Building record TR 15 NW 955 - Second World War fortified house on the Whitstable Road, Canterbury, near the Junction with Westgate Court Avenue

Summary

A building on the Whitstable Road, near the Junction with Westgate Court Avenue had been adopted as a fortified house by November 1940. It may have been associated with the road block on the Whitstable Road at the same Military Grid Reference.

Location

Grid reference TR 1400 5863 (point)
Map sheet TR15NW
County KENT
District CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Full Description

A building on the Whitstable Road, near the Junction with Westgate Court Avenue (Military Grid Reference R 581768) had been adopted as a fortified house by November 1940. This was fortified house No. 3 in a list of such structures made 2 December that year. It may have been associated with the road block on the Whitstable Road at the same Military Grid Reference.
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential :
Condition : unknown
Date of visit :


CBA Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). SKE15552.

CBA Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). Ske15552.

43 Division General Staff, 01/01/40, War Diary 43 Division General Staff (Unpublished document). SKE15553.

43 Division General Staff, 01/01/40, War Diary 43 Division General Staff (Unpublished document). Ske15553.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Digital archive: CBA Defence of Britain Project.
  • --- Digital archive: CBA Defence of Britain Project.
  • --- Unpublished document: 43 Division General Staff. 01/01/40. War Diary 43 Division General Staff.
  • --- Unpublished document: 43 Division General Staff. 01/01/40. War Diary 43 Division General Staff.

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Record last edited

Aug 4 2009 5:57AM