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The aptly built 'New Road' was constructed in 1939, to speed the journey from newly built Bomber Command at Walters Ash to Lacey Green, in particular to an airfield to be constructed on Stocken Farm, Lacey Green, for the use of Arthur Harris.  Many others from Lacey Green also found work at Bomber Command.
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click [[Wars]] for local details of the Boer War, WW1, WW2, & The Cold War.
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[[File:Walters Ash Farm Lease Map Mar 1920 01.jpg|thumb|click to enlarge.  ]]
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Bucks County Council  proposed to construct a diversion of the Lacey Green to Walters Ash and Naphill Road.
  
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See [[1944 Stocken Farm Airfield]]
 
  
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'''WW2 AIRFIELD, STOCKEN FARM  reported by [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Doug_Tilbury Doug Tilbury]'''
 
  
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On Saturday June 6<sup>th</sup> 1944 at 6 pm, bulldozers arrived to make an airfield for Air Chief Marshall ‘[https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Bomber%E2%80%99_Harris Bomber’ Harris], of [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Bomber_Command Bomber Command], [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Walters_Ash Walters Ash].   45 acres of the flat grazing land of the farm were to be taken.  The fields of the farm were bulldozed to make the airstrip.  The first plane took off three mornings later.   Two clumps of horse-chestnut trees and a clump of lime trees had been felled and [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Nanny_Coopers_pond Nanny Coopers pond] was filled in.   A blister hanger was erected behind the school to house the American Stinson plane of Air Chief Marshall Arthur Harris. Local lads, including [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Gordon_May Gordon May] used to help push the plane into the hangar.
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The aptly built 'New Road' was constructed in 1939, to speed the journey from newly built [[Bomber Command]] at [[Walters Ash]] to Lacey Green, in particular to an airfield to be constructed on Stocken Farm, Lacey Green, for the use of [[Air Chief Marshall Arthur Harris]].  Many others from Lacey Green also found work at Bomber Command.   Click [[1944 Stocken Farm Airfield]]
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[[File:Sheep Along New Road.jpg|alt=S|thumb|1962 John West & Spot bringing the sheep home to Stocken Farm along the New Road.]]
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Previously, the route taken from Lacey Green had travelled round [[Slad Lane]], into Smalldean Lane and then turned south through the woods to Walters Ash.
  
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'Bomber' Harris ordered Andrew Oliver To inspect every Spitfire which came down in England.  He used Harris's private plane, to fly to the crash sites to see if the accident was due to a fault in the wood/ glue manufacture.   
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The new road ran along the boundary between the fields of the [[Grymsdyke]] Estate and Lacey Green Farm.  As there is no visible signs of the buildings of it is highly likely that they are beneath the new road.  click [[Lacey Green Farm]]  
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Previously the route taken from Lacey Green had travelled round Slad Lane, into Smalldean Lane and then turned south through the woods to Walters Ash.
 
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The new route ran along the boundary between the fields of the Grymsdyke Estate and Lacey Green Farm.  As there is no visible signs of the buildings of it is highly likely that they are beneath the new road.  See [[Gone. Lacey Green Farm]]
 
  
 
It was rumoured in the village that a plane had landed on the, as yet unopened, new road.  See [[1938 PC Goldsmith]], in which a hushed up incident is revealed.       
 
It was rumoured in the village that a plane had landed on the, as yet unopened, new road.  See [[1938 PC Goldsmith]], in which a hushed up incident is revealed.       
  
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There was only 1 property at the Walters Ash end on the east side when the road was built.  That was Walters Ash Farm.  Part of the farm was in Lacey Green parish and part in Walters Ash, but the farmhouse and buildings were in Lacey Green.       
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There was only 1 property at the Walters Ash end on the east side when the road was built.  That was [[Walters Ash Farm]].  Part of the farm was in Lacey Green parish and part in Walters Ash, but the farmhouse and buildings were in Lacey Green.       
  
 
Bomber Command headquarters were built on the west side, the Main gates just set back a little.  Also there was an old house between them and the Bradenham Road, which later became 'Shana' riding establishment.  Bomber Command built many houses in Walters Ash, but the Headquarters, technically speaking were in Lacey Green parish.       
 
Bomber Command headquarters were built on the west side, the Main gates just set back a little.  Also there was an old house between them and the Bradenham Road, which later became 'Shana' riding establishment.  Bomber Command built many houses in Walters Ash, but the Headquarters, technically speaking were in Lacey Green parish.       
  
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Later a few houses and bungalows were built on the east at the Walters Ash end.         {{Road or Location
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Later a few houses and bungalows were built on the east at the Walters Ash end.
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Latest revision as of 12:02, 23 July 2025

click Wars for local details of the Boer War, WW1, WW2, & The Cold War.

click to enlarge.

Bucks County Council proposed to construct a diversion of the Lacey Green to Walters Ash and Naphill Road.


The aptly built 'New Road' was constructed in 1939, to speed the journey from newly built Bomber Command at Walters Ash to Lacey Green, in particular to an airfield to be constructed on Stocken Farm, Lacey Green, for the use of Air Chief Marshall Arthur Harris. Many others from Lacey Green also found work at Bomber Command. Click 1944 Stocken Farm Airfield

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1962 John West & Spot bringing the sheep home to Stocken Farm along the New Road.

Previously, the route taken from Lacey Green had travelled round Slad Lane, into Smalldean Lane and then turned south through the woods to Walters Ash.

The new road ran along the boundary between the fields of the Grymsdyke Estate and Lacey Green Farm. As there is no visible signs of the buildings of it is highly likely that they are beneath the new road. click Lacey Green Farm

It was rumoured in the village that a plane had landed on the, as yet unopened, new road. See 1938 PC Goldsmith, in which a hushed up incident is revealed.

There was only 1 property at the Walters Ash end on the east side when the road was built. That was Walters Ash Farm. Part of the farm was in Lacey Green parish and part in Walters Ash, but the farmhouse and buildings were in Lacey Green.

Bomber Command headquarters were built on the west side, the Main gates just set back a little. Also there was an old house between them and the Bradenham Road, which later became 'Shana' riding establishment. Bomber Command built many houses in Walters Ash, but the Headquarters, technically speaking were in Lacey Green parish.

Later a few houses and bungalows were built on the east at the Walters Ash end.

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