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Monument details

HER Number:TR 15 NE 844
Type of record:Monument
Name:Second World War roadblock on Station Road, Bekesbourne

Summary

In 1940 there was a Second World War roadblock on Station Road, just outside the north-eastern edge of Patrixbourne village. This was probably a temporary structure.


Grid Reference:TR 1901 5562
Map Sheet:TR15NE
Parish:BEKESBOURNE-WITH-PATRIXBOURNE, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

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

Full description

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In 1940 there was a Second World War roadblock on Station Road, just outside the north-eastern edge of Patrixbourne village. This was probably a temporary structure.
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : Yes
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential :
Condition : Destroyed
Date of visit :


64 Field Regiment Royal Artillery, 01/01/40, War Diary 64 Field Regiment Royal Artillery 1940 (Unpublished document). SKE15179.

64 Field Regiment Royal Artillery, 01/01/40, War Diary 64 Field Regiment Royal Artillery 1940 (Unpublished document). Ske15179.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Unpublished document: 64 Field Regiment Royal Artillery. 01/01/40. War Diary 64 Field Regiment Royal Artillery 1940.