Bardney is a small town 10 miles east of Lincoln, sitting on the north side of the River Witham, notable only for the huge British Sugar factory which supplies most of the local jobs. There is a mediaeval abbey, ruined in Henry VIII's dissolution of the monastries, a church and a small primary school. Lincoln (pronounced Lin-kun) is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England, a bridging point over the River Witham that flows to Boston. ... The River Witham is a river in the east of England. ... Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) from 22 April 1509 until his death. ... The Dissolution of the Monasteries (referred to by Roman Catholic writers as the Suppression of the Monasteries) was the formal process, taking place between 1536 and 1540, by which King Henry VIII confiscated the property of the Roman Catholic institutions in England and took them to himself, as the new...
During the Second World War, Bardney was a RAF airfield occupied by various squadrons. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
1943 to 1945, 9 Squadron moved to Bardney from Waddington with Lancasters, being one of the squadrons dropping Tallboy bombs in daylight precision attacks, losing 85 Lancasters on operations.
October 1944, 227 Squadron was formed here then moved to Balderton.
November 1944, 189 Squadron formed here and then moved to Fulbeck, but returned in April 1945 and moved to Metheringham in October 1945.
Late 1945 the base was transferred to Army for vehicle storage.
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Bardney is located at 53° 12′ 49″ N 00° 19′ 07″ W (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=53_12_49_N_00_19_07_W_)1.
Location map of Bardney and the Abbey (http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=512000&Y=370000&scale=25000&width=700&height=410&gride=&gridn=&lang=&db=freegaz)
Bardney, St Lawrence Church (http://groups.msn.com/EnglishChurchPhotographs/lincolnshirechurches.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=12)
Bardney is a small town 10 miles east of Lincoln, sitting on the north side of the River Witham, notable only for the huge British Sugar factory, which ceased processing on 9th February 2001.
During the Second World War, Bardney was a RAF airfield occupied by various squadrons.
1943 to 1945, 9 Squadron moved to Bardney from Waddington with Lancasters, being one of the squadrons dropping Tallboy bombs in daylight precision attacks, losing 85 Lancasters on operations.
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