Monument record 0710300000 - Peterley Wood Farm

Summary

Site of Second World War prisoner of war camp or army camp at Peterley Wood.

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Type and Period (2)

  • PRISONER OF WAR CAMP? (Modern - 1940 AD? to 1945 AD?)
  • MILITARY CAMP? (Modern - 1940 AD? to 1945 AD?)

Description

Second World War military camp visible on 1946 and 1947 RAF vertical APs and surviving features shown on 6-inch and 1:10,000 OS maps from the late 1950s/early 1960s onwards. Several of the original buildings appear to have survived and parchmarks of the access roads and footings of the hut bases are visible on 2006 and 2003 Aps (B1).
In use as a prisoner of war camp according to local informants (B2).

Sources (6)

  • ---SBC23949 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. 1946 RAF vertical AP. Yes.
  • ---SBC23950 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. 1946 RAF vertical AP. Yes.
  • ---SBC23951 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1947. 1947 RAF vertical AP. Yes.
  • ---SBC23952 Aerial Photograph: Clyde Surveys Ltd. 1980. 1980 Clyde Surveys vertical AP. Yes.
  • <1>SBC23866 Verbal communication: Julia Wise (BCC). 2011. Information from OS 6-inch and 25-inch historic mapping and aerial photos.
  • <2>SBC23947 Verbal communication: Don Collier. 2011. Don Collier to Julia Wise (BCC), pers comm, July 2011.

Location

Grid reference Centred SU 88016 99573 (298m by 437m)
Civil Parish GREAT MISSENDEN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Feb 9 2025 5:53PM

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