NHER 43649 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two air raid shelter at 202 Stafford Road, Southtown

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Summary

A probable air raid shelter dating to World War Two is visible as a structure on 1940s aerial photographs. Its small size and location within an enclosed garden suggest that it was a private shelter, intended for the use of a single family or household. It may have been an Anderson shelter, or a similar proprietary design. It is not visible on more recent aerial photographs of the site and has presumably been demolished.

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Location

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

Map

May 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A probable air raid shelter dating to World War Two is visible as a structure on aerial photographs (S1), centred at TG 5185 0694. It lay in the back garden of 202 Stafford Road, Southtown. This location, together with its small size, suggests that it was a private shelter, intended for the use of this particular household. It is visible as a small, roughly rectangular, surface-level or semi-sunken structure, which can be distinguished from a normal outbuilding by its curved shape in profile. It may have been an Anderson shelter without its usual covering of earth, or a similar proprietary design. A small projection at its west end may mark an entrance or similar feature. The structure is not visible on recent aerial photographs of the area, e.g. (S2), and has presumably been demolished or otherwise removed.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 11 May 2006.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/726 5089-90 26-AUG-1945 (NMR).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1989. OS/89046 204-5 18-MAR-1989.

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Record last edited

Dec 8 2010 11:29AM

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