Madley
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Madley is a village and civil parish in the English county of Herefordshire. It is located six miles west of Hereford.
The parish includes the hamlets of Canon Bridge, Wormhill, Winmoor, Lulham, Upper & Lower Chilstone, Upper & Lower Shenmore, Cublington, Great & Little Brampton and Webton Court.
Madley is most famous as the birthplace of Saint Dubricius, the 6th century evangelist of South Wales. He was actually born at Chilstone which is named after the 'Child Stone' that marked the spot. The parish has a fine medieval church which replaced that founded by Dubricius.
The British Telecom Madley Communications Centre earth satellite tracking station[1] is between Madley and Kingstone on Colstone Common at grid reference SO420360. The site dates from 1975 and is in active use for international telephone, fax and television transmission and reception. The only similar site in the United Kingdom is at Goonhilly in Cornwall.
There is also a disused airfield in Madley.[2] It was built in 1940 by Welsh contractors and opened as a training centre for aircrew and ground wireless operators on 27th August 1941. In 1943 the grass airfield was reinforced with Sommerfeld Tracking and the centre's population rose to about 5000. The site was visited in 1944 by George S. Patton, and later by Rudolf Hess on his way to the Nuremberg trials in 1946. Today only a few hangars remain, and Madley Communications Centre now occupies part of the site.
[edit] References
- ^ Tony Reeve (2005). SMR record 42062 - Madley Satellite Communication Centre. Historic Herefordshire Online. Retrieved on 2006-09-10.
- ^ Hilary White (1992). SMR record 12530 - Airfield, Madley. Historic Herefordshire Online. Retrieved on 2006-09-10.
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