Detonator production buildings

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Tuesday 17th of March 2015 08:32:20 PM
Zone for production of primers

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Tuesday 17th of March 2015 08:31:08 PM
WWII Type 22 Pillbox

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Friday 9th of May 2014 03:59:05 PM

User Comment Contributions

The Waterton part of Bridgend Royal Ordnance Factory (Filling Factory No 2), viewed from the south-east. The field in the foreground is now the location of Lee & Turners car dealers, to the right off-screen is the B & Q store. The fields in the distance beyond the railway line is now the site of the Brackla housing estate,

Harvey
Tuesday 17th of March 2015 08:54:31 PM
Pillbox ROF Bridgend

cptpies
Friday 9th of May 2014 03:59:55 PM