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Details of project Helmdon In 1939 and 2019
Helmdon in 1939 and 2019
a book by Ross Vicars
In 1939, Helmdon village joined the rest of the country in being required to complete National Registration Cards following the outbreak of the Second World War. The resulting ‘National Register’ gives a comprehensive listing of the dwellings and people living in the village at that time. Using the 1939 Register as a baseline and with the help of Ordnance Survey mapping and old photos and postcards and the recollections of long-time village residents, this book details how the village has changed and expanded since that time from 174 dwellings in 1939 to over 340 in 2019.
| • | Not a trace remains of either ‘Prison Row’ or “Yew Tree Farm’, do you know their locations? |
| • | ‘Ellis Row’ was then five dwellings, it is now three but where is ‘Ellis Row’? |
Copies of this 65 page book can be obtained from [email address removed] at a cost of £8.00 (add £3.00 p&p if outside the village).
- Date
- 1939, 2019
- Contributor
- Ross Vicars
- Reference
- Article 9
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