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Name:WW2 PILLBOX, Leagrave Road
HER No.:17925
Type of Record:Former Building

Summary

Site of a World War II pillbox on Leagrave Road at the northern entrance to the former Skefco Ball Bearings Co. site, now demolished.

Grid Reference:TL 507 222
Parish:LUTON, LUTON, BEDFORDSHIRE
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Full Description

<1> Bedfordshire Wartime Defence Sites Record, No. 212 (Bibliographic reference). SBD10937.

Site of WWII pillbox.

<2> Letter from member of the public, Letter from Mr D. J. Elliott, 07/1995 (Unpublished document). SBD10744.

Includes: "I know of another [pillbox] in the old S. K. F. Ball Bearing site in Leagrave Road at the "top gate" near Tudor Road."

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. 212.
[2]SBD10744 - Unpublished document: Letter from member of the public. Letter from Mr D. J. Elliott, 07/1995.