1880 - Seagrams Farm House - Imber- Wiltshire
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Norfolk12
N 51° 14.113 W 002° 02.871
30U E 566472 N 5676413
The shell of the former Seagrams farm house at Imber on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire..Please Note there are restrictions on entering the village this is only open on certain day's of the year. mainly bank holidays and over the Christmas period..
Waymark Code: WMG17A
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/31/2012
Views: 6
Please Note: This is a Military Training Area on which live firing and other pyrotechnics may be used. Please keep to the carriage way !!
The area is generally open public access. One of the safety rules for public access is:- Do not, (and ensure that children do not) approach, touch or pick up any metal objects lying on the ground. Please obey all bylaws and locally posted information concerning times when the area may be closed. These may be physical barriers, flags or lights.
Military activity on Salisbury Plain began in 1897, increasing rapidly during the First World War. Troops were billeted at Imber Court in 1916. From 1927 the War Office began buying up land and leasing it back to the farmers. By 1932 all of the farmland was owned by the War Office. The village was evacuated in November 1943 to facilitate training of American troops for the D-Day landings. The village has remained in military occupation ever since.
see further information see link :http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/wtcommunity/memory/downmemorylane/8918126.Then_and_Now___Seagram_Farm__Imber/
see link for more info :http://www.public-interest.co.uk/imber/
Year of construction: 1880
Full inscription:
date and initials
Cross-listed waymark: Not listed
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