Building record TR 15 NE 790 - Second World War fortified house on Ersham Road, Canterbury

Summary

A building on Ersham Road had been adopted as a fortified house by November 1940.

Location

Grid reference TR 1539 5720 (point)
Map sheet TR15NE
County KENT
District CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

A building on Ersham Road (Military Grid Reference R 595754) had been adopted as a fortified house by November 1940. This was fortified house No. 42 in a list of such structures made 2 December that year. This might possibly have been 8 Ersham Road, which served as a Regimental Aid Post in 1941, but this seems distrinctly unlikely. Perhaps more likely it was at the end of this little cul-de-sac, protecting the rear of Telephone House (now Becket House), which was a vital communications facility.
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential :
Condition : unknown
Date of visit :


CBA Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). SKE15574.

CBA Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). Ske15574.

43 Division General Staff, 01/01/40, War Diary 43 Division General Staff (Unpublished document). SKE15575.

43 Division General Staff, 01/01/40, War Diary 43 Division General Staff (Unpublished document). Ske15575.

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  • --- Unpublished document: 43 Division General Staff. 01/01/40.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  • --- Unpublished document: 43 Division General Staff. 01/01/40.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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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Aug 4 2009 5:58AM