Shortstown Index of Pages
The following pages are designed to give a brief history of some aspects of the community. They are certainly not intended to be exhaustive and more work could be done, for example, on the interesting buildings with reference to census returns, electoral registers and name searches for owners and/or occupiers amongst our other archives, or on churches with reference to the parish records. We hope that reading these pages will encourage you to do more research of your own. If you find additional information on any of the pages below or, indeed, information on aspects of the community not covered here, we would love to hear from you and could publish your research here, giving credit, of course, where it is due!
Introduction
The Community of Shortstown in General
Airships and the RAF
The Development of Shortstown
The Royal Airship Works Shortstown
RAF Cardington
R101
Construction and Destruction of the R101
Causes of the R101 Disaster
The R101 Victims' Funeral and Memorial
Education
Shortstown School
Sources for Education in Shortstown