Air Ministry Works Department - Works Repair Depots

mbriscoe wrote:

There is an Air Ministry, Works Dept listed in Selby which I don't see in the initial list.

The information that I hold for this location is that there was a AMWD Section Officer based here. The address was 22 Park Street, Selby.

However, what was/is this? wtp2.appspot.com/wheresthepath.htm NGR SE 634330

OSmap from Old-maps

Peter wrote:

The Callerton site could be at NZ 19030 70338 and looks promising on Google Earth's 1945 layer. It is nearer Woolsington than Black Callerton but I suspect this was to prevent confusion in names, assuming this is the place. The GE 1945 photoh shows it to be more like a builders yard which I assume it would be, given the nature of the role.

This was Works Depot No. 21, under No. 2 Works Area, Newcastle-on-Tyne. It was classed as a minor depot.

OS Map from Old-Maps (only just, though!)

MARKET WEIGHTON

AMWD Works Depot No. 32 under No.3 Works Area, York.

Classed as a major depot.

The location was listed as Londesborough Road and I would suggest NGR SE 876421. Looks like the inevitable housing there, now.

wtp2.appspot.com/wheresthepath.htm

Callerton , I recognised the site straight away as it is now an off-site secure car park for Newcastle Airport and the Wheat Sheaf Hotel is part of the nearby Premier Inn .

The Market Weighton site certainly looks to be under housing now although a former Catfoss hangar survives in the town and is used by a local engineering company .

I will check Darlo and Selby out later . Thanks gents .

WETHERBY

AMWD Works Depot No. 33 under No. 3 Works Area, York. It was classed as a major depot.

I have the address as York Road, Wetherby. The nearest station was Wetherby LNER.

I have to admit that I'm experiencing some problems in locating this depot.. Wetherby was host to several military establishments in the area, including RN camps at NGR SE 414490 and NGR SE 406484. The Racecourse at NGR SE 422487 was used as an Army camp. It seems that there was very little room left for our depot in question.

So, where was it?

'Your' area was designated Area 2 and located depots at Callerton, Darlington and Dalston (Cumberland)

Area 3 to the south located Wetherby and Market Stainton.

Leaving Darlington aside (plenty of early post was mapping but without a hint as to the address!!??) here is my list of those likely sites:

CALLERTON

NGR NZ 2849 1449

Courtesy of Old Maps website:

Google Earth '1945' imagery:

Where's the Path mapping:

wtp2.appspot.com/wheresthepath.htm?lat=5...grat=None&rgrat=None



Others in due course.

DALSTON

NGR NY 365 504

Courtesy of Old Maps website: (Note, sugggested site is in centre of image but see large site to the NW)



Google Earth imagery earliest show site overbuilt with housing

Where's the Path mapping:

wtp2.appspot.com/wheresthepath.htm?lat=5...grat=None&rgrat=None

WETHERBY

Needs an address or rough location.

MARKET WEIGHTON

The only obvious site that I can see is just to the east of the (then) station between the mainline and the Londesborough Road:

Courtesy of Old Maps website: