Monument record MCC4980 - Boxted WWII Airfield – Dispersed Site No. 10, Ardleigh

Summary

Ancillary site associated with the WWII airfield.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 0195 2878 (204m by 213m)
Map sheet TM02NW

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

1996: No. 10 Dispersed Site associated with the WWII airfield; no longer extant.<1><2> Aerial photographs <3><4>.

2006: An Air Ministry plan of Boxted Airfield and its Dispersed Sites, dated November 1944, shows Dispersed Site No. 10 standing at the southwest corner of the old A12/Flood Lane road junction. It comprised 42 buildings and other structures. The site is now largely the Crown Interchange road junction.<5>

See also <6>.

Sources/Archives (6)

  • <1> DESC TEXT: Bowyer, Michael J. 1979. Action Stations: Military Airfields of East Anglia Vol.1.
  • <2> DESC TEXT: Thorpe, Simon. 1996. Military Airfields in Essex during WWII.
  • <3> AP: unknown. 1960. 11-069 11-070 10-130.
  • <4> AP: unknown. 1990. 30-4712 30-4713 32-4604. Sept 1990.
  • <5> Map: Air Ministry. 1944. Boxted Airfield Record Site Plan.
  • <6> Unpublished document: Nash, Fred. 2007. SURVEY OF WORLD WAR TWO DEFENCES IN THE BOROUGH OF COLCHESTER. VOLUME 1. Volume 1.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jun 15 2020 1:45PM

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