Monument record MBC44018 - Site of Training Unit for Special Liaison Units, Manor Farm, Little Horwood

Summary

Training site for Special Liaison Units, to support Special Communications Units, situated at Manor Farm (Little Horwood Manor), Little Horwood, during World War II.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (5)

  • TRAINING CAMP (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
  • NISSEN HUT (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
  • LAING HUT (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
  • MILITARY BUILDING (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
  • SEWAGE WORKS (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Description

A training camp of World War II date is visible on historic aerial photographs as extant buildings and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304). Located at Little Horwood Manor, Little Horwood, and centred at SP 79083 31563. Manor Farm (Little Horwood Manor), a 20th century arts and crafts house, requisitioned during World War II and used as an out station for Bletchley Park (listing information). The camp is visible as Nissen and Laing huts, and larger buildings, one of which still remains in use as a business park, and a sewage works to the south. Italian prisoners of war were housed, possibly in the stables, and the house used for senior personnel. (1-4)

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC25885 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/2097 RP 3124 28-May-1947.
  • <2>SBC25927 Aerial Photograph: Aerofilms, Historic England. 1947. AFL 60186_EAW005542 17-May-1947.
  • <3>SBC25817 Digital archive: Milton Keynes Heritage Association. 2022. Taylor, J. 2022. Whaddon – Secrets of Windy Ridge (The Citizen, April 9 1998). date accessed 12-Jul-2022.
  • <4>SBC25238 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust. 2019. Horwood Manor: Understanding Historic Parks and Gardens in Buckinghamshire. date accessed 12-Jul-2022.

Location

Grid reference SP 7908 3156 (point)
Civil Parish LITTLE HORWOOD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Aerial investigation and mapping project (Ref: 7768) (EBC18304)

Record last edited

Jan 12 2024 7:29PM

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