Site of Second World War road barrier, Maypole Road (EHER 20289)

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Summary

Now destroyed. The site of a Second World War road barrier on Maypole Road.

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Grid reference	TL 8480 0890 (point)
Civil Parish	LANGFORD, MALDON, ESSEX

Type and Period

ROAD BARRIER (Second World War - 1939 AD (at some time) to 1945 AD (at some time))

Description

1999. World War Two Defences in Maldon survey: site visit and desktop research. Contemporary records state, 'Road Barrier. Langford Grove Road, Langford Cross. Map ref. 294274'. (Mil. Ed.) <1> This road, which runs north from Langford Cross, is now Maypole Road and the wartime military grid reference corresponds to a position 300 yards from the cross. Here, a drainage ditch runs through the fields from east to west and the road barrier would have blocked the road between the two arms of the ditch. <2>

Sources

<1> SEX31436 LIST: Essex County Council. 1968. War Time Contraventions. Heybridge.
<2> SEX70631 Report: Nash, F.. 2010. Survey of World War Two Defences in the District of Maldon: Volume Two.

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