EPW040075 ENGLAND (1932). Residential development adjacent to the railway line at Cherry Orchard, Shrewsbury, 1932
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| Title | [EPW040075] Residential development adjacent to the railway line at Cherry Orchard, Shrewsbury, 1932 |
| Reference | EPW040075 |
| Date | August-1932 |
| Link | |
| Place name | SHREWSBURY |
| Parish | SHREWSBURY |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 350486, 312764 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -2.73297295696, 52.709929696251 |
| National Grid Reference | SJ505128 |
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 Former RFC Monk Moor (Observers’ School of Reconnaissance & Aerial Photography (Midland Area))with attached airfield on what is now the site of the Monkmoor Campus. There were gates on Monkmoor Road which were closed to let planes taxi across. Not sure when flying stopped. Later RAF Monkmoor, a repair and reclamation station in WWII, which continued until 1947 when the site appears to have closed. Now retail and small industrial units, but the main hangars survive. |
Norrie P |
Friday 27th of June 2014 06:44:41 PM |
Hangar constructed with Belfast roof trusses. In 2016 planning permission was applied for to demolish and build houses but was rejected, in 2017 this was appealed but was also rejected. We need to save our historic buildings |
Kev |
Wednesday 29th of March 2017 10:07:11 AM |