1 The primary role of the Royal Observer Corps (ROC) was the recognition and identification of hostile aircraft. With the start of the cold war and the increasing threat of ...
Royal Observer Corps Underground Monitoring Post at Barford. Monitoring posts were to be used for reporting nuclear bursts and monitoring fall-out in the modern period. The post lies east of a track 130 meters south of Wasperton Lane
01>A gasometer is shown on the 1906 6″ map. Reasearch carried out by Barford Heritage group suggests that the gas was methane derived from animal waste. They further note ...
A gasometer, a storage tank for gas which includes a meter, is shown on the 1906 6" map. Reasearch carried out by Barford Heritage group suggests that the gas was methane derived from animal waste. They further note that, if so, it would appear to be the only recorded methane plant in warwickshire. It is marked as disused on the 1926 6" OS map indicating that it has went out of use at some point prior to the production of this map.
1 Reported site of gun battery protecting the river crossing at Barford.
The site of a Second World War gun battery. It was located at the Barford river crossing.