Polebrook is a village in Northamptonshire, England. The population at the 2011 census was 478. Continue reading... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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1. Blenheim PalaceWoodstock Blenheim & Woodstock was a railway station constructed in the neoclassical style which served the town of Woodstock and Blenheim Palace in the English county of Oxfordshire. The station, as well as the line, was constructed by the Duke of Marlborough and was privately run until 1897 when it became part of the Great Western Railway. The number of trains serving the station was cut in the late 1930s, and again in 1952 down to only six trains a day. The last train ran on 27 February 1954 adorned with a wreath. The station building was initially converted into a garage and petrol station. Then the forecourt of the site was no longer used as a petrol station, but for used car sales only with a building company using some of the land behind the station. There were proposals for demolishing the b... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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WE FOUND AN INTACT RAF BATTLE BUNKER IN A RANDOM FIELD!
RAF Market Harborough/Lubenham or 113 storage sub site was first opened on 1st June 1943 and housed everything from 61 vickers wellington bombers, as10 oxfords, Hawker Hurricanes and Curtiss Tomohawk aircrafts. home to the no14 OTU (operational training unit) one of the first bomber training units to be disbanded the runway by the end of world war 2 on the 18th of august 1945 closed and the base became care and maintenance only until the army took over the site in 1948 for there 72 BVD (Brigade vehicle depot). after some time the base was took over by the local government and the national assistance board in order to house displaced polish families up until 1958 were plans for a new prison HMP Gartree was formed. The base was demolished and adaptation for the prison which opened in 1965. Today only this Pill box battle HQ some bush line rubbles and parts of old runway abandoned in the fields behind the prison remain of the former airfield base.
The rest of the land has had various planning ideas over the years from 1990 after Market Harborough's cattle market closed its doors including plans to develop offices, an agricultural show-ground and other leisure uses which gained outline planning permission. Plans for a christian theme park also surfaced for the site in the mid to late 1990s but never gained much support. the theme park would have been completed with a Garden of eden experience. ten years later planning permission was granted for a business and office park in Feb 2007 known today as airfield business park.
This pillbox Battle head quarters is a type 11001/41 bunker with a Pole-brook style roof consisting of a main office, RBX room, messenger room, toilet and watch tower. this type of bunker would have been used to defend the airfield in case of land invasion.