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| HER Number: | MDV128804 |
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| Name: | Second World War Emergency Water Supply south of Kingsley Road, Kingsbridge |
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Summary
A circular structure visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946 in a plot adjacent to a housing estate on the western edge of Kingsbridge is probably a Second World War temporary water tank known as a EWS (Emergency Water Supply) reservoir. It is not visible on later aerial photographs.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 730 438 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX74SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Kingsbridge |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WEST ALVINGTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- EMERGENCY WATER SUPPLY (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 3030-3031 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.
A circular structure is visible.
Carpenter, E., 2008, The South Downs NMP Pilot Report 1: Worthing to the Weald., 45-48 (Monograph). SDV349887.
A national scheme of EWS reservoirs was undertaken from August 1941 following the amalgamation of the UK’s various fire brigades into a single National Fire Service.
Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.
A circular structure approximately 7 metres in diameter is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946 in a plot adjacent to a housing estate on the western edge of Kingsbridge.
It is probably a Second World War temporary water tank known as a EWS (Emergency Water Supply) reservoir. Emergency Water Supply reservoirs were normally constructed in from 1941 to 1942 to provide reserve water supplies for firefighting in areas where water supply was at risk of disruption due to air raids.
At approximately 7 metres in diameter it is slightly smaller than most Emergency Water Supply reservoirs, which elsewhere in the country appear to be between 10-12 metres in diameter.
It might have been sited here to serve the recently expanded housing estate on the very edge of Kingsbridge.
No evidence of the structure can be seen on later aerial photographs.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV169268 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 3030-3031 10-DEC-1946. [Mapped feature: #126643 ] |
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| SDV349887 | Monograph: Carpenter, E.. 2008. The South Downs NMP Pilot Report 1: Worthing to the Weald.. The South Downs NMP Pilot Report 1: Worthing to the Weald.. 11-2008. 45-48. |
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| SDV362982 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2019-2020. The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP). Historic England Research Report. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 27 2020 12:36PM |
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