I cannot find a contact email for Martin Biddle so will post a reply here and hope someone can draw his attention to it.
I have researched a number of mid-eighteenth century military encampments in the south of Britain and have plans for a number of them in Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire. The best source is a portfolio of manuscript plans in the British Library. This includes 2 of the Winchester camps; the 1756 Hessian camp and the militia camp on the same the site a couple of years later. I have looked at one of the oil paintings of the militia camp which was on a different site but have not been able to find any plans of it.
I presume by the 'Badger Farm' reference that Prof. Biddle actually means the site at Barton Farm-this was the site of the Hessian Camp in 1756 and one of the later militia camps. It has been the subject of a controversial housing development, which was recently turned down (the developers may be appealing the decision). Winchester City Council Archaeology section are aware of the the importance of this site as they put an archaeological stipulation on the planning application. There has been archaeological evaluation in the form of geophysical survey and evaluation trenches which have revealed parts of field kitchens associated with the Hessian and militia camps. Interestingly there are 18th century newspaper and war office reports which make it clear that the Hessian tents were hutted due to the prospect of them wintering in Britain, the Hessian officers are reported to have dug subterranean cellars for their tents. This is a practice that happened quite a lot in North America at the time but which is, as far as I know, unique in Britain.
My interest is that I have been doing geophysical survey at the 1756 camp site near Blandford in Dorset (no positive results yet!) and hope to contrast and compare it with the Hessian camp.
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