| Name: | Road Barrier (destroyed), River Can bridge, Waterhouse Lane, Chelmsford |
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| SMR Number: | 20943 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 698 067 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL60NE |
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| Parish: | CHELMSFORD, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX |
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Summary
Road Barrier (destroyed)
Full description
Contemporary records state, “Road blocks. Waterhouse Lane and North Avenue. Map refs. 144254 and 143271”. (Mil. Ed.) <1> The road block at Waterhouse Lane can be seen on a June 1946 aerial photograph. Concrete anti-tank pimples, in three rows, stand on each side of the road, immediately S of the River Can bridge. Approximately ten can be made out. Between these, a removable barrier would have sealed off the actual carriageway. <2>
In 2005, nothing of them now survives.
<1> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968, Chelmsford (LIST). SEX31436.
<2> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1565-4416, June 1946 (AP). SEX65517.
Monument Types
- ROAD BARRIER (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Events
- Visit by Fred Nash - Apr 2005 (Ref: Nash CHL Apr 2005)
Protected Status
- Historic Environment Character Area: Chelmsford 11
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Chelmsford 11.1
Sources and further reading
| <1> | LIST: unknown. 1968. War Time Contraventions 1968. Chelmsford. |
| <2> | AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1565-4416. June 1946. |
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