Monument record 4092/1/5 - Accomodation for ROF Risley (Central)

An area of temporary housing estates to the North of the Ordnance factory at Risley. They were presumably built to house the workers for the factory. Found on the 1940s aerial photos. They are characterized by around a dozen H-Shaped structures around the edge of the site with other buildings that appear to resemble Nissen Huts in the center. (2) says that one of his sources thinks that this is HMS Gosling, a training facility for Navy airmen commissioned in 1st July 1942 and closed on 31st march 1947.

<1> Various, Aerial photographs, 1940s RAF (Aerial Photograph). SCH128.

<2> Lancaster University Archaeological Unit, 1998, Land Adjacent to Risley Landfill Site, Cheshire (Risley V): Archaeological Assessment, R2252 (Client Report). SCH3995.