Volume: Housing, Oakridge, Basingstoke
- Date:
- 4 Dec 1952
- Location:
- Oakridge, Basingstoke, Basingstoke and Deane, Hampshire
- Reference:
- PSA01/04/H00447
- Type:
- Volume containing Photographic material
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Description
Nine black and white negatives taken for the Ministry of Works showing newly constructed Ministry of Supply (M.O.S) housing at Oakridge to the north of Basingstoke. These views include numbers 5-35 Oakridge Road plus interior views showing heating systems and a kitchen. In 1946 the M.O.S. took over responsibilty for atomic weapons research. This initial phase of the Oakridge development was built in the early 1950s, primarily to house employees of the nearby Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston. The Ministry of Works was the Government department tasked under the 'Temporary Housing Act 1944/45' with alleviating the acute housing shortages in the immediate postwar years. The original Ministry of Works storage envelope lists the operator as “Q”.
Content
This is part of the Sub Series: PSA01/04/H Housing; within the Series: PSA01/04 Negatives; within the Collection: PSA01 Property Services Agency
This Volume is divided into 7 Child Records
This Volume contains the following materials:
Rights
Source: Historic England Archive
Keywords
Mid 20th Century Terraced House, Semi Detached House, Mid 20th Century Housing Estate, Construction
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