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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NE 814 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War roadblock at the bridge on Vauxhall Road, Canterbury |
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Summary
By February 1941 a roadblock had been prepared at the bridge by which Vauxhall Road crosses the River Great Stour; a ‘trough [was] cut across road.’
| Grid Reference: | TR 1635 5978 |
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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 February 1941 a roadblock (Military Grid reference R 605780) had been prepared at the bridge by which Vauxhall Road crosses the River Great Stour; a ‘trough [was] cut across road.’ It is just possible that this was the site of a roadblock listed (as No.64) in late 1940.
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : Yes
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential :
Condition : unknown
Date of visit :
43 Division General Staff, 01/01/41, War Diary 43 Division General Staff (Unpublished document). SKE15512.
43 Division General Staff, 01/01/41, War Diary 43 Division General Staff (Unpublished document). Ske15512.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: 43 Division General Staff. 01/01/41. War Diary 43 Division General Staff. |
