Monument record TR 15 NE 909 - Second World War Civil Defence warden’s post in the garden of 1 North Holmes Road, Canterbury

Summary

There was a Second World War Civil Defence warden’s post in the garden of 1 North Holmes Road. This was a rude surface shelter of sand bag construction. By early February 1941 it had deteriorated and was unusable. In late May or thereabouts it was replaced with a re-used concrete post, from the Sturry Road, which had been abandoned due to flooding.

Location

Grid reference TR 1581 5782 (point)
Map sheet TR15NE
County KENT
District CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Full Description

There was a Second World War Civil Defence warden’s post (Post ‘D/1/2’) in the garden of 1 North Holmes Road. This was an ordinary (or ‘Action Warning’) post, only manned on Action Warning. It was a rude surface shelter of sand bag construction. By early February 1941 it had deteriorated and was unusable. The answer seemed to be to dismantle a concrete constructed post (‘D/7/8’) on the Sturry Road, which had been abandoned due to flooding, and re-erect it at North Holmes Road. This was effected in late May or thereabouts.
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : No
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Condition : unknown
Date of visit :


Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee, 01/01/39, Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee Minute Books 1 to 6 (Unpublished document). SKE14812.

Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee, 01/01/39, Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee Minute Books 1 to 6 (Unpublished document). Ske14812.

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  • --- Unpublished document: Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee. 01/01/39. Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee Minute Books 1 to 6.
  • --- Unpublished document: Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee. 01/01/39. Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee Minute Books 1 to 6.

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Record last edited

Aug 4 2009 5:45AM