Monument record 0420802802 - QUEEN'S TEMPLE, STOWE

Summary

Possible practice trenches dug near the Queen's Temple, in the run up to the Second World War.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (I)

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Type and Period (1)

  • (Former Type) PRACTICE TRENCH? (Modern - 1938 AD to 1938 AD)

Description

Edward Guinness was at Stowe from 1938-1942. He recalls at the height of the Munich crisis the digging of trenches near Queen's Temple (B40).

Sources (3)

  • ---SBC17422 Aerial Photograph: 04/09/76. BCM A2/11/20-22. SP\674376. Yes.
  • ---SBC21871 Aerial Photograph: 1965.
  • <40>SBC22826 Unpublished document: Amanda Pickard. 2003. Stowe in the War. p4.

Location

Grid reference Not recorded
Civil Parish STOWE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (0)

Record last edited

Oct 24 2007 4:30PM

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