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