Monument record MBC44789 - Second World War Royal Air Force sewage works, Finmere.

Summary

A Second World War Royal Air Force sewage works is visible on historic aerial photographs and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304).

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (3)

  • SEWAGE WORKS (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
  • PIPELINE (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
  • ROAD (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

A Second World War Royal Air Force sewage works is visible on historic aerial photographs and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304). Located in fields northeast of Tingewick Woods and centred at SP 65917 31865, the sewage works served the satellite camps for nearby RAF Finmere, with a buried and a probable covered pipeline extending west and southwest to the nearby satellite RAF camps. The sewage works is accessed by a road from the west. The road, sewage works and filter beds appear to still be intact in 1961, but by 1973 the site has clearly fallen into disuse and elements either being overgrown or partly dismantled. On aerial photographs taken in 2019, the sewage work structures remain extant (1-6).

Sources (6)

  • <1>SBC22564 Graphic material: Air Ministry (RAF). 1945. RAF Finmere record site plan. Drawing no. missing from photocopy.
  • <2>SBC26001 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2023. RAF-106G-UK-1380 RS 4024 09-APR-1946.
  • <3>SBC26034 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2023. RAF-543-1426 2F44 0347 28-AUG-1961.
  • <4>SBC26038 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2023. OS-73336 V 308 24-JUN-1973.
  • <5>SBC26033 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2023. OS-93561B V 250 19-SEP-1993.
  • <6>SBC25596 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2022. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery. 14-SEP-2019 SP6631.

Location

Grid reference SP 6591 3186 (point)
Civil Parish TINGEWICK, 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 9:24PM

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