Bawdsey
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Bawdsey is a village in Suffolk, England near Felixstowe. Bawdsey Manor grid reference 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.[1]
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.[citation needed]
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- ^ Foot, 2006, p105.
[edit] General references
- Foot, William (2006). Beaches, fields, streets, and hills ... the anti-invasion landscapes of England, 1940. Council for British Archaeology. ISBN 1-902771-53-2.
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- Bawdsey Manor
- Radar station
- Bawdsey Radar Group
- Map sources for Bawdsey
