SCC74375 - SURVEY OF WORLD WAR TWO DEFENCES IN THE BOROUGH OF COLCHESTER. VOLUME 2

Source/Archive record SCC74375 - SURVEY OF WORLD WAR TWO DEFENCES IN THE BOROUGH OF COLCHESTER. VOLUME 2

Title	SURVEY OF WORLD WAR TWO DEFENCES IN THE BOROUGH OF COLCHESTER. VOLUME 2
Author/Originator	Nash, Fred
Date/Year	2007

Abstract/Summary

Description

Fred Nash for Colchester Archaeological Group and Essex County Council. November 2007. LHI Grant EEO 1374 ECC HER ref. SEX70629

Location

Essex County Council CBC

Referenced Monuments (214)

MCC5138 Anti-Tank Block (destroyed), Spring Gardens Road, Wakes Colne (Monument)
MCC5149 Anti-Tank Blocks, E of Thatcher's Arms, Mount Bures (Monument)
MCC5134 Anti-Tank Ditch, Eastern Command Line, Chappel Viaduct to Bures (Monument)
MCC5151 Anti-Tank Hairpins, E of Thatcher's Arms, Mount Bures (Monument)
MCC4887 Birch WWII Airfield - No. 2 Dispersed Site, Messing-cum-Inworth (Monument)
MCC4098 Birch WWII Airfield – Administrative Site (Monument)
MCC4890 Birch WWII Airfield – Dispersed Site No 11, Messing-cum-Inworth (Monument)
MCC4888 Birch WWII Airfield - Dispersed Site No. 12, Messing-cum-Inworth (Monument)
MCC4099 Birch WWII Airfield – Dispersed Site No. 4 (Monument)
MCC4886 Birch WWII Airfield - Dispersed Site No. 7, Messing-cum-Inworth (Monument)
MCC4889 Birch WWII Airfield – Dispersed Site No. 8, Messing-cum-Inworth (Monument)
MCC5488 Birch WWII Airfield – Dispersed Site No.10 (Monument)
MCC5489 Birch WWII Airfield – Dispersed Site No.13 (Monument)
MCC4100 Birch WWII Airfield – Dispersed Site No.9 (Monument)
MCC4885 Birch WWII Airfield - No. 6 Dispersed Site, Messing-cum-Inworth (Monument)
MCC5544 Boxted WWII Airfield – Administrative Site (Monument)
MCC4981 Boxted WWII Airfield – Dispersed Site No. 11 (W.A.A.F. No. 1), Langham (Monument)
MCC4982 Boxted WWII Airfield – Dispersed Site No. 12 (W.A.A.F. Site No. 2), Langham (Monument)
MCC4972 Boxted WWII Airfield – Dispersed Site No. 4 (Sick Quarters), Langham (Monument)
MCC4973 Boxted WWII Airfield – Dispersed Site No. 5, Langham (Monument)
MCC4974 Boxted WWII Airfield - Dispersed Site No. 6, Langham (Monument)
MCC4975 Boxted WWII Airfield - Dispersed Site No. 7, Langham (Monument)
MCC4976 Boxted WWII Airfield – Dispersed Site No. 8, Langham (Monument)
MCC4979 Boxted WWII Airfield - Dispersed Site No. 9, Langham (Monument)
MCC4978 Boxted WWII Airfield – Dispersed Site No.2 (Communal Site), Langham (Monument)
MCC4977 Boxted WWII Airfield – Dispersed Site No.3 (Mess Site), Langham (Monument)
MCC7126 Boxted WWII Airfield, Langham (Monument)
MCC5321 Pillbox (destroyed), Allotments, Shrub End Road, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5140 Pillbox (destroyed), E of Railway Embankment, N of Spring Gardens Road, Wakes Colne (Monument)
MCC5141 Pillbox (destroyed), E of Railway Embankment, SW of Thornfield Wood, Wakes Colne (Monument)
MCC5153 Pillbox (destroyed), field SW of Mount Bures level crossing, Mount Bures (Monument)
MCC5146 Pillbox (destroyed), Janke's Green Railway Bridge, Wakes Colne (Monument)
MCC5135 Pillbox (destroyed), Meadow W of Chappel and Wakes Colne (Monument)
MCC5139 Pillbox (destroyed), Oldhouse Farm, Wakes Colne (Monument)
MCC5137 Pillbox (destroyed), S of Spring Gardens Road, Wakes Colne (Monument)
MCC5143 Pillbox (destroyed), W of Railway Embankment, Wakes Colne (Monument)
MCC5144 Pillbox (destroyed), W of Railway Embankment, Wakes Colne (Monument)
MCC5147 Pillbox (destroyed), W side of Railway Embankment, N of Janke's Green Railway Bridge, Wakes Colne (Monument)
MCC5150 Railway Barrier (destroyed), E of Thatcher's Arms, Mount Bures (Monument)
MCC5142 Railway Barrier, SW of Thornfield Wood, Wakes Colne (Monument)
MCC5145 Road Barrier (destroyed), Janke's Green Railway Bridge, Wakes Colne (Monument)
MCC5148 Road Barrier (destroyed), Nortons Railway Bridge, Mount Bures (Monument)
MCC5136 Road Barrier (destroyed), opposite Chappel and Wakes Colne Station, Wakes Colne (Monument)
MCC4985 Wormingford WWII Airfield - Communal Site, Fordham (Monument)
MCC4984 Wormingford WWII Airfield - Mess Site, Fordham (Monument)
MCC4988 Wormingford WWII Airfield - No. 8 Quarters Site, Wormingford (Monument)
MCC4990 Wormingford WWII Airfield - No.1 Dispersed Site, Wormingford (Monument)
MCC4987 Wormingford WWII Airfield - No.2 Dispersed Site, Fordham (Monument)
MCC4994 Wormingford WWII Airfield - No.3 Dispersed Site, Fordham (Monument)
MCC4991 Wormingford WWII Airfield - No.4 Dispersed Site, Fordham (Monument)
MCC4992 Wormingford WWII Airfield - No.5 Dispersed Site, Fordham (Monument)
MCC4995 Wormingford WWII Airfield - No.6 Dispersed Site, Fordham (Monument)
MCC4996 Wormingford WWII Airfield - No.7 Dispersed Site, Fordham (Monument)
MCC4993 Wormingford WWII Airfield - Sewage Works, West Bergholt (Monument)
MCC4986 Wormingford WWII Airfield - Sick Quarters, Fordham (Monument)
MCC4989 Wormingford WWII Airfield - Unused Dispersed Site, Fordham (Monument)
MCC5484 WWI / WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Forge Garage, Layer-de-la-Haye (Monument)
MCC5376 WWII Air Raid Shelter, 27 Roman Road, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5375 WWII Ammunition Dump, Roman Wall, Holly Trees Meadow, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5287 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "Sheepen Hill Estate", Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5288 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "Sheepen Hill Estate", Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5289 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "Sheepen Hill Estate", Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5290 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "Sheepen Hill Estate", Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5291 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "Sheepen Hill Estate", Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5292 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "Sheepen Hill Estate", Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5293 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "Sheepen Hill Estate", Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5294 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "Sheepen Hill Estate", Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5295 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "Sheepen Hill Estate", Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5296 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "Sheepen Hill Estate", Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
MCC4066 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "Sheepen Hill Estate", Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
MCC4065 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "Sheepen Hill Estate", Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5541 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Arclight Works, Colchester (Monument)
MCC4095 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), behind Rose Inn, Peldon (Monument)
MCC5525 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Birchwood House, Ipswich Road, Dedham (Monument)
MCC5477 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Boxted Lodge, Boxted (Monument)
MCC5527 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Bridgewick Hall, Chappel (Monument)
MCC5499 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Church Hall, Wormingford (Monument)
MCC5520 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Dedham Mill, Dedham (Monument)
MCC5522 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Dedham Mill, Dedham (Monument)
MCC5471 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Hall grounds, Little Horkesley (Monument)
MCC5543 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Hythe Station Road, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5501 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), near Post Office, Fordham (Monument)
MCC5369 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Place Farm, Old Heath, Colchester (Monument)
MCC4071 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), 'Rutland House', Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
MCC4072 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), 'Rutland House', Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5483 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), school grounds, Layer-de-la-Haye (Monument)
MCC4067 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), 'Seed & Trial Grounds', Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
MCC4068 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), 'Sheepen Hill Estate', Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5528 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Smithy, Fordstreet (Monument)
MCC5529 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), The Bakery, West Bergholt (Monument)
MCC4091 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), The Gate Poultry Farm, Abberton (Monument)
MCC5542 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), The Old Rectory, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5534 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Tower Road, Wivenhoe (Monument)
MCC5526 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), W of Watch House Farm, Chappel (Monument)
MCC4069 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), 'Westacre', Lexden Road, Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5473 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Woodlands Farm, Great Horkesley (Monument)
MCC5518 WWII Ammunition Shelter, Fiddlers Wood, Fordham Bridge (Monument)
MCC5480 WWII Ammunition Shelter, The Bungalow, Heckfordbridge, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5315 WWII Anti-Aircraft Rocket Site at Abbey Field, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5314 WWII Anti-Aircraft Rocket Site, "C10 Colchester", Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
MCC4096 WWII Anti-Invasion Obstacles, Foreshore, West Mersea (Monument)
MCC5331 WWII Anti-Tank Barrier (destroyed), W of Layer Road, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5133 WWII Anti-Tank Block (destroyed), Viaduct Cottages, Wakes Colne (Monument)
MCC10394 WWII Anti-Tank Blocks (destroyed), Broomfield Cottage, Mount Bures (Monument)
MCC5132 WWII Anti-Tank Blocks, N of Colchester Road, Chappel Viaduct, Chappel (Monument)
MCC5370 WWII Anti-Tank Cubes (destroyed), Sewage Works, Old Heath, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5531 WWII Anti-Tank Cubes (destroyed), The Quay, Wivenhoe (Monument)
MCC5532 WWII Anti-Tank Cubes (destroyed), The Quay, Wivenhoe (Monument)
MCC5364 WWII Anti-Tank Cubes, 370 Old Heath Road, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5305 WWII Anti-Tank Cubes, Lexden Park, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5336 WWII Anti-Tank Ditch, Berechurch Ramparts, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5222 WWII Anti-tank ditch?, Rowhedge through Hythe Marshes northwards (Monument)
MCC5363 WWII Anti-Tank Obstacles (destroyed), 287 Old Heath Road, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5486 WWII Anti-Tank Pimples, NE side of Abberton Reservoir, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5537 WWII British Resistance Hideout, Chest Wood, Layer-de-la-Haye (Monument)
MCC5530 WWII British Resistance Hideout, Gravelpit Wood, Copford (Monument)
MCC5535 WWII British Resistance Hideout, Wivenhoe Wood, Wivenhoe (Monument)
MCC5313 WWII HAA Gun Site "C1 Clacton: East Mersea," East Mersea (Monument)
MCC4070 WWII Kingswode Hoe defended area, Sussex Road, Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5536 WWII Loopholes, “Hare and Hounds”, Birch Green (Monument)
MCC5373 WWII Military Air Raid Shelter, Napier Road, Colchester Garrison (Monument)
MCC4094 WWII Observation Post, Peldon Church Tower, Peldon (Monument)
MCC5328 WWII Pillbox (destroyed) W side of Layer Road, opposite Reed Hall Avenue South, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5325 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), "The Leather Bottle", Shrub End Road, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5326 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Allotments opposite "The Leather Bottle", Shrub End Road, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5335 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), between Berechurch Road and Mersea Road, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5333 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), between Layer Road and Berechurch Road, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5334 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), between Layer Road and Berechurch Road, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5303 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), E of The Philip Morant School, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5329 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), E side of Layer Road, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5355 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), East of Berechurch Road, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5367 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), East of Old Heath Road, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5320 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), field OS No. 1312, N of Shrub End Road, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5327 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), fields between Shrub End Road and Layer Road, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5317 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), junc. Heath Road/Church Lane, Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5011 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Layer Road, N of Berechurch Hall Road junction, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5036 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), nr 'Rosary', east side of Berechurch Road, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5332 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), overlooking anti-tank ditch between Layer Road and Berechurch Road, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5330 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), overlooking anti-tank ditch, Layer Road, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5299 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Park Road, Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
MCC4073 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Rutland House, No. 121 Lexden Road, Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
MCC4075 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Rutland House, No. 121 Lexden Road, Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5319 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), S end of Bluebottle Grove, Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5051 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Sewage Works, Hythe Marshes, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5324 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Shrub End Road, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5304 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Spring Lane, Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5012 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), W side of Layer Rd, N of Berechurch Hall Road jnctn, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5356 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), West of Mersea Road, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5365 WWII Pillbox (destroyed), West of Old Heath Road, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5318 WWII Pillbox (destroyed, N end of Bluebottle Grove, Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
MCC4764 WWII Pillbox (site of), Stansted Road, Berechurch, Colchester (Monument)
MCC4097 WWII Pillbox base, St Peter’s Well Beach, West Mersea (Monument)
MCC4798 WWII Pillbox, Chappel Bridge, Chappel (Monument)
MCC4808 WWII Pillbox, east of Mount Bures Hall, Mount Bures (Monument)
MCC4806 WWII Pillbox, east of Thatchers' Arms, Mount Bures (Monument)
MCC5357 WWII Pillbox, Middlewick Ranges, East of Mersea Road, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5361 WWII Pillbox, Middlewick Ranges, West of Old Heath Road, Colchester (Monument)
MCC4970 WWII Pillbox, N of Roman Way Camp, Berechurch, Colchester (Monument)
MCC4968 WWII Pillbox, overlooking anti-tank ditch, W of Berechurch Road, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5302 WWII Pillbox, S of Colchester County High School for Girls, Colchester (Monument)
MCC4969 WWII Pillbox, S of Roman Way Camp, Berechurch, Colchester (Monument)
MCC4799 WWII Pillbox, South of Colchester Road, Chappel Viaduct, Wakes Colne (Monument)
MCC5037 WWII Pillbox, Stansted Road, Berechurch, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5538 WWII Prisoner-of-War Cage (destroyed), Achnacone Grounds, Braiswick, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5337 WWII Road Barrier (destroyed), Berechurch Hall Road, Berechurch, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5496 WWII Road Barrier (destroyed), Factory Hill, Tiptree (Monument)
MCC5500 WWII Road Barrier (destroyed), Fordham Road, Wormingford (Monument)
MCC4074 WWII Road Barrier (destroyed), Lexden Road, Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5490 WWII Road Barrier (destroyed), Maldon Road/Station Road, Tiptree (Monument)
MCC5491 WWII Road Barrier (destroyed), Maypole Road/Kelvedon Road, Tiptree (Monument)
MCC10395 WWII Road Barrier (destroyed), Near level crossing, Mount Bures (Monument)
MCC5539 WWII Road Barrier (destroyed), North Bridge, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5540 WWII Road Barrier (destroyed), outside Siege House, East Street, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5298 WWII Road Barrier (destroyed), Park Road, Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5487 WWII Road Barrier (destroyed), Rectory Lane, Abberton (Monument)
MCC5495 WWII Road Barrier, Chapel Road/New Road, Tiptree (Monument)
MCC4089 WWII Road Barrier, Oxley Hill, Abberton (Monument)
MCC5474 WWII Royal Observer Corps Post, Boxted Church Road, Great Horkesley (Monument)
MCC5371 WWII Six Military Air Raid Shelters, Colchester Garrison, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5494 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed) at rear of the windmill, Tiptree (Monument)
MCC5493 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), “Milldene”, Tiptree (Monument)
MCC5479 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Birch Road, Heckfordbridge (Monument)
MCC5482 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Brickwall House, Layer-de-la-Haye (Monument)
MCC10393 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Broomfield Cottage, Mount Bures (Monument)
MCC5475 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Burnt Dick Hill, Boxted (Monument)
MCC5533 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Colchester Road, Wivenhoe (Monument)
MCC5519 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Dedham Mill, Dedham (Monument)
MCC5524 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), E of Ipswich Road, Dedham (Monument)
MCC5152 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), field SW of Mount Bures level crossing, Mount Bures (Monument)
MCC4092 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Front garden, 3 Hillcrest Cottages, Abberton (Monument)
MCC5523 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), island, Dedham Mill, Dedham (Monument)
MCC5485 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), N of “Mustows”, Laye-de-la-Haye (Monument)
MCC5360 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), North of Cemetery, Mersea Rd, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5366 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Old Heath Road, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5300 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Park Road, Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5472 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Police Station, Great Horkesley (Monument)
MCC4093 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Rear Garden, 4 Hillcrest Cottages, Abberton (Monument)
MCC5322 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Shrub End Road, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5478 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), South of Gol Grove, Heckfordbridge (Monument)
MCC5476 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Straight Road, Boxted (Monument)
MCC4090 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), The Gate Poultry Farm, Abberton (Monument)
MCC5521 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), track E of Mill Lane, Dedham (Monument)
MCC5492 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Vine Road, Tiptree (Monument)
MCC5481 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Wigborough Road, Layer-de-la-Haye (Monument)
MCC5497 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement, Bowdens Cottage, Wormingford Bridge (Monument)
MCC5498 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement, Bowdens Cottage, Wormingford Bridge (Monument)
MCC5358 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement, Middlewick Ranges, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5221 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement, N of Roman Way Camp, Berechurch, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5548 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement, Nightingale Corner, Laye-de-la-Haye (Monument)
MCC5301 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement, sports ground, Park Road, Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5010 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement, west of Fordham Bridge (Monument)
MCC5368 WWII Two Anti-Tank Cubes (destroyed), Sewage Works, Old Heath, Colchester (Monument)
MCC5372 WWII Two Military Air Raid Shelters, Napier Road, Colchester Garrison (Monument)
MCC5374 WWII Underground "Bunker", Cistern Yard, Colchester (Monument)

Referenced Events (1)

ECC4529 Survey of World War Two Defences in Colchester Borough, 2004-2007 (Ref: ECC4529)

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