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20 Dec 2010 23:11 - 29 Jun 2017 16:01 #11 by David Thompson
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The most I have ever seen were at Catterick , now Marne Barracks , were from memory up to six still remain on the airfields eastern boundary with the River Swale . One of Thornaby's boundary stones has been re-located to stand behind the aerodrome memorial in Thornaby Road .
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21 Dec 2010 21:21 - 29 Jun 2017 16:02 #12 by David Thompson
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The stone was actually found near Stainsby Grange Farm to the east of the airfield and re-located here .
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06 Feb 2011 23:48 - 20 Apr 2018 09:47 #13 by REF
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There is am AM Boundary Marker Stone at the Micklewood Green (Bottesdale) ROC Post

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07 Feb 2011 21:25 #14 by STAN11
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In a bit of a sorry state and due to be put back soon - MOD boundary post next to Langham ROC post near our museum build.

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08 Feb 2011 06:53 #15 by Denis
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Did all wartime military airfields have boundary markers like these? I have not seen, or found, any examples at the three airfields near to my location.

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08 Feb 2011 08:43 #16 by Richard Drew
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I think they were pre war when things were a bit stable. When the war was about to start and general compulsory purchase came in that all went out of the window. I was at little Rissington at the weekend and they have lovely (well to some ) cast iron water hydrant signs and also a concrete cast marker stone that went together. Now you are lucky to get a standard water board concrete H. I think the war put pay to Edwardian principles.
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08 Feb 2011 08:51 #17 by Paul Francis
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No Denis, they were only erected at the first war stations that became pernament bases after WWI. Most were erected between 1926 and 1929 and were the result of the descision made by the Salisbury Committee that the Air Ministry should own the land on which their buildings stood instead of only the buildings as in the case of WWI. The nearest station to you in this respect I guess is Hornchurch. These stones as I may have said before were erected where there is a change in direction of boundary. There were at least two types, a large one and a smaller version. Each one has a unique number to that station and around 20 or more were erected at each site. Around Herts / Cambs / Middlesex , stones are extant at West Ruislip, Bentley Priory, Duxford, Uxbridge, possibly at Northolt too.

The post war ROC stones follow the same principle as thieir 1920s counterpart but do not appear to be numbered.
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05 Jun 2011 00:26 #18 by Denis
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I found this example, albeit not airfield related,
in Old London Road Hertford, next to the fire station.

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05 Jun 2011 14:34 #19 by Paul Francis
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How interesting Denis, I wonder why its there. Hang on you mentioned old fire station, where was that?
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05 Jun 2011 16:08 #20 by Denis
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The fire station is in Old London Road Paul, The boundary Stone is set into the garden wall of the house next door to the Fire station car park at this location.

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