Summary

Contemporary records state, 1 Block House. Priest Lane, opp: St. Andrews.

Full description

Contemporary records state, "1 Block House. Priest Lane, opp: St. Andrews. Map ref. 0481242". <1>
There is some confusion over this entry. Military Grid Reference 048124 is at the W end of Priests Lane around current NGR TQ 603 936. However, St. Andrews was some half a mile to the E where St. Andrew’s Place now is. Given the road barrier at MGR 047123, (SMR 20256) the map reference is preferred and its current equivalent is given above although no further evidence has been discovered. <2> <3>
In War Time Contraventions 1968, pillboxes are sometimes referred to as blockhouses and it has been assumed that this is so in this case.
Report ref <4>

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

<2> local resident, 1999, personal comment, April 1999 (Verbal communication). SEX62443.

<3> unknown, 1971, UDC Brentwood Tree Preservation (Map). SEX62444.

<4> Nash, Fred, 1998, World War Two Defences in Essex (DESC TEXT). SEX70622.

<4> Nash, Fred, 1999, Survey of World War Two Defences in the Borough of Brentwood (DESC TEXT). SEX61826.

Monument Types

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

Associated Events

• WWII Brentwood Survey (Ref: ?)

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