Name: | Floodlight (destroyed), E of Lyons Hall, Gt. Leighs |
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SMR Number: | 20996 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Grid Reference: | TL 740 154 |
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Map Sheet: | TL71NW |
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Parish: | GREAT AND LITTLE LEIGHS, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX |
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Summary
Floodlight
Full description
An aerial photograph taken in October 1946 shows the concrete base of an experimental “floodlight” at the edge of a field to the E of Lyons Hall. Just off its N side, the base of its generator building can be seen. <1>
Nothing of it now survives.
<1> RAF, 1946, CPE-UK 1735-5038, Oct 1946 (AP). SEX65396.
Monument Types
- FLOODLIGHT (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Events
- Visit by Fred Nash - Feb 2006 (Ref: Nash CHL Feb 2006)
Protected Status
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Chelmsford 14.5
- Historic Environment Character Area: Chelmsford 14
Sources and further reading
<1> | AP: RAF. 1946. CPE-UK 1735-5038. Oct 1946. |
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