| Name: | Road Barrier (destroyed), North Hill, Little Baddow |
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| SMR Number: | 20888 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 780 072 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL70NE |
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| Parish: | LITTLE BADDOW, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX |
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Summary
Road Barrier (destroyed)
Full description
Contemporary records state, “Sockets and irons for Tank Trap. Hill Cottage. Map ref. 226259”, “A/T traps, Concrete pimples. Butchers shop opposite Hill Cottage. Map ref. 226259” and “Road Barrier. Road No. 805, Little Baddow Road. Map ref. 226259”. (Mil. Ed.) <1>
Hill Cottage stands on the NW corner of the main road junction in Little Baddow and the road barrier clearly crossed North Hill, the northern arm of the junction, at this point. Nothing of the barrier now survives.
<1> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968, Little Baddow (LIST). SEX31436.
Monument Types
- ROAD BARRIER (WWII, Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Events
- Visit by Fred Nash - Jan 2005 (Ref: Nash CHL Jan 2005)
Protected Status
- Historic Environment Character Area: Chelmsford 5
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Chelmsford 5.9
Sources and further reading
| <1> | LIST: unknown. 1968. War Time Contraventions 1968. Little Baddow. |
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