Observatories C-F

Name                                   Acronym             Date         Type*     Location     Association

(*G–Governmental; I–Institutional; Pr–Private; Pu–Public; S–School & U–University)
Cambridge Observatorysee Institute of Astronomy [IoA]
Caradon ObservatoryCaOL2010s-PrCornwall
Cardiff City ObservatoryCaCO1906-1979IGlamorganBruce, Conybeare; Evans, Franklen
Carrington’s Churt ObservatoryCOC1870-1876PrSurreyCarrington, Richard
Carrington’s Redhill ObservatoryCOR1852-1861PrSurreyCarrington, Richard; Simmonds, George Hervey
Castle Hill ObservatoryCHOA1781-1792UAberdeenshireCopland, Patrick; Marischal College
Cecil Duncombe ObservatoryCDO1905-1936I/UYorkshire – West RidingUniversity of Leeds; Duncombe, Cecil; Leeds Astronomical Society
Chambers’s ObservatoryChOE1873-1900PrSussexChambers, George F.
Chatham ObservatoryChO1841-1850sIKentDenison, William; Royal Engineers
Cheltenham Ladies’ College ObservatoryCLCO1897-?SGloucestershireBeale, Doreatha
Chesterfield Barnett ObservatoryCBO1960-IDerbyshireChesterfield Astronomical Society
Chiltern ObservatoryCOA(1991-IBuckinghamshireWycombe Astronomical Society
Christ’s College ObservatoryCCOC1760-1780UCambridgeshireShepherd, Anthony;  Christ’s College, Cambridge
City ObservatoryNCOE1818-2009IMidlothianHenderson, Thomas; Smyth, Charles, Piazzi; Wallace, Alexander; Astronomical Society of Edinburgh
City Wall ObservatoryCWO1740-1760UOxfordshireBliss, Nathaniel
Clacton and District Astronomical Association ObservatoryCDAAO1974-1997IEssex  Clacton and District Astronomical Association
Clanfield ObservatoryCOCH1960-IHampshireHampshire Astronomical Group
Clare Hippisley’s ObservatoryCHOBc.1885-1918PrSomersetHippisley, Clare
Close House Observatorysee Espin Observatory [EO]
Coats ObservatoryCO1884-IRenfrewshirePaisley Philosophical Institution; Renfrewshire Astronomical          Society (RenAS)
Cockfield Tower ObservatoryCTO1767-1773PrSuffolkLudham, William
Cody Astronomical Society ObservatoryCASO1966-IHampshireCody Astronomical Society
Colney Lane ObservatoryCLOc.1976-c.1994INorfolkNorwich Astronomical Society
Coleshill Hall ObservatoryCHOCc. 1972-1987IWarwickshireChelmsley Astronomical Society; Heart of England Astronomical Society
Coleman’s ObservatoryColO1893-1911PrKentColeman, William
Colin Hunt ObservatoryCHOW1960s-IBuckinghamshireAylesbury Astronomical Society (AylAS); Saw, Douglas
Collingwood’s Observatorysee Lilburn Observatory
Collinson’s ObservatoryCoO1980s-1990PrSuffolkCollinson, Edward Howard
Common’s Ealing ObservatoryCOE1876-1903PrMiddlesexCommon, Andrew A.
Cooper’s Observatorysee Markree Observatory [MaO]
Cork Observatorysee Crawford Observatory [CrO]
Corpus Christi College ObservatoryCCCO1763-1773UOxfordshireHornsby, Thomas
Count de Brühl’s ObservatoryCdBO1790-1815PrMiddlesexCount  de Brühl
Crawford ObservatoryCrO1879-UCorkGrubb, HowardQueen’s College, Cork
Crayford Manor House Astronomical           Society ObservatorySee Dick Chambers Observatory [DCOSH]
See Wilkins Memorial Observatory [WMO]
Cromwell Tower ObservatoryCTOA1804-UAberdeenshireKing College, Aberdeen; Aberdeen University; Gill, Sir David;
Curtis’s observatoryCuO1980s-1990sPrAngleseyCurtis, Philip
Cygnus ObservatoryCOW2002-I/PuDurhamSunderland Astronomical Society
Dall ObservatorySee Luton Astronomical Society Observatory [LASO]
Dall’s ObservatoryDOB1937-1987PrBedfordshireDall, Horace
Darmona Observatorysee Wilson’s Observatory [WiO]
Davenham Bank ObservatoryDBO1887-1904/5PrWorcestershirePerrins, James Dyson
Dawes’s Observatory  see Dawes’s Cranbrook Observatory [DCO]
see Dawes’s Hopefield Observatory [DHO]
see Dawes’s Ormskirk Observatory [DOO]
see Dawes’s Wateringbury Observatory [DWO]
Dawes’s Cranbrook ObservatoryDCO1844-1850PrKentDawes, William Rutter
Dawes’s Hopefield ObservatoryDHO1857-1868PrBuckinghamshireDawes, William Rutter
Dawes’s Ormskirk ObservatoryDOO1831-1839PrLancashireDawes, William Rutter
Dawes’s Wateringbury ObservatoryDWO1850-1857PrKentDawes, William Rutter
De la Rue’s Cranford ObservatoryLRCO1857-1873PrMiddlesexDe la Rue, Warren
De la Rue’s observatoryDROC1849-1857PrCounty of LondonDe la Rue, Warren
Deepdale Observatorysee Preston Municipal Observatory [PMO]
Dell’s ObservatoryDOA1851-?PrBuckinghamshireDell, Thomas
Dick Chambers ObservatoryDCOSH2012-IKentCrayford Manor House Astronomical Society; Chambers, Richard
Doberck’s Kowloon ObservatoryKOS1908-1931PrSurreyDoberck, William
Downside School ObservatoryDSO1859-1867SSomersetDownside School
Drew’s ObservatoryDOS1847-1857PrHampshireDrew, John
Drummonds ObservatoryDOP2015-INorthamptonshireNorthampton Natural History Society
Dunecht ObservatoryDuO1872-1888PrAberdeenshireLindsay, James Ludovic
Dun Echt Observatorysee Dunecht Observatory [DuO]
Dunsink ObservatoryDO1785-UDublinBall, Sir Robert Stawell; Robinson, Thomas Romney; University of    Dublin
Durham University ObservatoryDUO1842-UDurhamChevalier, Temple; University of  University of Durham
Durlston Astronomy centreDAC2011-IDorsetDurlston County Park
Eddington Lodge ObservatoryELO2010s-PrCornwall
Edinburgh Observatorysee City Observatory [NCOE]
Elchies ObservatoryElO1852-1865PrMorayshireGrant, James William
Ellis’s ObservatoryEOE1852-1858PrDevonMessrs Ellis and Son
Essam’s ObservatoryEOBLc.1890-1907PrLincolnshireEssam, Edward Iszatt
Espin ObservatoryEO1960-2000UNorthumberlandEspin, Thomas Henry Espinall Compton; Newcastle University
Espin’s Wolsingham Observatorysee Wolsingham Observatory [WoO]
Evan’s Froxfield ObservatoryEFO1788-1799PrWiltshireEvans, Lewis
Evans’s observatoryEOW1799-1820ICounty of LondonEvans, Lewis; Royal Arsenal,    Woolwich
Evans’s ObservatoryWDOc.1913PrAngleseyEvans, David
Evans’s ObservatoryDEOc.1900-1910PrCarmarthenshireEvans, William
Evershed’s ObservatoryEOG1925-1950PrSurreyEvershed, John
Exeter Astronomical Society                ObservatoryEASO1971-1979 (?)IDevonExeter Astronomical Society (ExAS)
Exeter University ObservatoryEUO2000s-UDevonUniversity of Exeter
Failand ObservatoryFOF?ISomersetBristol Astronomical Society
Ferndene Observatorysee Newall’s Observatory [NO]
Fernley ObservatoryFeO1901-ILancashireBaxendell, Joseph; Southport      Scientific Society; Fernley, John;     Southport Astronomical Society (SouthpAs)
Finsbury Square Academy ObservatoryFSAOc.1800s-1820sSCounty of LondonKelly, Patrick
Flamsteed ObservatoryFO1982-IDerbyshireDerby and District Astronomical    Society
Fletcher’s ObservatoryFlO1848-1879PrCumberlandFletcher, Isaac
Fletcher’s Tarn Bank Observatorysee Fletcher’s Observatory [FlO]
Forester’s ObservatoryFOW1889-1909PrShropshireBush, T.W.
Four Marks Observatorysee Worthington’s  Observatory [WOFM]
Freeman’s ObservatoryFOM1888-1898PrKentFreeman, Alexander
Furness Astronomical Society ObservatoryFASO1975-ILancashire  Furness Astronomical Society; Furness and South Lakeland Astronomical Society