EAW005554 ENGLAND (1947). Kirkby Industrial Estate (Royal Ordnance Factory Kirkby), Kirkby, 1947. This image has been produced from a print.

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Title [EAW005554] Kirkby Industrial Estate (Royal Ordnance Factory Kirkby), Kirkby, 1947. This image has been produced from a print.
Reference EAW005554
Date 17-May-1947
Link
Place name KIRKBY
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 343046, 399285
Longitude / Latitude -2.858442046376, 53.486941764143
National Grid Reference SJ430993

Pins


austin
Sunday 27th of November 2022 11:19:07 AM

austin
Friday 28th of February 2020 07:03:27 AM
Site of Train Crash on 21st April 1945. 4 Fatalites - 2 Drivers, 2 Learner Drivers and 1 Shunter. See Railway Archive site for details and photos.

Ian56
Tuesday 24th of February 2015 08:01:33 AM
Old Rough Lane

Class31
Wednesday 17th of September 2014 07:38:33 PM
Woodward Plantation

Class31
Wednesday 17th of September 2014 07:36:21 PM
Acorn Field Plantation

Class31
Wednesday 17th of September 2014 07:33:37 PM
Mawdsley's Farm.

ewnmcg
Wednesday 17th of September 2014 03:09:13 PM
Kirkby Inland Sorting Depot.

ewnmcg
Wednesday 17th of September 2014 03:02:31 PM
Pinewood Lane.

ewnmcg
Wednesday 17th of September 2014 03:01:30 PM
Liverpool, Bolton & Bury Line.

ewnmcg
Wednesday 17th of September 2014 02:48:21 PM

ewnmcg
Wednesday 17th of September 2014 02:43:17 PM
Acornfield Road.

ewnmcg
Wednesday 17th of September 2014 02:42:37 PM
N Perimeter Road.

ewnmcg
Wednesday 17th of September 2014 02:41:35 PM
Gateland Cottage.

ewnmcg
Wednesday 17th of September 2014 02:40:38 PM
Bullens Farm - now an equestrian centre.

ewnmcg
Wednesday 17th of September 2014 02:36:30 PM

ewnmcg
Wednesday 17th of September 2014 02:32:52 PM
Wood Farm, off Dale Lane.

ewnmcg
Wednesday 17th of September 2014 02:27:48 PM
Simonswood Lane.

ewnmcg
Wednesday 17th of September 2014 01:17:57 PM
Woodward Road.

ewnmcg
Wednesday 17th of September 2014 01:14:05 PM
Ormskirk Road.

ewnmcg
Wednesday 17th of September 2014 01:12:37 PM

ewnmcg
Wednesday 17th of September 2014 01:12:11 PM

ewnmcg
Wednesday 17th of September 2014 01:11:49 PM

User Comment Contributions

Thanks for all the help on this one. We’ll update the catalogue with the new data and post the revised record here in due course. You may be interested to know that the original Aerofilms Ltd Register entry says “Ruby Castle”.



Yours, Katy

Britain from Above Cataloguing Team Leader

Katy Whitaker
Thursday 25th of September 2014 04:09:42 PM
All the work on this one was done by ewnmcg all I did was put a pin in the map at the centre of the image (several times in error) based on the work by ewnmcg

Class31
Wednesday 17th of September 2014 07:44:49 PM
We are looking south east.

Class31
Wednesday 17th of September 2014 07:31:06 PM
It is now Knowsley Industrial Park, and the 'grid' network of roads seems largely unchanged.

ewnmcg
Wednesday 17th of September 2014 01:08:31 PM
Royal Ordnance Factory, Kirkby, near Liverpool.



See also images EAW004614 to EAW004621.

ewnmcg
Wednesday 17th of September 2014 11:34:24 AM