| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), RAF Chigwell |
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| SMR Number: | 10378 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TQ 427 943 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ49SW |
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| Parish: | LOUGHTON, EPPING FOREST, ESSEX |
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Summary
A plan of RAF Chigwell, dated 1947, shows a pillbox overlooking the River Roding on the NW boundary of the site.
Full description
A plan of RAF Chigwell, dated 1947, shows a pillbox overlooking the River Roding on the NW boundary of the site. <1> This area is now a high embankment around a leisure complex. One photo of site. <2>
<1> Epping Forest D.C. Leisure Services Dept, 1994, A Brief History of RAF Chigwell (LIST). SEX31952.
<2> Nash, Fred, 1996, WWII defences, one frame (Photograph). SEX31461.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | LIST: Epping Forest D.C. Leisure Services Dept. 1994. A Brief History of RAF Chigwell. |
| <2> | Photograph: Nash, Fred. 1996. WWII defences. one frame. |
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