| Name: | Floodlight (destroyed), N of Seamans Lane, West Hanningfield |
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| SMR Number: | 20874 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TQ 720 989 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ79NW |
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| Parish: | WEST HANNINGFIELD, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX |
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Summary
Floodlight
Full description
An aerial photograph taken in October 1946 shows an experimental “floodlight” in a field N of Seamans Lane. Its generator building can be seen a few yards away to the SE. <1>
Nothing of it now survives and the site is an area of open field.
<1> RAF, 1946, CPE-UK 1788-3141, Oct 1946 (AP). SEX65370.
Monument Types
- FLOODLIGHT (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Events
- Visit by Fred Nash - Jan 2005 (Ref: Nash CHL Jan 2005)
Protected Status
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Chelmsford 10.6
- Historic Environment Character Area: Chelmsford 10
Sources and further reading
| <1> | AP: RAF. 1946. CPE-UK 1788-3141. Oct 1946. |
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