Yarnfield
Encyclopedia
Yarnfield is a village in Staffordshire
, England. It is considered part of historic Stone
, and is near to other historic locations such as Eccleshall
and Swynnerton
.
It is the site of a very large training and conference centre managed by BT. The site originally named Beatty Hall was one of a number of accommodation camps in the area serving the very large Second World War Cold Meece munitions factory. Most still exist in various guises - Raleigh Hall is now an industrial estate, having housed Ugandan Asian refugees thrown out of Uganda by Idi Amin in 1972. Drake Hall
is a prison, Duncan Hall is now a housing estate.
The General Post Office Engineering Department Central Training School opened in Yarnfield in 1946. It occupied buildings at Howard Hall, Duncan Hall and Beatty Hall, which had all acted as transit camps for United States Air Force personnel during the Second World War. In 1984 G.P.O. telephones became British Telecom. The Training Centre had a further change of name in 2002 when it became part of Accenture
; British Telecom remain the centre's main customer.
In 2003 Yarnfield was the subject of one of the largest group ASBO
s ever granted . However more recent reports show that the village's community has worked hard to rebuild its reputation.
Springfields First School in Yarnfield received an Outstanding rating from Ofsted
in November 2009.
Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
, England. It is considered part of historic Stone
Stone, Staffordshire
Stone is an old market town in Staffordshire, England, situated about seven miles north of Stafford, and around seven miles south of the city of Stoke-on-Trent. It is the second town, after Stafford itself, in the Borough of Stafford, and has long been of importance from the point of view of...
, and is near to other historic locations such as Eccleshall
Eccleshall
Eccleshall is a town in Staffordshire, England. It is located seven miles north west of Stafford, and six miles west of Stone. Eccleshall is twinned with Sancerre in France.-History:...
and Swynnerton
Swynnerton
Swynnerton is a village in Staffordshire, England.St Mary's Church dates back to at least the 13th Century. Swynnerton received its charter from Edward I in 1306. During the 14th Century a market used to be held every Wednesday and an annual fair was held on August 15 each year...
.
It is the site of a very large training and conference centre managed by BT. The site originally named Beatty Hall was one of a number of accommodation camps in the area serving the very large Second World War Cold Meece munitions factory. Most still exist in various guises - Raleigh Hall is now an industrial estate, having housed Ugandan Asian refugees thrown out of Uganda by Idi Amin in 1972. Drake Hall
Drake Hall (HM Prison)
HM Prison Drake Hall is a women's closed prison, located near the village of Eccleshall in Staffordshire, England. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service.-History:...
is a prison, Duncan Hall is now a housing estate.
The General Post Office Engineering Department Central Training School opened in Yarnfield in 1946. It occupied buildings at Howard Hall, Duncan Hall and Beatty Hall, which had all acted as transit camps for United States Air Force personnel during the Second World War. In 1984 G.P.O. telephones became British Telecom. The Training Centre had a further change of name in 2002 when it became part of Accenture
Accenture
Accenture plc is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company headquartered in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. It is the largest consulting firm in the world and is a Fortune Global 500 company. As of September 2011, the company had more than 236,000 employees across...
; British Telecom remain the centre's main customer.
In 2003 Yarnfield was the subject of one of the largest group ASBO
Åsbo
Åsbo can refer to:*Åsbo Northern Hundred, a hundred in Scania*Åsbo Southern Hundred, a hundred in Scania...
s ever granted . However more recent reports show that the village's community has worked hard to rebuild its reputation.
Springfields First School in Yarnfield received an Outstanding rating from Ofsted
Ofsted
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills is the non-ministerial government department of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools In England ....
in November 2009.
Further research
- Official Yarnfield Park Centre website.
- Staffordshire Past Track has old photos and some further info.
- Subterranea Britannica has an article on the nearby Cold Meece Royal Ordnance Factory.
- Yarnfield Village Website.