NHER 27592 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two surface air raid shelter at site of former school on Deneside

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Summary

A World War Two surface air raid shelter (or group of shelters erected as a block) is visible on mid 1940s aerial photographs. It was a rectangular structure and was similar to other surface shelters erected elsewhere at Great Yarmouth. It lay within the grounds of a school (one that has now closed) and may have provided protection for staff and pupils. Aerial photographs taken in 1947 indicate that it was removed soon after the end of the war.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG50NW
Civil Parish	GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

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August 2005. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two rectangular surface air raid shelter (or group of shelters) is visible on aerial photographs (S1 to S2), centred at TG 5271 0697. It lay within the grounds of a former school (S3) and may have been provided for the protection of its staff and/or pupils but it does not seem large enough to have held the school’s entire population. Whether the visible structure represents a single shelter or up to four smaller shelters erected side by side is also unclear. It was removed by April 1947 (S4).
S. Tremlett (NMP), 19 August 2005.

Associated Sources (4)

<S1> SNF57235 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF HLA/698 3059-60 08-APR-1944 (NMR).
<S2> SNF56828 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/726 5162-3 26-AUG-1945 (NMR).
<S3> SNF56122 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-7. Ordnance Survey second edition 25" (1902-7) Sheet LXXVIII. 3.
<S4> SNF56881 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1429 4002-3 16-APR-1946 (NMR).