Site of Second World War Road Barrier, ‘Ship Inn’, Valley Road, Great Clacton (EHER 21239)
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Summary
Site of Second World War Road Barrier, now destroyed.
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Location
| Grid reference | TM 1768 1642 (point) |
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Type and Period
Description
WWII Defence of Clacton survey.
Contemporary records state, ‘Road Barrier (concrete blocks and sockets). Nr. The Ship Inn, Great Clacton. Map ref. 624345.’ (Mil. Ed.) <1>
The Ship Inn stands to the south of St. John’s Square, at the extreme west end of Valley Road. This road barrier was one of three which sealed off the Great Clacton junction from attack, recorded in War Time Contraventions 1968 and shown on a wartime plan drawn up by Clacton Urban District Council. <2>
Its exact position can be determined from a low-level aerial photograph taken in July 1948. This shows the clear re-surfacing patch across the road from where the anti-tank sockets had been removed. It ran between the NE corner of The Ship, across Valley Road to the garden of the Vicarage on the opposite side. <3> <4>
Sources
- <1> SEX31436 LIST: Essex County Council. 1968. War Time Contraventions. Clacton.
- <2> SEX67936 Map: Aiston, W.. unknown. Clacton-on-Sea Air Raid Precautions, Plan No. 1703.
- <3> SEX67899 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1948. 58-85-5229. July 1948.
- <4> SEX70635 DESC TEXT: Clacton VCH Group. 2008. Survey of World War Defences of Clacton.