Wythall, Worcestershire, B47 6HN

Date of visit: 26th June 2020

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wythall is a village and civil parish in the Bromsgrove District, in the north-east corner of the county of Worcestershire, England. Wythall parish borders Solihull and Birmingham, and had a population of 11,377 in the UK census of 2001.

From 1939 to 1959 Wythall was home to a Royal Air Force station, initially housing a barrage balloon facility, and latterly, 1952–57, a Joint Services School of Applied Linguistics, training men from the RN and RAF in Russian military terminology and the use of radios for Signals Intelligence purposes; additionally, Chinese, Czech, German and Polish were taught to small numbers of RAF men. Part of the site is now occupied by the Transport Museum, Chapel Lane, which has a collection of historic buses and battery electric vehicles.

Internal ref number: WO/139/180

Date of Visit: 26th June 2020

Kiosk Type: K6
Door Type: C
Crown: Tudor
Kiosk Colour: Blue
Usage: Empty
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Northing & Westing: 52°22’46.8″N, 1°51’58.3″W
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Grid Reference: SP 09206 75746
OS X & Y: 275746, 409206
Latitude & Longitude: 52.379676, -1.866185
UK Postcode: B47 6HN
County: Worcestershire


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