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HER Number: | MDV102172 |
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Name: | Second World War temporary accommodation, Westward Ho! |
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Summary
Second World War temporary accommodation, in the form of Bell tents and Nissen Hut type structures, is visible as structures on aerial photographs of the 1940s at Seafield Holiday Camp, Westward Ho!
Location
Grid Reference: | SS 424 290 |
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Map Sheet: | SS42NW |
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Admin Area | Devon |
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Civil Parish | Northam |
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District | Torridge |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | NORTHAM |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- MILITARY CAMP (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1941, RAF/S171, NMR RAF/S171 6-7 01-JUN-1941 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349056.
Temporary structures of Second World War date are visible.
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1420, DCC RAF/106G/UK/1420 4387-8 15-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349339.
Temporary structures of Second World War date are visible.
Helen Fry, 2005, Jews in North Devon (Monograph). SDV349379.
Volume covering the history of displaced european Jews who settled in North Devon as refugees during the Second World War.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.
Second World War temporary accommodation is visible as structures on aerial photographs from 1941 to 1946 at Seafield Holiday Camp, Westward Ho! The visible structures include four circular features interpreted as Bell tents and six rectangular structures, interpreted as being Nissen Hut type structures.
Seafield Holiday Camp, along with Seafield House immediately to the north-west, was requisitioned during the Second World War. During the war Westward Ho! and Ilfracombe accommodated several thousand Jewish refugees of German and Austrian nationality. Seafield holiday camp was requisitioned to accommodate many of these displaced persons who became members of the Pioneer Corps, a multipurpose labour corps in the British Army.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV349018 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S.. 2011 - 2012. North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. ACD383/2/1. Digital. |
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SDV349056 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1941. RAF/S171. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/S171 6-7 01-JUN-1941. |
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SDV349339 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1420. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DCC RAF/106G/UK/1420 4387-8 15-APR-1946. |
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SDV349379 | Monograph: Helen Fry. 2005. Jews in North Devon. Jews in North Devon. Hardback Volume. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project
Date Last Edited: | Mar 12 2015 3:29PM |
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