Wethersfield, has close links with America
Wethersfield green is home to some enormous plane trees
This website is not intended to be a history of the village but to give anyone who wishes a chance to dip into life in Wethersfield over the years. Particularly it may interest visitors from the United States with which the village has close associations. People
The village sign shows agricultural symbols
of pheasants and corn
from Wethersfield were among those emigrating to New England at the time of the Pilgrim Fathers and other Wethersfields are found in Connecticut and western New York State. From 1941 to 1946 the traffic was in the other direction as USAF personnel arrived at RAF Wethersfield the airbase on the northern edge of the village in the second world war. In 1952 the airfield was opened again with the forming of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and became home to the 20th Tactical Fighter Wing USAF.
The last Americans, of the Red Horse Brigade, a heavy engineering unit,
left in 1990 and the base is now occupied by the British Ministry of
Defence police whose main job is to guard military establishments throughout
the UK.
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