Monument record 1156702038 - WADDESDON MANOR ESTATE

Summary

Waddesdon Manor estate used as fuel dump during the Second World War

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Type and Period (1)

  • MOBILIZATION CENTRE (Modern - 1941 AD to 1944 AD)

Description

Waddesdon Manor estate main drives and parkland were requisitioned for use as an Army open-air fuel storage dump in 1941. Fuel and oil was ferried to the dump from Quainton railway station through 1943 and then transported away in 1944 to the fields of war (B8).
Buildings can still be seen on RAF vertical aerial photographs of 1947 (B9, B10). NGR to centre of spread.

Sources (3)

  • <8>SBC22804 Monograph: Ivor Gurney & Norman Carr. 2004. Waddesdon Through the Ages. p149-50.
  • <9>SBC22805 Aerial Photograph: RAF 82 Squadron. 1947. RAF vertical aerial photographs, Run 114, 4092-7. Yes.
  • <10>SBC22806 Aerial Photograph: RAF 82 Squadron. 1947. RAF vertical aerial photographs Run 128A, 3102-4. Yes.

Location

Grid reference SP 74668 16204 (point)
Civil Parish UPPER WINCHENDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish WADDESDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish WESTCOTT, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jan 30 2019 12:03PM

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