EAW000721 ENGLAND (1946). The Dowty Equipment Ltd Factory at Ashchurch and adjacent Second World War Camp, Northway, 1946

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Title	[EAW000721] The Dowty Equipment Ltd Factory at Ashchurch and adjacent Second World War Camp, Northway, 1946
Reference	EAW000721
Date	9-May-1946
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Place name	NORTHWAY
Parish	NORTHWAY
District
Country	ENGLAND
Easting / Northing	392388, 233597
Longitude / Latitude	-2.110891906698, 52.000336866209
National Grid Reference	SO924336

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This building was also known locally as the Jam Factory or the Custard factory Report as Inappropriate	galatea	Sunday 30th of November 2014 05:48:17 PM
water purifying beds for the water column (water tower) for loco use only Report as Inappropriate	galatea	Sunday 30th of November 2014 05:46:22 PM
First 6 wagons starting R to L are cattle wagons hence the grill bars near the roof of the wagons Report as Inappropriate	galatea	Sunday 30th of November 2014 05:43:35 PM
rAILWAY COTTAGES Report as Inappropriate	galatea	Sunday 30th of November 2014 05:34:58 PM
Coal stack. Report as Inappropriate	Toby Clempson	Sunday 2nd of March 2014 07:54:35 AM
Former Midland Railway provender warehouse, where hay for the company's horses was stored and despatched into the towns and cities across its system. Subsequently used as a general railway goods warehouse. In 1946 the building was owned by the London Midland and Scottish Railway. Report as Inappropriate	Toby Clempson	Sunday 2nd of March 2014 07:53:14 AM

User Comment Contributions

Northway war camp ,when vacated my uncle and Aunt squatted in one of the nissan huts until the new estate was built in the fifties , uncle was an ex soldier wounded during the last conflict newly married with nowhere to live , hence the squatting .

galatea

Saturday 29th of November 2014 06:16:54 PM