NHER 43504 (Monument record) - Site of possible civil defence structure dating to World War Two at 54 Salisbury Road

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Summary

A hut or temporary building, probably related to civil defence and/or shelter during World War Two, is visible as an extant structure on 1940s aerial photographs. It is one of several huts of this type to have been identified at Great Yarmouth, most located within or close to the town centre, such as NHER 27435 1.1km to the south. The structure was removed at the end of the war.

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None recorded

Location

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

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April 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A hut or temporary building dating to World War Two is visible on aerial photographs (S1)-(S2), centred at TG 5261 0901. It was situated on a bomb site in a residential area of Great Yarmouth, at 54 Salisbury Road. The single-storey rectangular structure was probably associated with the civil defence of Great Yarmouth, and may have acted as an air raid shelter, temporary accommodation, or food station, for example. It was removed before August 1945 (S3), at which time the bare ground left by its presence and/or removal was still visible.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 11 April 2006.

Associated Sources (3)

<S1> SNF62531 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF HLA/698 3051-2 08-APR-1944 (NMR).
<S2> SNF56338 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF 106G/LA/21 3023-4 04-JUL-1944 (NMR).
<S3> SNF62532 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/726 5271-2 26-AUG-1945 (NMR).

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Record last edited

Dec 8 2010 11:25AM