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X-Plane 10 Scenery--Lasham Airfield. The village and airfield are now usually known as "Lash-am" but until recent times most locals called it "Lass-ham". The village dates back to the eleventh century when it was "Esseham", becoming "Lessham" shortly after. The airfield was built by Irish laborers and Italian prisoners of war. Its construction destroyed much of the avenue of beech trees that had been planted by George Purefoy Jervoise of Herriard Park in 1809, to commemorate the Jubilee of George III (in 1810). A painting was made of The Avenue by Thomas Hennell. It is one of about 1500 paintings made by a large number of artists early in the war as part of Recording Britain project funded by the Pilgrim Trust. The painting of the avenue is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum. The airfield was completed in 1942. Several different types of aircraft were based at Lasham during World War Two. Requires Opensceneryx. By Cameron Wilson.