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Village in Buckinghamshire, England
Medmenham (/ˈmɛdənəm/) is a village and civil parish in south-west Buckinghamshire, England. It is on the River Thames, about 3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) southwest
Medmenham
Exclusive clubs for society rakes
and later, after moving their meetings to Medmenham Abbey, they became the Monks or Friars of Medmenham. The first meeting at Sir Francis's family home
Hellfire_Club
Former RAF base in Buckinghamshire, England
RAF Medmenham is a former Royal Air Force station based at Danesfield House near Medmenham, in Buckinghamshire, England. Activities there specialised in
RAF_Medmenham
British politician (1708–1781)
their meetings to Medmenham Abbey, about 6 miles from West Wycombe, where they called themselves the "Monks of Medmenham". Medmenham Abbey had been built
Francis Dashwood, 11th Baron le Despencer
Francis_Dashwood,_11th_Baron_le_Despencer
County of England
The River Thames at Medmenham
Buckinghamshire
Country house in Buckinghamshire, England
Danesfield House in Medmenham, near Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England, in the Chiltern Hills is a former country house now used as a hotel and spa. The
Danesfield_House
Region of England
especially in Kent. RAF Bomber Command was based at High Wycombe. RAF Medmenham at Danesfield House, west of Marlow in Buckinghamshire, was important
South_East_England
New religious movement founded by Aleister Crowley
Sir Francis Dashwood inscribed the adage on a doorway of his abbey at Medmenham, where it served as the motto of the Hellfire Club. Rabelais's Abbey of
Thelema
Military exploration and observation by means of aircraft or other airborne platforms
centred at RAF Mount Farm, with the resulting photographs transferred to Medmenham for interpretation. Approximately 15,000 Fairchild K-20 aerial cameras
Aerial_reconnaissance
River in southern England
Henley-on-Thames Aston, Remenham Mill End, Hambleden Hurley-on-Thames Medmenham Bisham Marlow Cookham Little Marlow Hedsor Wharf, Hedsor (meads) Bourne
River_Thames
Town in Buckinghamshire, England
4,480 by 1841. From 1897 to 1906 potter Conrad Dressler operated the Medmenham Pottery at Marlow Common. Marlow is adjoined by Marlow Bottom, a mile
Marlow,_Buckinghamshire
Intelligence gathered by means of imagery
reconnaissance intelligence data soon became imperative. Beginning in 1941, RAF Medmenham was the main interpretation centre for photographic reconnaissance operations
Imagery_intelligence
British historian and military theorist (1895–1970)
Buckinghamshire, England Resting place St Peter and St Paul Churchyard, Medmenham, Buckinghamshire, England Education Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
B._H._Liddell_Hart
Australian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
racehorse and sire Heroic, and his dam, Medmenham (IRE), was by Prince Galahad (GB), who won the Dewhurst Stakes. Medmenham was a race winner in Australia after
Ajax_II
Religious, ideological, or philosophical beliefs based on Satan
and which assembled first at his estate at West Wycombe and later in Medmenham Abbey. A number of contemporary press sources portrayed these as gatherings
Satanism
British military intelligence organisation
MI4, and the formation of the Allied Central Interpretation Unit at RAF Medmenham (sister to Bletchley Park). Today, DIFC's role has grown beyond just imagery
Defence Intelligence Fusion Centre
Defence_Intelligence_Fusion_Centre
WWII code-breaking site
WWII US Navy signals intelligence group, based in Washington, D.C. RAF Medmenham – Former RAF base in Buckinghamshire, England Wireless Experimental Centre
Bletchley_Park
English journalist and television presenter
Dartmouth, Devon. She was privately educated at Danesfield School in Medmenham, Buckinghamshire, St Margaret's School, an independent school for girls
Mary_Nightingale
English courtier (1462–1504)
son of Geoffrey Pole, Esquire of Worrell, Cheshire, and of Wythurn in Medmenham, Buckinghamshire (1431 – 1474 / 4 January 1479[clarification needed],
Richard_Pole_(courtier)
Network of man-made caverns in England
caves on more than one occasion. The Hellfire Club had previously used Medmenham Abbey, eight miles (13 km) from West Wycombe on the River Thames, as a
Hellfire_Caves
1943 British strategic bombing in WWII
Würzburg radar reflectors. After Winston Churchill viewed the photos at RAF Medmenham on 14 June, No. 5 Group RAF received the surprise orders on 16 June to
Operation_Bellicose
Administrative division in Buckinghamshire, England
Stokenchurch† Fawley Great Marlow Turville Fingest Little Marlow Wooburn Hambleden Medmenham Chepping Wycombe‡ Hedsor Radnage West Wycombe Hughenden Saunderton
Desborough_Hundred
British statesman (1718–1792)
with Wilkes in the notorious Hellfire Club (also known as the Monks of Medmenham), recent scholarship has suggested that the two had a more distant but
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich
John_Montagu,_4th_Earl_of_Sandwich
the B4220. A4155 Bourne End Reading By way of Little Marlow, Marlow, Medmenham, Henley-on-Thames, Lower Shiplake and Caversham A4156 Aylesbury Aylesbury
A roads in Zone 4 of the Great Britain numbering scheme
A_roads_in_Zone_4_of_the_Great_Britain_numbering_scheme
Taking images of the ground from the air
from very high altitudes without the camera parts freezing. Based at RAF Medmenham, the collection and interpretation of such photographs became a considerable
Aerial_photography
16th-century English politician
William Rice (by 1522 – 1588), of Medmenham, Buckinghamshire, was an English politician. William Rice was the son of Mr. Rice and his wife Eden née Saunders
William_Rice_(MP)
Former command of the Royal Air Force
at RAF Medmenham near Marlow, Buckinghamshire. Originally, on 24 April 1946, No. 90 (Signals) Group RAF was formed at Danesfield Court, Medmenham, Marlow
RAF_Signals_Command
supply Water in the Parishes of Great Marlow Little Marlow Wooburn and Medmenham all in the County of Bucks and Bisham in the County of Berks. Winchester
List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1889
List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1889
Range of hills in south-east England
Little Kingshill, Little Missenden, Luton Markyate, Marlow, Marlow Bottom, Medmenham Naphill, Nettlebed, Nuffield Penn, Pishill, Pitstone, Prestwood, Princes
Chiltern_Hills
English architect and interior decorator
School, Canford Magna, Dorset, extended (with Tanner) (1888). Medmenham Abbey, Medmenham, Buckinghamshire, west wing added and remainder of the house much
W._H._Romaine-Walker
British radical, journalist and politician (1725–1797)
Knights of St Francis of Wycombe, also known as the Hellfire Club or the Medmenham Monks, and was the instigator of a prank that may have hastened its dissolution
John_Wilkes
Londonderry 1942 1945 Transferred to Royal Navy as HMS Gannet II. RAF Medmenham England Buckinghamshire 1941 1977 RAF Meikle Ferry Scotland Ross and Cromarty
List of former Royal Air Force stations
List_of_former_Royal_Air_Force_stations
English historian
served in the Royal Air Force at the photographic interpretation unit at Medmenham in Buckinghamshire, where his main duty was identifying appropriate landing
R._B._Wernham
British journalist and writer
bombings and she served with the Central Interpretation Unit (CIU) at RAF Medmenham, Buckinghamshire, reaching the rank of Flight Officer. Serving alongside
Constance_Babington_Smith
American insurance executive (1860–1943)
many years in England renting storied English country estates, including Medmenham Abbey in Buckinghamshire and Knebworth House in Hertfordshire. Beginning
Henry_W._Marsh
Title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
He had already been created a Baronet, of Wittington in the Parish of Medmenham in the County of Buckingham on 22 July 1908, and Baron Devonport, of Wittington
Viscount_Devonport
Former Royal Air Force photographic reconnaissance unit
Allied Central Interpretation Unit and held at the Print Library at RAF Medmenham before its move to Keele University. Since 2008 it has been part of the
No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF
No._1_Photographic_Reconnaissance_Unit_RAF
British air force intelligence services (1939–1964)
Intelligence staff at Bletchley Park and the Imagery Intelligence staff at RAF Medmenham. At the outbreak of war, the Air Ministry recognised the need for formalised
RAF_Intelligence
English architect (1856–1942)
slightly smaller but still substantial; houses such as Wittington House at Medmenham, Buckinghamshire in 1897; Caythorpe Court, Lincolnshire; Moundsmere Manor
Reginald_Blomfield
Village and civil parish in England
Little Meadle Longwick Meadle Owlswick Marlow Bottom Medmenham Bockmer End Lower Woodend Medmenham Rockwell End Piddington and Wheeler End Piddington Wheeler
Hambleden
Village in Kent, England
and called on the people to destroy the Manston house of William dea Medmenham [a local coroner who evidently acted as representative for St Augustine's
Manston,_Kent
Archbishop of York, at York Minister. Following this he was Vicar of Medmenham, then Rector of South Hackney. Further incumbencies followed at St Gabriel's
Staunton_Batty
Posterity – Inlaid Darby Munro J H Abbs 1:56.5 50-1 1938 Ajax 6 ch h Heroic – Medmenham Harold Badger F Musgrave 1:56.75 1-2F 1937 Young Idea 5 br h Constant
List_of_Cox_Plate_winners
Neatishead 1995 No. 90 Signals Unit RAF 26 April 1946 1 April 2006 RAF Medmenham, 1946 RAF Leeming, present Nil No. 90 Signals Unit was reformed on 1 April
List of communications units and formations of the Royal Air Force
List_of_communications_units_and_formations_of_the_Royal_Air_Force
British academic, wartime intelligence officer and amateur athlete
mid-1941 he was posted to the Central Interpretation Unit (CIU) at RAF Medmenham, where his sister Constance Babington Smith was also stationed. He was
Bernard_Babington_Smith
Communications unit of the Royal Air Force
(Signals) Group was formed on 26 April 1946 and had its headquarters at RAF Medmenham in Buckinghamshire. It combined the signals, radio and countermeasures
No._90_Signals_Unit_RAF
English botanist
Force and was attached to the photographic interpretation unit at RAF Medmenham in Buckinghamshire. After the war, he returned to Bedford College, then
E._F._Warburg
until 1504, after the death of the serving prior The Blessed Virgin Mary Medmenham Abbey Cistercian monks — from Woburn, Bedfordshire founded 1201/4, or
List of monastic houses in England
List_of_monastic_houses_in_England
Welsh scientist and archaeologist
photography by working for the RAF's air photo reconnaissance unit at RAF Medmenham. He examined and analysed photos of enemy territory. In 1942, Daniel was
Glyn_Daniel
British satirist
acceptable member of the dissipated circle calling themselves the "monks of Medmenham Abbey", and he was appointed secretary and steward of the Hellfire Club
Paul_Whitehead_(satirist)
Hogshaw Commandery Lavendon Abbey Little Marlow Priory Luffield Abbey Medmenham Abbey Missenden Abbey Newton Longville Priory Notley Abbey Ravenstone
List of monastic houses in Buckinghamshire
List_of_monastic_houses_in_Buckinghamshire
1983 studio album by Psychic TV
Always" Charles Manson 6. "White Nights" 7. "Finale" 8. "Eleusis" 9. "Medmenham" 10. "Ancient Lights" 11. "Proof on Survival"
Dreams_Less_Sweet
detached portions, Wexham, Wyrardisbury. Henley PLU Fawley, Hambleden, Medmenham. Remainder of PLU in Berkshire & Oxfordshire. Leighton Buzzard PLU Cheddington
List of poor law unions in England
List_of_poor_law_unions_in_England
theological study at Ripon Hall, Oxford. After curacies in Hambleden, and Medmenham he was Vicar of St Peter, Birmingham from 1968 to 1975; Selection Secretary
Mark_Dalby
American intelligence analyst
at the Allied Central Interpretation Unit at Royal Air Force Station Medmenham, 50 miles outside London and at the Mediterranean Allied Photo Reconnaissance
Dino_Brugioni
by Francis Dashwood, the club later renamed the Order of the Monks of Medmenham. The "modern nunneries" the author describes are contemporary high-class
Nocturnal_Revels
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885 onwards
Fingest and Lane End, Great Marlow, Hambleden, Hughenden, Little Marlow, Medmenham, Turville, and West Wycombe Rural. Northern parts of the Rural District
Wycombe_(constituency)
British water research company
municipal bodies responsible for drinking water supply; it was based at Medmenham, Buckinghamshire. The new organisation was renamed the Water Research
WRc
Clairvaux) Meaux Abbey, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (1151 Fountains) Medmenham Abbey, Buckinghamshire, England (1202 Fountains) Melrose Abbey, Scottish
List of Cistercian abbeys in Britain
List_of_Cistercian_abbeys_in_Britain
British military unit
Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 102. Wing Commander Douglas Kendall at RAF Medmenham was the first to announce a 'Diver' had been observed, although earlier
Royal_Observer_Corps
become a member of the Sir Francis Dashwood's Hellfire Club, The Monks of Medmenham. He is the great-great-grandfather of Benjamin Bates IV, founder of Bates
Benjamin_Bates_II
Protected area in Buckinghamshire, England
2-hectare (5.4-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Medmenham in Buckinghamshire. It is in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural
Rodbed_Wood
Postcode area within the United Kingdom
Maidenhead, Buckinghamshire SL7 MARLOW Marlow, Marlow Bottom, Little Marlow, Medmenham, Bisham, Lower Woodend Buckinghamshire, Windsor and Maidenhead SL8 BOURNE
SL_postcode_area
Airport in Essex, England
Ministry of Defence Police Training School and Firearms Training Wing from Medmenham, Buckinghamshire, and the headquarters from Earl's Court in London by
MDP_Wethersfield
Intelligence on Nazi German cruise missiles
down the north coast of Germany." The photograph interpreters at RAF Medmenham noticed an object of 25 ft (7.6 m) —an "enormous cloud of steam" that
V-1_and_V-2_intelligence
British sculptor (1878–1947)
plaque to Captain J. M. T. Richie at the church of St Peter & St Paul at Medmenham in Buckinghamshire. A large standing statue, c. 1928, with arms folded
Kathleen_Scott
British World War II flying ace (1918–1944)
Constance Babington Smith, head of the Central Interpretation Unit at RAF Medmenham in Buckinghamshire, summed him up thusly: The photographic pilot has to
Adrian_Warburton
was the establishment of the Central Interpretation Unit (CIU) at RAF Medmenham. Priority tasks of this unit were to prepare target folders and to chart
Aerial reconnaissance in World War II
Aerial_reconnaissance_in_World_War_II
Hamlet in Buckinghamshire, England
Bockmer End is a hamlet in the civil parish of Medmenham to the west of Marlow in Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the town of Marlow. Ordnance Survey:
Bockmer_End
Large Victorian house near Hampstead Heath, London
(from the Air Ministry, MI6, MI9, Central Interpretation Unit at RAF Medmenham and Station X at Bletchley Park). During World War II, over 6,000 officers
Athlone_House
Island in the River Thames in Berkshire, England
the River Thames in England near the villages of Aston, Berkshire and Medmenham, Buckinghamshire. It is situated on the reach above Hurley Lock. Navigation
Magpie_Island
1977 English TV series
Canada National Physical Laboratory RAF Museum Hendon RAF Farnborough RAF Medmenham RAF St Athan RAF Uxbridge The Post Office Portsmouth Corporation Proof
The_Secret_War_(TV_series)
British botanical artist and scientific illustrator (1912–2012)
flight officer in a photographic reconnaissance unit, and was based at Medmenham in Buckinghamshire. Her work saw her examine aerial photographs taken
Mary_Grierson
British historian, lecturer and biographer
trustee of both the Friends of the Intelligence Corps Museum and the Medmenham Collection. She is also President of The Friends of the National Archives
Helen_Fry
German aircraft manufacturing company (1922–1965)
tricycle gear. In early 1942, the photographic interpretation unit at RAF Medmenham first saw evidence of the existence of the 280 in aerial reconnaissance
Heinkel
Aquatic infrastructure on the English River Thames
Aston Hurley Lock 1773 1580 1.05 m (3.4 ft) 5.89 km (3.66 mi) Mednam Medmenham Temple Lock 1773 1580 1.23 m (4.0 ft) 1.03 km (0.64 mi) Temple Marlow
Locks and weirs on the River Thames
Locks_and_weirs_on_the_River_Thames
History for British light bomber
had been taken to move from Hendon, since the former was close to RAF Medmenham where the photographic interpretation facility had been established. Some
De Havilland Mosquito operational history
De_Havilland_Mosquito_operational_history
UK botanist (1917–2000)
during which he was detached to the Royal Air Force photographic unit in Medmenham, Buckinghamshire. After the war, Whitehouse returned to Cambridge and
Harold_Leslie_Keer_Whitehouse
Archive in Edinburgh, Scotland
AIRBUS Defence & Space Allied Central Interpretation Unit (ACIU) (from RAF Medmenham) Defence Geographic Centre Directorate of Overseas Surveys (DOS) Environment
National Collection of Aerial Photography
National_Collection_of_Aerial_Photography
Airport in Usedom
which, in 1943, RAF officer Constance Babington Smith, working at RAF Medmenham, detected a small winged aircraft ('Peenemünde 20') while viewing an Allied
Peenemünde_Airfield
Appointments given by Queen Elizabeth II in 1956
Reginald Iredale Wells, Principal Scientific Officer, Air Ministry (Medmenham, Buckinghamshire.) Harold Surridge Wren, Principal, War Office (Amersham
1956_Birthday_Honours
British Army World War I general
the British Empire in 1918. Sir Douglas and Dame Aimée Dawson lived at Medmenham Abbey in Buckinghamshire. Their adopted daughter, Rosemary Dawson, married
Douglas_Dawson
Mystery novels by Diana Gabaldon
former lovers). When Grey attends the meeting at the club's hideout, Medmenham Abbey, he soon discovers that his life might be in danger as well. The
Lord_John_series
British archaeologist (1907–1995)
pilot officer, being posted to the central interpretative unit at RAF Medmenham. There, he served in the aerial photograph interpretation unit, where
Grahame_Clark
British paleobotanist
During the Second World War, he was a photographic interpreter at RAF Medmenham with the rank of Wing Commander, where he worked on the interpretation
Hugh_Hamshaw_Thomas
British construction magnate (1907–1990)
knighted in 1963 and was made a life peer as Baron McAlpine of Moffat, of Medmenham in the County of Buckinghamshire on 21 February 1980. He inherited the
Edwin McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of Moffat
Edwin_McAlpine,_Baron_McAlpine_of_Moffat
Satirical writing
S2CID 24055522. Sambrook, James (22 September 2005). "Franciscans [Monks of Medmenham] (act. c. 1750–c. 1776)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed
The_Fruit-Shop
British Governor of Bengal (1732–1770)
Vansittart joined the society of the Franciscans, or the Hellfire Club, at Medmenham. His elder brothers, Arthur and Robert, were also members of this fraternity
Henry_Vansittart
Royal Air Force main operating base in Oxfordshire, England
Headquarters (SCSHQ) and the Radio Introduction Unit, which arrived from RAF Medmenham during 1977. SCSHQ remained at Benson until 1981. Flying activity increased
RAF_Benson
as the founder of the Knights of St Francis, which became the Monks of Medmenham, later called a Hellfire Club) in 1751 as a gift to his wife Sarah (Ellys)
Dunston_Pillar
Village in Buckinghamshire, England
later named as the Hellfire Club by a London newspaper). They first used Medmenham Abbey, eight miles away from West Wycombe on the River Thames, but the
West_Wycombe
Private club in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England
used as a WAAF Officers' mess for the Central Interpretation Unit at RAF Medmenham. Later it housed a top-secret unit making important photographic mosaics
Phyllis_Court
Historic site in Woolston, Shropshire
the well Plaisted, Arthur Henry (1925). The Manor and Parish Records of Medmenham, Buckinghamshire. Longmans, Green and co. p. 175. Bord, Janet (2008).
St_Winifred's_Well,_Woolston
English sculptor and potter (1856–1940)
then moved to Marlow Common in Buckinghamshire, where he established the Medmenham Pottery specializing in architectural tiles and large wall panels, created
Conrad_Dressler
Diocese of the Church of England
Hambleden Valley, Comprising Fawley, Fingest, Hambleden with Frieth, Medmenham, and Turville St Mary the Virgin, Fawley St Bartholomew, Fingest St John
Diocese_of_Oxford
UK national government awards list for the Commonwealth
Evening Argus. Cyril Granger, Assistant Director Engineering, R.A.F., Medmenham, Ministry of Defence. Captain Robert Patrick Seafield Grant, D.S.C., R
1975_Birthday_Honours
English botanist and geologist (1855-1956)
The two brothers left Haileybury and Henry went to a private tutor at Medmenham near Henley who encouraged him in Zoology and then went to Exeter College
Henry_Nicholas_Ridley
British politician (1856–1934)
Andrew Provand). He was created a baronet, of Wittington in the Parish of Medmenham in the County of Buckingham, on 22 July 1908 and became a member of the
Hudson Kearley, 1st Viscount Devonport
Hudson_Kearley,_1st_Viscount_Devonport
English archaeologist
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. He was awarded the MBE for services to the Medmenham Central Interpretation Unit. Rouse did not marry. He died on 28 July 1997
E._Clive_Rouse
Takaya Hashi (Japanese); Vic Mignogna (English) A Poet and the abbot of Medmenham Abbey, founder of the Hellfire Club. His power and influence is so great
List of Le Chevalier D'Eon characters
List_of_Le_Chevalier_D'Eon_characters
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