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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 SE 277 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War Civil Defence Warden’s Post in the Old Boys’ Club at the rear of the Red Lion Inn, Bridge |
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Summary
By late November 1940 the ‘Old Boys’ Club at the rear of the Red Lion Inn, Bridge' was in use as a civil-defence warden’s post. The post had been vacated by the end of 1941.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1834 5422 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15SE |
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| Parish: | BRIDGE, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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By late November 1940 the ‘Old Boys’ Club at the rear of the Red Lion Inn, Bridge' was in use as a 'warden’s post and store for air-raid precautions and First-aid equipment.’ By mid October the following year this had proven unsuitable, and the wardens were offered the use of a room in Mrs Chapman’s House on Laundry Lane. The post had been vacated by the end of the year. The public house is a Listed building, it is not yet clear whether the club house survives.
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : Unknown
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential :
Condition : unknown
Date of visit :
Bridge Blean Rural District Council, 01/01/39, Bridge Blean Rural District Council War Administration Minute Books (Unpublished document). SKE15279.
Bridge Blean Rural District Council, 01/01/39, Bridge Blean Rural District Council War Administration Minute Books (Unpublished document). Ske15279.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Bridge Blean Rural District Council. 01/01/39. Bridge Blean Rural District Council War Administration Minute Books. |
