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Monument details

HER Number:TR 15 NE 845
Type of record:Monument
Name:Second World War road block at the railway bridge between Hode Farm and Bekesbourne Lane, Bekesbourne

Summary

There was a Second World War road block at the bridge over the railway on the narrow lane which leads northwards from Hode Farm to meet Bekesbourne Lane. The railway at this point formed part of the Dover, Canterbury, Whitstable Stop Line.

Grid Reference:TR 1791 5664
Map Sheet:TR15NE
Parish:BEKESBOURNE-WITH-PATRIXBOURNE, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

  • ROADBLOCK (Modern - 1940 AD to 1945 AD?)

Full description

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There was a Second World War road block at the bridge over the railway on the narrow lane which leads northwards from Hode Farm to meet Bekesbourne Lane. This was roadblock No. 46 in a list of such structures made 2 December 1940. It was flanked by concrete anti-tank pimples, which survive, albeit overgrown. The London, Chatham, Dover Railway at this point formed part of the Dover, Canterbury, Whitstable Stop Line.
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : Yes
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential :
Condition : moderate
Date of visit :


John Herbert, Photograph by John Herbert (digital copy in project archive) (Photograph). SKE15173.

John Herbert, Photograph by John Herbert (digital copy in project archive) (Photograph). Ske15173.

43 Division General Staff, 01/01/40, War Diary 43 Division General Staff (Unpublished document). SKE15174.

43 Division General Staff, 01/01/40, War Diary 43 Division General Staff (Unpublished document). Ske15174.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Photograph: John Herbert. Photograph by John Herbert (digital copy in project archive).
---Unpublished document: 43 Division General Staff. 01/01/40. War Diary 43 Division General Staff.