Building record TR 15 NE 876 - Bekesbourne railway station - Second World War fortified house

Railway station on the Canterbury-Dover section of the Chatham Line. Station built circa 1853-4

From mid 1940 there was a Second World War fortified house adjoining Bekesbourne Hill. This was fortified house No. 48 in the 1940 lists of defensive structures, at the stated Military Grid Reference R 630741. The most likely candidate is Bekesbourne Railway Station, which would very likely have been defended since it straddles the Dover, Canterbury, Whitstable Stop Line (locally the London, Chatham, Dover Railway). The station yard is known to have been used for military purposes. A second Fortified House very nearby (at the stated Military Grid Reference R 630742), recorded by the CBA Defence of Britain Project, is harder to identify.
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : Yes
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Condition : unknown
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Historic England archive material: BF006311 BEKESBOURNE STATION, BEKESBOURNE WITH PATRIXBOURNE

CBA Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). SKE15199.

CBA Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). Ske15199.

43 Division General Staff, 01/01/40, War Diary 43 Division General Staff (Unpublished document). SKE15198.

43 Division General Staff, 01/01/40, War Diary 43 Division General Staff (Unpublished document). Ske15198.