Bawdsey

Bawdsey

Bawdsey is a village in Suffolk, England near Felixstowe, within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB.

Bawdsey Manor gbmapping|TM334378 is notable as the place where radar research took place early in World War II, before moving to Worth Matravers, which is four miles to the west of Swanage, in May 1940, and from there to Malvern, Worcestershire in 1942.

The World War Two defences constructed around Bawdsey Point have been documented. They included a number of pillboxes, landmines and flame fougasse installations. The beaches were protected with extensive barriers of scafolding. [Foot, 2006, p105.]

Bawdsey has currently been fighting against the sea as a cause of erosion. The government has paid the council to reinforce Bawdsey with tons of granite rock from Norway transported over seas, before Bawdsey becomes an island.Fact|date=February 2007

ee also

* Telecommunications Research Establishment
* Deben Estuary

References

Notes

General references

*cite book
last = Foot
first = William
title = Beaches, fields, streets, and hills ... the anti-invasion landscapes of England, 1940
publisher = Council for British Archaeology
year = 2006
isbn = 1-902771-53-2

External links

* [http://www.bawdseymanor.co.uk Bawdsey Manor]
* [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/sites/b/bawdsey_radar Radar station]
* [http://www.bawdseyradargroup.co.uk Bawdsey Radar Group]
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