Station 12

Station 12
Author: Des Turner
Publisher: The History Press
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2011-09-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 0752468189
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The full story of Aston House in the Second World War has never been told before. Its activities were top secret and as important to the Allied war effort as those of Bletchley Park, but in a different way. Situated near Stevenage, Aston House was one of many British country houses requisitioned during the Second World War by the Special Operations Executive (SOE). Born out of Bletchley Park, where it began life as SIS Section 'D' (for Destruction), Station 12's scientific and military personnel invented, made and supplied 'toys' for the Commandos, Special Boat Service, SAS, and resistance groups. Included in their deadly arsenal of weapons were plastic explosives, limpet mines, pressure switches, tree spigots, incendiary bombs, incendiary liquids and arrows, and a variety of time fuses. They worked on the tools for famous operations, such as the St Nazaire and Dieppe Raids, and the assassination of Himmler's deputy in Prague. Also revealed are the human stories of personnel stationed in this extremely remote village and the explosive pranks they played on each other, and certain visitors, which add some light relief to their destructive purpose.

Country houses and the British Empire, 1700–1930

Country houses and the British Empire, 1700–1930
Author: Stephanie Barczewski
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2017-02-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1526117533
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Country houses and the British empire, 1700–1930 assesses the economic and cultural links between country houses and the Empire between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. Using sources from over fifty British and Irish archives, it enables readers to better understand the impact of the empire upon the British metropolis by showing both the geographical variations and its different cultural manifestations. Barczewski offers a rare scholarly analysis of the history of country houses that goes beyond an architectural or biographical study, and recognises their importance as the physical embodiments of imperial wealth and reflectors of imperial cultural influences. In so doing, she restores them to their true place of centrality in British culture over the last three centuries, and provides fresh insights into the role of the Empire in the British metropolis.

The Oxford Diocesan Calendar and Clergy List

The Oxford Diocesan Calendar and Clergy List
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Total Pages: 210
Release: 1859
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ISBN:
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Containing a calendar, with the daily lessons; information relating to the church, the universities, and the state; with a complete list of the parishes and clergy in the Diocese of Oxford, the diocesan societies, schools, &c.; and general county information.

Haunted Stevenage

Haunted Stevenage
Author: Paul Adams
Publisher: The History Press
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2015-10-05
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 0750966467
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From unexplained sightings to the search for evidence of ghosts, this book contains a chilling range of spooky tales from Old and New Stevenage and the surrounding area. Compiled by paranormal historian Paul Adams, this collection features the restless phantom of Henry Trigg, whose coffin still hangs from the roof of a local bank; a spectral monk seen wandering the corridors of North Hertfordshire College; the mysterious apparition of Lady's Wood; and the extraordinary case of the Stevenage Poltergeist. Richly illustrated and drawing on historical and contemporary sources, Haunted Stevenage is guaranteed to make your blood run cold.