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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NE 753 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War roadblock on road bridge over the Dover to Canterbury railway, north of Little Barton Farm, Canterbury |
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Summary
By late 1940 there was a roadblock at the road bridge over the London, Chatham, Dover Railway. The railway, at this point, formed part of the Dover, Canterbury, Whitstable Stop Line.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1686 5703 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NE |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- ROADBLOCK (Modern - 1940 AD to 1945 AD?)
Full description
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By late 1940 there was a roadblock at the road bridge over the London, Chatham, Dover Railway. The railway, at this point, formed part of the Dover, Canterbury, Whitstable Stop Line. A pair of large concrete blocks can be seen, flanking the north end of the bridge, on immediate post-war aerial photographs. This was road block No. 29 in a list of permanent road blocks in the 43 Divisional area at the end of November 1940.
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : Yes
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential :
Condition : unknown
Date of visit :
43 Division General Staff, 01/01/40, War Diary 43 Division General Staff (Unpublished document). SKE15500.
43 Division General Staff, 01/01/40, War Diary 43 Division General Staff (Unpublished document). Ske15500.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: 43 Division General Staff. 01/01/40. War Diary 43 Division General Staff. |
