NHER 53638 (Monument record) - Three World War Two air raid shelters in grounds of Norwich Community Hospital
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG20NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
June 2010. Norfolk NMP.
At least three World War Two air raid shelters are visible on aerial photographs (S1)-(S3) as earth- and vegetation-covered structures in the grounds of what is now Norwich Community Hospital (then the Norwich Institution). The shelters are located at TG 2087 0914, TG 2094 0915 and TG 2097 0902, and were presumably provided for the protection of patients and staff. Further shelters probably existed, but these are difficult to distinguish from amongst the other buildings, the bomb damage and the subsequent clearance and rebuilding, all of which are also clearly evident on the aerial photographs. A bibliographic source (S4) records that the site was hit in the ‘Baedeker’ raids of April 1942. The same source records that an emergency water tank stood on ‘Bowthorpe Road outside Norwich Institution’; this has not been identified on the consulted aerial photographs, unless it relates to NHER 53625 0.5km to the southwest.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 11 June 2010.
Associated Sources (4)
- <S1> SNF74690 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1942. RAF HLA/447 (FP) 67-8 30-APR-1942 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF74268 Vertical Aerial Photograph: USAAF. 1944. US/7PH/GP/LOC258 5009-10 28-MAR-1944 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF74719 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/975 6103-5 07-NOV-1945 (NMR).
- <S4> SNF72656 Monograph: Banger, J.. 2003. Norwich at War.. p 54.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Apr 6 2018 12:57PM