Monument record TR 05 NE 139 - Second World War roadblock east of Nickle Farm, Chartham, comprising a bridge over the railway, prepared for demolition

Summary

By November 1941 there was a roadblock, based on a prepared demolition, on a small bridge over the railway east of Nickle Farm.

Location

Grid reference TR 0949 5582 (point)
Map sheet TR05NE
County KENT
District CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish CHARTHAM, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Full Description

This roadblock, based on a bridge over the railway between Canterbury and Faversham, which was prepared for demolition in case of invasion, had been established by late November 1941. It was on a small bridge, serving a network of paths and tracks, east of Nickle Farm, Chartham. This stretch of the railway seems to have been adopted as a minor defensive line in 1941, subsidiary to a new stop-line along the River Stour west of Canterbury.
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Corps Royal Engineers 43 Division, 01/01/41, War Diary Corps Royal Engineers 43 Division 1941 (Unpublished document). SKE15292.

Corps Royal Engineers 43 Division, 01/01/41, War Diary Corps Royal Engineers 43 Division 1941 (Unpublished document). Ske15292.

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  • --- Unpublished document: Corps Royal Engineers 43 Division. 01/01/41. War Diary Corps Royal Engineers 43 Division 1941.
  • --- Unpublished document: Corps Royal Engineers 43 Division. 01/01/41. War Diary Corps Royal Engineers 43 Division 1941.

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Record last edited

Aug 11 2009 5:45AM