Monument record MCC4971 - Birch WWII Airfield – Dispersed Site No 14 (Sewage Works), Messing-cum-Inworth
Summary
Sewage Works associated with WW2 airfield.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 9042 1918 (143m by 362m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL91NW |
| Civil Parish | MESSING-CUM-INWORTH, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
1996: Sewage Works associated with WW2 airfield; no longer extant.<1> - <2> Aerial photos.<3> - <4>
May 2006: An Air Ministry plan of Birch Airfield and its Dispersed Sites, dated November 1944, shows Site No 14 to have been the Sewage Disposal Works with six buildings and other structures. Nothing of it now survives.<5>
See also <6> & <7>.
Sources/Archives (7)
- <1> SEX38698 DESC TEXT: Freeman, R. 1978. Airfields of the Eighth.
- <2> SEX59861 DESC TEXT: Thorpe, Simon. 1996. Military Airfields in Essex during WWII.
- <3> SEX60745 AP: unknown. 1960. 17 - 046, 17 - 047, 17 - 048, 18 -017.
- <4> SEX60744 AP: unknown. 1990. 20 - 5305, 20 - 5306.
- <5> SEX67616 Map: Air Ministry. 1944. Birch Airfield Record Site Plan. Dispersed Sites Nos. 2-14.
- <6> SCC73474 Photograph: Colchester Historic Buildings Forum. 2011. Digital photograph of 10-14 Vineyard Street, Colchester. Digital. Volume 1.
- <7> SCC73475 Photograph: Colchester Historic Buildings Forum. 2011. Digital photograph of Lexden Park House, Colchester. Digital. Volume 2.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jun 16 2020 2:42PM