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Name:Road Barrier (destroyed), Priests Lane, Brentwood
SMR Number:20256
Type of record:Monument
Grid Reference:TQ 608 943
Map Sheet:TQ69SW
Parish:BRENTWOOD, BRENTWOOD, ESSEX

Summary

Contemporary records state, "Road barrier. Priests Lane. Map ref. 047123."

Full description

Contemporary records state, "Road barrier. Priests Lane. Map ref. 047123." (Mil. Ed.). <1>

This wartime map reference shows the barrier to have been at the W end of Priests Lane, around the junction with Shenfield Crescent. A more typical location would have been a few yards further W, bridging the road between nos. 9 and 16, and this is the NGR given above <2>.


<1> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968 (LIST). SEX31436.

<2> Nash, Fred, 1998, World War Two Defences in Essex (DESC TEXT). SEX70622.

<2> Nash, Fred, 1999, Survey of World War Two Defences in the Borough of Brentwood (DESC TEXT). SEX61826.

Monument Types

  • ROAD BARRIER (WWII, Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Associated Events

  • WWII Brentwood Survey (Ref: ?)

Sources and further reading

<1>LIST: unknown. 1968. War Time Contraventions 1968.
<2>DESC TEXT: Nash, Fred. 1999. Survey of World War Two Defences in the Borough of Brentwood.
<2>DESC TEXT: Nash, Fred. 1998. World War Two Defences in Essex.

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20257Parent of: Pillbox (destroyed), Priest's Lane, Brentwood (Monument)