| Name: | Floodlight (destroyed), Patching Hall Lane, Chelmsford |
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| SMR Number: | 8889 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 702 091 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL70NW |
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| Parish: | CHELMSFORD, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX |
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Summary
Site of an experimental floodlight from World War II.
Full description
Nov 1993: Circular feature showing as an extant earthwork - probably a 2nd World War defensive feature. <1> <2>
June 2005: An aerial photograph taken in June 1946 shows the clear shape of an experimental "floodlight" base in an open field N of Patching Hall Lane. The base of its generator building can be seen to the S. <3>
This area has been completely re-developed and is now the houses of Cornwall Crescent.
<1> RAF, 1947, CPE-UK 2361-5095, Oct 1947 (AP). SEX28464.
<2> Ingle, CJ, Strachan, D, Tyler, S and Saunders, H, 1993-2012, NMP Cropmark Plot - 1:10,000, TL70NW (Map). SEX22419.
<3> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1565-3394, June 1946 (AP). SEX65250.
Monument Types
- FLOODLIGHT (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Events
- Visit by Fred Nash - June 2005 (Ref: Nash CHL Jun 2005)
Protected Status
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Chelmsford 2.20
- Historic Environment Character Area: Chelmsford 2
Sources and further reading
| <1> | AP: RAF. 1947. CPE-UK 2361-5095. Oct 1947. |
| <2> | Map: Ingle, CJ, Strachan, D, Tyler, S and Saunders, H. 1993-2012. NMP Cropmark Plot - 1:10,000. paper. 1:10,000. TL70NW. |
| <3> | AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1565-3394. June 1946. |
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