Genealogy Chat

Thanks for all your help.
I think the parcel was incorrectly addressed and the place was actually 'Wallingford Farm Training School' Benson which later became 'Turners Court Farm School' at Benson
David

???? Perhaps the sender got the name wrong and meant Wallingford ???

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C11133809

http://www.benson-village.co.uk/Localities/Turners-Court/1735615_vhq8f4

http://tinyurl.com/ph92qbn

http://www.workhouses.org.uk/labourcolonies/
(Scroll down to "The Christian Union Colonies")

Couldn't be Watlington could it, that is in the Benson area, and took evacuees during the war...

You could try emailing the contact addresses on some of these sites?

http://www.benson-village.co.uk/Schools/Children/1735670_q2gfQk

There's a long article, so might be something here ( edit not seeing a Wellington school though)


http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk/sites/default/files/work-in-progress/benson_intro_0.pdf

edit

"In 1939, war broke out again. This time Benson found itself designated an area
suitable for the reception of children evacuated from other places and sixteen
private and thirteen government evacuees attended the Benson School. Benson,
however, was no longer purely an agricultural community, for in 1937 the
Royal Air Force had started to build a new airfield between Benson and Fifield.
On the outbreak of war, the station became No. 12 Operational Training Unit
with the task of training pilots, observers and air gunners. "

Maybe a bit fanciful of me to wonder if the package was sent to an evacuee? :-D

http://www.bensingtonhistory.org/#!benson-schools/cu1j

ref to war years here might be of some use?

http://media.wix.com/ugd/b71796_ee45a214077e40d48396f3a52127afcf.pdf

We have a parcel-wrapping addressed to the above address at Benson Oxfordshire in about 1940. Please can anyone find a reference to this school or any information about it?
Any clue would be welcome
David