Volume: M.O.S. Housing, Oakridge, Basingstoke

Date:
8 Jan 1953
Location:
Oakridge, Basingstoke, Basingstoke and Deane, Hampshire
Reference:
PSA01/04/H00454
Type:
Volume containing Photographic material
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Description

Eight black and white negatives taken for the Ministry of Works showing the construction of Ministry of Supply (M.O.S) housing at Oakridge to the north of Basingstoke. 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 4 Child Records
This Volume contains the following materials:
Photograph (Negative): 8

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Mid 20th Century Housing Estate, Mid 20th Century House, Construction