Record Details
| MonUID: | MST11533 |
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| HER Number: | 50424 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Hanbury Fields Farm, Anslow Road, Hanbury |
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Summary
The site of a farmstead which was damaged in an accidental explosion at an underground RAF bomb store in 1944 which created Fauld Crater. The site had been cleared by 2000.
Monument Type(s):
- FARMSTEAD (Established, Georgian to Hanoverian - 1800 AD? to 1834 AD)
Full description
'Hanbury Fields' shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of 1884. (JM, 29/4/03) <1>
The farm was buried under debris following an accidental explosion in the underground RAF bomb store in 1944 (see PRNs 50421-2) which left a crater measuring 800 ft long by 300 ft wide by 120 ft deep on Stone Pits Hill bluff to the east. <2>
The farm was extant in circa 1980. (JM, 29/4/03) <3>
The site had been cleared by circa 2000. (JM, 29/4/03) <4>
The farmstead appears to be marked on the 1830s 1" Ordnance Survey map. (SB, 20-Jul-2015) <5>
Hanbury Fields was an isolated farmstead which was laid out around a loose, two-sided yard with farmhouse set long side on and additional detached elements. (SB, 20-Jul-2015) <6>
Sources and further reading
| <1> | SST3601 - Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1875-1890. Ordnance Survey 1st Edition 6" Maps. Plastic film. 6" to the mile. Staffordshire Sheet XL N.W.. |
| <2> | SST3780 - Article in serial: Jones, T. 1988. [Faulds Bomb Crater]. Staffordshire Studies. Vol 1: 54?-77. Page 59. |
| <3> | SST3664 - Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. c1980. Ordnance Survey 1:10000 HER Maps. 1:10000. SK12NE. |
| <4> | SST3660 - Aerial Photograph: 2000. Aerial photosurvey of Staffordshire - 1999 - 2001. Paper and digital. 1:10000 (paper). |
| <5> | SST3657 - Cartographic: David and Charles (Publisher). 1970. Ordnance Survey 1834-1836 1" Maps. Paper. 1" to a mile. Sheet 34 - Stafford. |
| <6> | SST87 - Digital Archive: Bob Edwards (Forum Heritage Services). 2008. Historic Farmsteads and Landscape Character in Staffordshire - GIS Data. 266076. |
Related records
| 50422 | Parent of: Fauld Crater, Hanbury (Monument) |
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