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| Name: | WW2 PILLBOX |
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| HER No.: | 17910 |
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| Type of Record: | Former Building |
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Summary
The site of a demolished World War II pillbox on Chalk Hill.
Full Description
<1> Bedfordshire Wartime Defence Sites Record, No. 211 (Bibliographic reference). SBD10937.
Site of WWII Pillbox.
<2> Letter from member of the public, Letter from Mrs CMead, 8/7/95 (Unpublished document). SBD10744.
Includes: "On the left hand side of A5 travelling North from Dunstable at the junction of Sewell Road and the A5 was a concrete Pillbox".
<3> RAF, 1945-1955, RAF Aerial Photos, CPE/UK/2306/5200-1, 11/09/1947 (YB 2-3) (Aerial Photograph). SBD10536.
Hexagonal pillbox visible at TL 00252355.
<4> NMR/AMIE, HE NRHE Monument Inventory, 1422830 (Index). SBD12367.
A Second World War pillbox, type not specified, located in Houghton Regis. The pillbox was constructed in 1940-41. A field visit in 1997 found the structure extant, but its condition was not recorded.
<5> 2002, CBA Defence of Britain Database, S0008485 (Index). SBD11396.
Pillbox, no specification. LOCATION: Houghton Regis.
Protected Status: None recorded
Monument Type(s):
- PILLBOX (Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Sources and Further Reading
| [1] | SBD10937 - Bibliographic reference: Bedfordshire Wartime Defence Sites Record. No. 211. |
| [2] | SBD10744 - Unpublished document: Letter from member of the public. Letter from Mrs CMead, 8/7/95. |
| [3] | SBD10536 - Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945-1955. RAF Aerial Photos. CPE/UK/2306/5200-1, 11/09/1947 (YB 2-3). |
| [4] | SBD12367 - Index: NMR/AMIE. HE NRHE Monument Inventory. 1422830. |
| [5] | SBD11396 - Index: 2002. CBA Defence of Britain Database. S0008485. |
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