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Monument Number 1384558
Hob Uid: 1384558
Location : Oxfordshire Cherwell Launton
Grid Ref : SP5950024500
Summary : A battle heaquarters associated with RAF Bicester, allegedly constructed between 1940-1941. The pillbox like construction was part of the RAF Bicester defences.
More information : The Defence of Britain Database entry lists the Battle Headquarters as Battle headquarters, RAF Bicester, Oxfordshire, SP 595 245, WW2 period, "construction in the period 1940-1941". The source seems to suggest that the battle heaquarters took the form of a pillbox in front of the Watch Office (control tower). the source of the information was a field visit made presumably between 1996-2003 by the Defence of Britain recorder Mike Osborne. (1)

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Source details : Jo clarke ed; copyright ADS 1996-2003; http://www.ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/specColl/dob; accessed 11-SEP-2003.
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Monument Period Name : Second World War
Display Date : Possibly built 1940-1941
Monument End Date : 1941
Monument Start Date : 1940
Monument Type : Battle Headquarters
Evidence : Extant Building

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External Cross Reference Source : Defence of Britain Database UID
External Cross Reference Number : S0008093
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External Cross Reference Source : DoB Anti Invasion Database UID
External Cross Reference Number : S0008093
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SP 52 SE 64
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Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1995-04-01
End Date : 2002-03-01

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 1384558