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AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS SIGNAL BOX * |
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| A brick built railway signal box, usually with a reinforced correct roof, designed to minimize the effects of blast damage from aerial bombardment and thus protect the signalling equipment. |
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ADMIRALTY SIGNAL ESTABLISHMENT * |
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| A building or site conducting research into communication techniques for use in the Royal Navy. |
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AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS SIGN * |
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| A sign used by the Air Raid Precautions network to assist in identifying vital equipment and resources in the event of an air raid or to aid movement during blackouts. |
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SIGNALS GATHERING STATION * |
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| Buildings and structures associated with the acquisition of electronic signals for the purpose of intelligence gathering. |
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ADMIRALTY SIGNAL STATION * |
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| A building or site used for naval communications. |
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MILITARY SIGNALLING SITE * |
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| Buildings and structures used for sending and receiving signals. |
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SIGNALLING STRUCTURE * |
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| Buildings and structures associated with signal communication. |
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SIGNALLING BATTERY * |
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| A gun battery used to signal warnings to ships during bad weather. |
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SIGNALMANS COTTAGE * |
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| The residence of a signalman. |
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RAILWAY SIGNAL * |
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| A structure with semaphore arms and/or coloured lights used as a means of warning on railway systems. |
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SIGNAL STATION * |
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| A building or tower used to communicate information to shipping or other stations using signals such as flags, fires or lights. Roman signal stations took the form of a stone tower surrounded by a ditched enclosure and were used to warn of Saxon raids. |
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SIGNAL SQUARE * |
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| A signalling structure used on WWII airfields, comprising a concrete square base with a kerbed border into which concrete signal symbols could be placed to advise pilots in the air of current airfield state e.g. directions of landing and airfield circuit. |
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SIGNAL TOWER * |
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| A tower in a semaphore communication system. Often a three-storey building on a hill in line-of-sight, signal towers provided working and living space, usually for two crewmen with their families. |
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STATION SIGN * |
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| A board indicating the name of the railway station. |
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VILLAGE SIGN * |
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| A decorative emblem stating the name of a village or town and depicting aspects of the place's history of culture. Most signs are mounted on a post and usually errected in a central position near the church or village green. |
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SIGNAL POST * |
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| A cast iron post similar to a lamp post, with revolving top to carry either coloured plates, or an oil lamp with coloured glass at night. Associated with canal or river navigation locks. |
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SIGNAL BOX * |
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| A building on a railway system housing levers used to regulate trains on the tracks using signals and to change the points to enable a train to transfer from one track to another. |
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ROAD SIGN * |
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| A sign, often mounted on a post next to a roadside, giving directions or other instructions. |
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INN SIGN * |
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| A decorated, hanging sign, bearing the name and also often a pictorial representation of the inn or public house to which it is attached. |
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SIGNPOST * |
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| A post bearing one or more signs indicating the direction, and often the distance, to specified locations or routes. |
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SIGN * |
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| A board, wall painting or other structure displaying advice, giving information or directions |
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