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| HER Number: | MDV78499 |
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| Name: | Searchlight Battery, Newport House |
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Summary
Searchlight battery at Newport House during 1941.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 954 891 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX98NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Exeter |
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| District | Exeter |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | TOPSHAM |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- SEARCHLIGHT BATTERY (World War II - 1941 AD to 1941 AD (Between))
Full description
Francis, P., 1999, Exeter Airport. Historic Airport Survey for Devon County Council & East Devon District Council, 139 (Report - non-specific). SDV323390.
At Newport House, one searchlight spacing, 539 Battery, 88th Searchlight Regiment, August 1941.
Historic Environment Record, 2010, Untitled Source (Personal Comment). SDV345398.
Francis gives Grid Reference SX961890, but no Newport House in that vicinity.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV323390 | Report - non-specific: Francis, P.. 1999. Exeter Airport. Historic Airport Survey for Devon County Council & East Devon District Council. Airfield Research Publishing Report. Digital + A4. 139. |
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| SDV345398 | Personal Comment: Historic Environment Record. 2010. |
Associated Monuments
| MDV48842 | Related to: Exeter Airfield (Military) (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4774 - Historic Airport Survey, Exeter Airport
| Date Last Edited: | Oct 11 2010 3:45PM |
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