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| HER Number: | MDV76648 |
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| Name: | Umborne Village Hall |
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Summary
Green painted Quonset Hut, an American adaptation of the Nissen Hut, which was brought to Umborne from Dunkeswell airfield for use as a village hall in 1947.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SY 236 969 |
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| Map Sheet: | SY29NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Shute |
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| District | East Devon |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- VILLAGE HALL (World War II to Mid 20th Century - 1941 AD to 1947 AD)
Full description
Windsor, M., 1988-1989, Parish of Shute and Whitford (Cartographic). SDV358746.
Ordnance Survey, 2010, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV344030.
Elliott, G., 2010, Umborne, https://umborne.org/2010/07/umborne-hall-1948/ https://umborne.org/2010/04/hall-history-2/ (Website). SDV344526.
Umborne Hall is a green painted Quonset Hut, an American adaptation of the Nissen Hut which was used as makeshift housing for American soldiers and their families at Dunkeswell aerodrome during the Second World War. The hut was bought by the Umborne Women's Institute and moved to Painter's Cross for use as a village hall in 1947. The hut is now to be replaced by a modern, purpose-built hall and will be returned to Dunkeswell where it will become a museum of wartime artefacts.
Passmore, A. + Passmore, M., 2010, Village Halls with Military Connections, 2 (Leaflet). SDV345254.
Other details: Photograph.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV344030 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2010. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #103658 ] |
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| SDV344526 | Website: Elliott, G.. 2010. Umborne. http://www.umborne.org. A4 Stapled. https://umborne.org/2010/07/umborne-hall-1948/ https://umborne.org/2010/04/hall-history-2/. |
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| SDV345254 | Leaflet: Passmore, A. + Passmore, M.. 2010. Village Halls with Military Connections. A Brief Introduction to Twentieth Century Military and Civil Defence Archae. 21. A4 Folded. 2. |
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| SDV358746 | Cartographic: Windsor, M.. 1988-1989. Parish of Shute and Whitford. Illustrated Map. A3 Folded + Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV76652 | Related to: Umborne Village Hall (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4905 - Site Visit to Umborne Village Hall
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 12 2024 4:50PM |
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