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Weedon Bec history
The village’s name means ‘Heathen temple hill’ In the 12th century, the village was owned by the monks of the abbey of Le Bec-Hellouin in Normandy. The area on the A5, the Roman road called Watling Street from London to Holyhead was known as “Road Weedon” and earlier “Weedon on the Street”
Experiments with radar in 1935
Arnold Frederic Wilkins demonstrated radar, from radio waves from the Borough Hill transmitter on 26 February 1935. It is often stated as taking place near Weedon Bec, but actually took place in a field just off the A5 towards Litchborough, in the parish of Stowe Nine Churches (Upper Stowe) A memorial to the event is located off the. A working RADAR set was constructed using the two-metre amateur radio band.
Weedon rail crashes
Weedon has been the site of two serious rail crashes in 1915 and 1951 in which a total of 25 people were killed. The town has been a major hub for rail travel in the past.
Churches
The parish church St Peter and St Paul’s is at the south of the village hemmed in and overlooked from both the Grand Union Canal embankment and the West Coast Main Line viaduct. There is a United Reformed Church (former Congregational Chapel) of 1792.
Weedon Bec Primary School
Weedon Bec Primary school on West Street and is part of Innovate Multi Academy Trust with Badby, Kilsby and Woodford Halse Primary School.
Other buildings
The Priory in Oak Street is all that remains of a larger house. The Firs on Queen Street is a house dated 1692. At the crossroads there are a number of pubs, cafés and shops.
Ordnance depot
The Napoleonic War era Military Ordnance Depot was established by Act of Parliament in 1803. Designed by Colonel Pilkington of the Royal Engineers, the depot was largely built between 1805 & 1806. It was the central small arms depot for the British Army. The depot became redundant in 1965 and was sold by the Ministry of Defence in 1984.
Fire Services National Museum
The Fire Services National Museum collection was stored at the former ordnance depot. Trust had been working for years to secure planning approval for the museum to be an integral part of the depot’s redevelopment as an out-of-town shopping centre. Following its rejection in 2017 the collection was moved to Hampshire.
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