Royal Military Depot
Other Business Names:
- Weedon Royal Ordnance Depot
- Board of Ordinance
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Weedon, Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England
Sectors:
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Mechanical engineering
Armaments & ammunition production exc warships, aircraft, cannon, hand guns and cartridges, swords, etc
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Transport services
Warehousing & storage services
Notes:
Established by act of parliament in 1803 for Board of Ordnance. Acted as a central storage depot for the British Army holding general equipment but most notably small arms, larger guns and gunpowder. Served by its own short canal. Closed 1965. Variously known as Royal Military Depot and Weedon Royal Ordnance Depot
Publications:
- Captain Pilkington's Project. The Great Works at Weedon, 1804-1816. The story of the construction of the major Board of Ordnance establishment that was built in the small Northamptonshire village of Weedon Beck as a response to the threat of a French invasion in the early years of the nineteenth century by Williams, Beryl
- Weedon and its Depot by Wagstaff, John S
- Weedon Royal Ordnance Depot by King, John E
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Weedon Royal Ordnance Depot
- Board of Ordinance
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Weedon, Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England
Sectors:
- Mechanical engineering Armaments & ammunition production exc warships, aircraft, cannon, hand guns and cartridges, swords, etc
- Transport services Warehousing & storage services
Notes:
Established by act of parliament in 1803 for Board of Ordnance. Acted as a central storage depot for the British Army holding general equipment but most notably small arms, larger guns and gunpowder. Served by its own short canal. Closed 1965. Variously known as Royal Military Depot and Weedon Royal Ordnance DepotPublications:
- Captain Pilkington's Project. The Great Works at Weedon, 1804-1816. The story of the construction of the major Board of Ordnance establishment that was built in the small Northamptonshire village of Weedon Beck as a response to the threat of a French invasion in the early years of the nineteenth century by Williams, Beryl
- Weedon and its Depot by Wagstaff, John S
- Weedon Royal Ordnance Depot by King, John E