| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), S side of Pump Lane bridge, Springfield |
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| SMR Number: | 10148 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 728 083 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL70NW |
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| Parish: | SPRINGFIELD, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX |
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Summary
There was once a pillbox on the railway embankment alongside the SE corner of Pump Lane bridge.
Full description
There was once a pillbox on the railway embankment alongside the SE corner of Pump Lane bridge. It was destroyed in 1969 when the new A12 road was constructed. <1> <2> One photo of site. <3>
<1> RAF, 1946, 1946 RAF aerial photographs (AP). SEX31614.
<2> local resident, unknown, PERS COMM by wartime landowner (Verbal communication). SEX31451.
<3> Nash, Fred, 1996, WWII defences, one frame (Photograph). SEX31461.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Protected Status
- Historic Environment Character Area: Chelmsford 2
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Chelmsford 2.11
Sources and further reading
| <1> | AP: RAF. 1946. 1946 RAF aerial photographs. |
| <2> | Verbal communication: local resident. unknown. PERS COMM by wartime landowner. |
| <3> | Photograph: Nash, Fred. 1996. WWII defences. one frame. |
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