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Summary

The anti-aircraft battery on Winterton Road was converted for use as a prisoner of war camp, c. 1946-47. It was occupied by squatters after the prisoners were repatriated.

Monument Types

• PRISONER OF WAR CAMP (PM:C20, Second World War to Mid 20th Century - 1940 AD to 1948 AD)
• SQUATTER SETTLEMENT (PM:C20, Mid 20th Century - 1948 AD to 1950 AD?)

Protected Status - None

Associated Finds - None

Associated Events - None

Full description

A former anti-aircraft battery on Winterton Road was converted to house German prisoners of war in 1946-47. Most of the prisoners worked at the Hydroprest company at Ashby Ville. They were repatriated in 1948.

The camp was subsequently occupied by squatters, due to the post-war shortage of housing. Later it became the responsibility of Brigg Urban District Council, who collected rents. A former occupant, interviewed by 'Nostalgia' magazine in 2002, said that there was a mixture of wooden huts and Nissen huts in the camp, around 30 buildings in all. The residents included Poles and people from Hull and Brigg. [1]

The Ordnance Survey 6" map of 1945 shows a group of 10 buildings in the field to the north of the anti-aircraft battery. Area centred SE93252120. [2]

This site was not listed in a national survey of POW camps produced by English Heritage in 2003. [3]

Scunthorpe Telegraph, ?, Special status at gun site (PRESS CUTTING). SLS5066.

<1> Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph, 1994, Nostalgia, Issue 41, 2002, 6, 10 (MAGAZINE). SLS3994.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1945, 1945 6" map (OS MAP). SLS2722.

<3> Roger Thomas, English Heritage, 2003, Prisoner of War Camps (1939-1948) (REPORT - INTERIM, RESEARCH, SPECIALIST, ETC). SLS3995.

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