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Name:Ammunition Shelter, The Priory, Bicknacre
SMR Number:20857
Type of record:Monument
Grid Reference:TL 785 026
Map Sheet:TL70SE
Parish:WOODHAM FERRERS AND BICKNACRE, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX

Summary

Ammunition Shelter

Full description

Contemporary records state, “1 Storehouse for Amm: The Priory, Bicknacre. Map ref. 233213”. (Mil. Ed.) <1>

The remains of Bicknacre Priory stand in a meadow to the N of Priory Road. At the time of the site visit it was not possible to access the area and it is therefore not known if this ammunition shelter still survives.

The NGR above is the position of the priory.


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

Monument Types

  • AMMUNITION SHELTER (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 6.1
  • Historic Environment Character Area: Chelmsford 6

Sources and further reading

<1>LIST: unknown. 1968. War Time Contraventions 1968. Woodham Ferrers.