Site of Second World War road barrier, Fambridge Road, Maldon (EHER 20278)

Now destroyed. The site of a road block and road barrier at Fambridge Road, Maldon. It was a 'block and cable' type but there was no sign of any remains of the road barrier when surveyed in 1999.

1999. World War Two Defences in Maldon survey: site visit and desktop research. Contemporary records state, 'Road block. Fambridge Rd on bridge'. and 'Road Barrier. Road No. N.906, Silly House, Fambridge Road. Map ref. 296241'. (Mil. Ed.) <1> A wartime map shows Silly House on a bend of the Fambridge road and a stream is depicted crossing beneath the road just south of the house. The entire area each side of the road is now built over but the bridge across the dried-out stream still survives, 100 yards north of Limebrook Way. There is no sign of any remains of the road barrier. <2> A list of the Maldon road barriers is given in the appendix of <3> written in 1951 and this includes a 'Block and Cable' road block at 'Fambridge Road (Seeley Farm)'. <3> The concrete blocks, one each side of the road, can be seen on an aerial photograph taken by the U.S. air force in May 1944. <4>