Site of Second World War road barrier, north of Full Bridge (EHER 10653)

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Summary

Now destroyed. The site of a road barrier on the north side of Full Bridge. Unlike the barrier to the south (EHER 16052) it cannot be seen in an aerial photograph from 1946.

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Grid reference TL 8508 0738 (point)
Civil Parish MALDON, MALDON, ESSEX

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1996. World War Two Defences in Maldon survey: site visit and desktop research. Contemporary records state, 'Road barrier. Welcome Inn. Map ref. 297258' (Mil.Ed.) and 'Road Barrier. Opposite Welcome Inn. Map ref. 297258' (Mil. Ed.). <1> The public house on the north-west side of Full Bridge is 'The Welcome Sailor'. No sign of this barrier can be seen on an aerial photograph taken in 1946, unlike EHER 10652. <2> <3>

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  • <1> LIST: Essex County Council. 1968. War Time Contraventions. Maldon.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1496-4020. May 1946.
  • <3> Report: Nash, F.. 2010. Survey of World War Two Defences in the District of Maldon: Volume Two.

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  • Old SMR Number: TL80

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