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Approximate record of several military sites related to the Second World War airfield but separate from it
As well as the main Second World War airfield site at Membury there are other scattered remnants of military buildings at various sites to the north and east. Little work has been done to record or analyse these camps. This monument record is an interim step towards recognising what is still extant.
Thirteen small areas and an A. A. D. (?Army Air Defence/ ?Advance Ammunition Department) site are marked on the Membury Airfield Record Site Plan <2>. A more detailed plan of the dispersed sites <3> numbers 11 separate areas including Site No 2 (Communal), Site No 3 (Instructional) and Site No 12 (Sick Quarters). Others were for the W.A.A.F and W.A.A.E.
The approximate locations of these areas has been indicated by GIS circular polygons, although further documentary evidence is needed for more accurate mapping.
| <01> | Brooks, R J. 2000. Thames Valley Airfields in the Second World War - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Middlesex. p112-122. [Monograph / SWB12930] |
| <02> | Air Ministry. 1944. Membury Airfield - Record Site Plan, Site No 1. Paper. 1inch to 400ft (approx). [Map / SWB12931] |
| <03> | Air Ministry. 1944. Membury - Record Site Plan, Dispersed Sites. Digital. 1inch to 400ft (approx). [Map / SWB148903] |
| <04> | Aerofilms. 11/06/1947. Britain from Above - AFL3814, EAW007065. Aerial Photo. [Photograph / SWB148892]
http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/eaw007065 (Accessed 15/07/2015) |
| <05> | John Moore Heritage Services. 2020. Heritage Impact Assessment on Lambourn Business Park, Lambourn Woodlands, Berkshire. 4191. 2020 WBC Network. [Unpublished document / SWB150219] |
| <06> | John Moore Heritage Services. 2020. Historic Building Record of Block 8, Lambourn Business Park, Lambourn Woodlands, Hungerford. 4365. 2021 WBC Network. https://doi.org/10.5284/1089277. [Unpublished document / SWB149905]
https://doi.org/10.5284/1089277 (Accessed 10/02/2022) |
| <07> | John Moore Heritage Services. 2020. Historic Building Record on Block 6, Lambourn Business Park, Lambourn Woodlands, Hungerford. 4365. 2021 WBC Network. https://doi.org/10.5284/1089276. [Unpublished document / SWB149906]
https://doi.org/10.5284/1089276 (Accessed 10/02/2022) |
| <08> | John Moore Heritage Services. 2022. Historic Building Record of Blocks 2 and 5 (Interim Report), Lambourn Business Park, Lambourn Woodlands, Berkshire. 4589 & 4594. 2022 WBC Network. [Unpublished document / SWB150299] |
| <09> | John Moore Heritage Services. 2022. Historic Building Record of Block 1, Lambourn Business Park, Lambourn Woodlands, Berkshire. 4589. 2022 WBC Network. [Unpublished document / SWB150359] |
| <10> | John Moore Heritage Services. 2022. Historic Building Record of Block 4, Lambourn Business Park, Lambourn Woodlands, Berkshire. 4589. 2022 WBC Network. [Unpublished document / SWB150374] |
| <11> | John Moore Heritage Services. 2022. Historic Building Record of Block 9, Lambourn Business Park, Lambourn Woodlands, Berkshire. 4589. 2022 WBC Network. [Unpublished document / SWB150375] |
| <12> | John Moore Heritage Services. 2022. Historic Building Record of Block 3, Lambourn Business Park, Lambourn Woodlands, Berkshire. 4589. 2022 WBC Network. [Unpublished document / SWB150404] |
| EWB1809 | Historic Building Record of Block 8, Lambourn Business Park, Lambourn Woodlands, Hungerford (Ref: 4365) |
| EWB1810 | Historic Building Record of Block 6, Lambourn Business Park, Lambourn Woodlands, Hungerford (Ref: 4365) |
| EWB1946 | Heritage Impact Assessment on Lambourn Business Park, Lambourn Woodlands (Ref: 4191) |
| EWB1995 | Historic Building Record of Blocks 2 and 5 (Interim Report), Lambourn Business Park, Lambourn Woodlands, Berkshire (Ref: 4589 & 4594) |
| EWB2027 | Historic Building Record of Block 1, Lambourn Business Park, Lambourn Woodlands (Ref: 4589) |
| EWB2037 | Historic Building Record of Block 4, Lambourn Business Park, Lambourn Woodlands (Ref: 4589) |
| EWB2038 | Historic Building Record of Block 9, Lambourn Business Park, Lambourn Woodlands (Ref: 4589) |
| EWB2049 | Historic Building Record of Block 3, Lambourn Business Park, Lambourn Woodlands (Ref: 4589) |