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selection from our collection of photographs of old Sittingbourne |
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Defences - On this page we are attempting to find and document the
military and civil defensive structures from the last century.
If you have information, photographs or memories of
these places please do let us know. |
Public air raid shelters, Bell Road (Trotts Hall
Gardens) photographed in 2009.
These were in use in the 1939-45 war.
There are 4 closed up entrances on Bell Road to this public
underground shelter. There are also what are probably
vents but could be an alternative escape exit, on the grassy area
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Click here for the ARP book - details of
wardens names, duties and patrol areas. |
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Following completion of the Defence of Britain Project in
2002, and using the records it generated, the Council for British
Archaeology undertook a study of 'defence areas' in England (with funding from English
Heritage). This project resulted in extensive revisions and additions to the
original Defence of Britain database and it is this revised dataset that is
searchable via these pages.
These databases are now fixed and will not be updated
further, although the Defence of Britain project data has been distributed
to the National Monuments Records and local Sites & Monuments Records
throughout the UK
and will be updated through their systems in the future.
Click on the links below to see more detailed results
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NODAL POINT (ID: S0009235), Sittingbourne, Kent, England
Sittingbourne, Condition: Unknown (Grid ref: TQ 90 63)
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PILLBOX (ID: S0012561), Borden, Kent, England
Borden, W of Sittingbourne., Condition: Bad (Grid ref: TQ 8720 6400)
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PILLBOX (ID: S0012589),
Borden,
Kent,
England
On Sittingbourne golf course, W of Sittingbourne., Condition: Extant but
condition unknown (Grid ref: TQ 8625 6355)
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PILLBOX (ID: S0012560),
Borden,
Kent,
England
Near A2 road at Borden, W of Sittingbourne., Condition: Fair (Grid ref:
TQ 8716 6426)
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ROADBLOCK (ID: S0011457), Maidstone, Kent, England
On Sittingbourne Road (A249) at junction with Bearsted Road by Chiltern
Hundreds public house, Maidstone., Condition: Unknown (Grid ref: TQ 774
571)
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PILLBOX (ID: Sp012591),
Borden,
Kent,
England
Between
Newington and Borden, W of
Sittingbourne., Condition: Good (Grid ref: TQ 8641 6373)
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PILLBOX (ID: S0012588),
Borden,
Kent,
England
Between
Newington and Borden, S of
A2 road, W of Sittingbourne., Condition: Good (Grid ref: TQ 8605 6365)
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PILLBOX (ID: S0012590),
Borden,
Kent,
England
Between
Newington and Borden, W of
Sittingbourne., Condition: Extant but condition unknown (Grid ref: TQ
8635 6385)
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LOOPHOLED WALL (ID: S0012604), Sittingbourne, Kent, England
Garden wall of first house
on W side of Borden Lane,
Sittingbourne., Condition: Extant but condition unknown (Grid ref: TQ 8974
6388)
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(pictures April 2009) |
These loopholes point South "up" Borden Lane. Perhaps there were once others
that dominated the main London Road. Believed constructed 1940,41 |
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