Building record 8137/0/1 - ROC Observer Post

{1} Gibson identifies 19 Observer posts in Northants during WWII including that at Daventry (Identifying number P2, No 12 Group, Bedford).

{2} Opened 1938. Closed October 1968. Part of No 8 Group Coventry. Described as being stood down in 1991. These details are at variance with other sources.

{3} Located on summit of Newnham Hill and thus in Newnham parish. Recently demolished.

{4} Adrian writes that he has recently visited "the WWII Daventry ROC post on Newnham Hill and found that it was possible to accurately recreate the floor plan of the post. All of the brick walls seem to have been constructed at the same time, as when the building was demolished it was taken down to the level of the damp course consisting of a layer of slates, which remain. The main part of the building has thicker walls than the two small rooms on the end, possibly to support an observation post above?".

<1> Gibson M.L., 1982, Aviation In Northamptonshire: An Illustrated History, p.78-9 (unchecked) (Book). SNN100276.

<2> Wood D., 1992, Attack Warning Red: The Royal Observer Corps & The Defence of Britain 1925-1992 (Survival), p.303 (unchecked) (Chapter). SNN1225.

<3> SMITH D, 1997, ORAL REPORT TO SMR, (unchecked) (Oral Report). SNN50641.

<4> Armishaw, A., 2004, Daventry ROC Post, Newnham Hill, (unchecked) (Plan). SNN104030.

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