EAW000957 ENGLAND (1946). Chicksands Priory at RAF Chicksands and environs, Chicksands, from the north-east, 1946
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Title | [EAW000957] Chicksands Priory at RAF Chicksands and environs, Chicksands, from the north-east, 1946 |
Reference | EAW000957 |
Date | 28-May-1946 |
Link | |
Place name | CHICKSANDS |
Parish | CAMPTON AND CHICKSANDS |
District | |
Country | ENGLAND |
Easting / Northing | 512237, 239340 |
Longitude / Latitude | -0.36340241841186, 52.040662844268 |
National Grid Reference | TL122393 |
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Chicksands Priory was a 12th century Gilbertine Priory & was sold to the War Office in 1938. For more details, see www.army.mod.uk/intelligence/32259.aspx and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Chicksands. |
melgibbs |
Monday 6th of October 2014 10:33:58 AM |
User Comment Contributions
RAF Chicksands was one of the "Y Stations" during WW2 intercepting enemy radio messages and passing them on to Bletchley Park. |
melgibbs |
Thursday 26th of February 2015 06:27:34 PM |