| Name: | Road Barrier (destroyed), N of Downham School, Downham |
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| SMR Number: | 20872 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TQ 725 962 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ79NW |
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| Parish: | SOUTH HANNINGFIELD, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX |
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Summary
Road Barrier (destroyed)
Full description
Contemporary records state, “Road barrier. North of Downham School. Road No. N.1006. Map ref. 171146”. (Mil. Ed.) <1> Downham School stood on the W side of School Road at TQ 7257 9604. A private house, St Margaret’s Hall, now stands on the site.
It cannot be definitely stated where this road barrier stood. Nothing significant shows on the 1960 aerial photographs but considering the positions of barbed wire and defence posts on other properties along the same road it can be reasonably deduced where it might have been. It is thought to have crossed the road between the N boundary of “The Red House” land and “Athelstane” on the E side of School Road, sealing off the approach from the N.
Nothing of it now survives.
<1> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968, Downham (LIST). SEX31436.
Monument Types
- ROAD BARRIER (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Events
- Visit by Fred Nash - Dec 2004 (Ref: Nash CHL Dec 2004)
Protected Status
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Chelmsford 10.7
- Historic Environment Character Area: Chelmsford 10
Sources and further reading
| <1> | LIST: unknown. 1968. War Time Contraventions 1968. Downham. |
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