NHER 54264 (Monument) - World War Two air raid shelter

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Summary

The site of a World War Two earthen-covered air raid shelter is visible on aerial photographs alongside the railway tracks and Gothic Works (NHER 41652) at Thorpe, Norwich. This may have provided shelter for both the engineering works staff and the railway workers.

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Map sheet	TG20NW
Civil Parish	NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

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July 2010. Norfolk NMP.
The site of a World War Two earthen-covered air raid shelter is visible on aerial photographs alongside the railway tracks and Gothic Works (NHER 41652) at Thorpe, Norwich (S1-S3), centred on TG 2452 0789. This may have provided shelter for both the engineering works staff and the railway workers.
S. Horlock (NMP), 01 July 2010

Associated Sources (3)

<S1> SNF75166 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1942. RAF FNO/26 (FP) 1036 27-JUN-1942 (NMR).
<S2> SNF75167 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1947. RAF CPE/UK/2019 5173-4 18-APR-1947 (NMR).
<S3> SNF75168 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1951. RAF 58/700 (Vp4) 5076-7 31-MAY-1951 (NMR).