Local names for airfields

RAF Forres was known locally as Balnageith.

Stansted was officially "Stanstead Mountfitchett" in RAF records but I guess that's a bit of a mouthful.

Oh and Northleach was technically never in Northleach parish but Hampnett and Turkdean. Technically it should of been named after Hampnett I guess but as it was such a tiny village compared to the town of Northleach it took the larger name. It couldn't be called Turkdean as there was already and ELG/scatterfield there.

Oh Dear ! OneEighthBit ! Please look at the spelling within your post ???
You are quite correct Stansted Mountfitchet is the "proper" name of the villiage, but quite a mouthfull !

Sorry ! I am a local boy, born in STANSTED a long time ago, you are not the only person who spells it incorectly, there is a well known airfreight company whose fleet of trucks all have the incorrect spelling emblazoned across the body !!!!
Sorry ! rant over, back to topic

Keith.

Corrected - partly Apologies, I usually double check I spell Stansted correctly but it slipped through...

That said...

That actual RAF document I have in front of me has it spelt "STANSTEAD MOUNTFITCHETT" which is what I went from. Then again, it's not the only typo on this list Northleach is "NORTH LEACH" and Turkdean is "TURK DENE".

Gawd bless 'em.

The Good Citizens of Barnack and Ufford (mainly in the pubs!) would refer to RAF Wittering (in it's V-Bomber days) as "That effing place that causes all the problems" as yet another Valiant roared in at about 2ft 6 ins above their heads such that the bar-person could not, clearly, hear the order!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Resmoroh

Middleton St George was known locally as Goosepool , named after a local farm on whose land the airfield was built .

AR 126, page 31 mentions Apuldram airfield. Now, I've only ever seen it as Appledram. 'Action Stations' and AIR10/4039 use that spelling.
Ordnance Survey, has the village as Apuldram, and the area as Appledram.
If you Google either spelling with 'airfield' you will get far less Appledrams.

Graham

RAF Morpeth was widely known as Tranwell during WW2; post war when used as a Home Office vehicle store it was recorded as both Tranwell & Saltwick in HMG documents.
TED

ted wrote:

RAF Tranwell ...

I guess we're talking about RAF Morpeth here, Ted

Graham