TR 15 NW 888 - Second World War Civil Defence warden’s post in Worthgate Place, Canterbury

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Monument record TR 15 NW 888 - Second World War Civil Defence warden’s post in Worthgate Place, Canterbury

Summary

There was a Second World War Civil Defence warden’s post at Worthgate Place. This was an ‘advanced’ post, and as such was manned permanently. By late October 1941, the post was housed in the Canterbury Gas and Water Company’s employees’ air-raid shelter. It was then ordered that that a new post, sufficient for twelve wardens, be constructed in ‘a surface building constructed in accordance with modern principles to withstand blast.’

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Grid reference	TR 1470 5749 (point)
Map sheet	TR15NW
County	KENT
District	CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish	CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

AIR RAID WARDENS POST (Modern - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD?)

Full Description

Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee, 01/01/39, Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee Minute Books 1 to 6 (Unpublished document). SKE14835.

Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee, 01/01/39, Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee Minute Books 1 to 6 (Unpublished document). Ske14835.

Simon Williamson, 01/01/39, Chief Air-Raid Warden’s notebook (Unpublished document). SKE14836.

Simon Williamson, 01/01/39, Chief Air-Raid Warden’s notebook (Unpublished document). Ske14836.

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--- SKE14835 Unpublished document: Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee. 01/01/39. Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee Minute Books 1 to 6.
--- SKE14835 Unpublished document: Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee. 01/01/39. Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee Minute Books 1 to 6.
--- SKE14836 Unpublished document: Simon Williamson. 01/01/39. Chief Air-Raid Warden’s notebook.
--- SKE14836 Unpublished document: Simon Williamson. 01/01/39. Chief Air-Raid Warden’s notebook.