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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NE 762 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War road block on St George’s Place, outside St George’s Gate, Canterbury |
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Summary
There was a Second World War roadblock on St George’s Place, at its junction with Upper Bridge Street, which locally formed the Inner Perimeter of the Canterbury Fortress. This block would have been covered by fire from fortified houses up on St George’s Terrace, overlooking the City Wall.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1518 5759 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NE |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- ROADBLOCK (Modern - 1941 AD? to 1945 AD?)
Full description
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There was a Second World War roadblock on St George’s Place, at its junction with Upper Bridge Street, which locally formed the Inner Perimeter of the Canterbury Fortress. This block would have been covered by fire from fortified houses up on St George’s Terrace, overlooking the City Wall.
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : Yes
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential :
Condition : Destroyed
Date of visit :
Canterbury Fortress headquarters, 01/01/41, War Diary Canterbury Fortress 1941 (Unpublished document). SKE15489.
Canterbury Fortress headquarters, 01/01/41, War Diary Canterbury Fortress 1941 (Unpublished document). Ske15489.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Canterbury Fortress headquarters. 01/01/41. War Diary Canterbury Fortress 1941. |
