| Name: | Road Barrier (destroyed), Eve’s Corner, Mayes Lane, Danbury |
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| SMR Number: | 20843 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 782 050 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL70NE |
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| Parish: | DANBURY, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX |
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Summary
Road Barrier (destroyed)
Full description
Contemporary records state, “Road Barrier. Road No. N.908, Mayes Lane. Map ref. 229236”. (Mil. Ed.) <1>
Each of the approaches to Eves Corner was protected by road barriers during World War Two. From the map reference above, and the demolished remains which can be made out on an aerial photograph taken in May 1946, the barrier at Mayes Lane crossed the road immediately outside “Mayesfield”. <2> Nothing now remains at the site.
<1> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968, Danbury (LIST). SEX31436.
<2> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1496-4062, May 1946 (AP). SEX65436.
Monument Types
- ROAD BARRIER (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Events
- Visit by Fred Nash - Nov 2004 (Ref: Nash CHL Nov 2004)
Protected Status
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Chelmsford 5.2
- Conservation Area: Danbury
- Historic Environment Character Area: Chelmsford 5
Sources and further reading
| <1> | LIST: unknown. 1968. War Time Contraventions 1968. Danbury. |
| <2> | AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1496-4062. May 1946. |
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