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Online MartinR

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10033 on: Today at 01:26:34 PM »
But it was a church?  And was it Catholic?
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10032 on: Today at 01:21:47 PM »
Last time I saw it, it was boarded up.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10031 on: Today at 12:48:18 PM »
A church somewhere in Kent.  Possibly Catholic.  Is it still in use as a church?
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10030 on: Today at 12:08:01 AM »
Next one ...

What is name of building and where?
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10029 on: May 09, 2024, 11:56:24 AM »
As part of GHQ Stop Line it would be expected to delay and hopefully compartmentalise invading German troops while mobile Allied defenders could be used to better effect.

The weir and lock probably had some strategic significance in maintaining the river as a navigable route.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10028 on: May 09, 2024, 10:02:14 AM »
Thanks JohnFilmer.  That seems like a lot of protection for that particular bridge.  I wonder why it was so important?
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10027 on: May 09, 2024, 09:47:00 AM »
That's the one JW. The undergrowth obscures it nowadays.

I looked about for context and found this: http://www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk/gazeteer/home-front-defence-sites/england/kent/defending-teston-bridge-kent/

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10026 on: May 08, 2024, 05:37:45 PM »
Quote from: johnfilmer on May 08, 2024, 03:12:46 PM
There were six pillboxes in the immediate area

Found it. On the A26, opposite the gatehouse to Barham Court, Teston.

51.25616241702654, 0.45048372543646553
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10025 on: May 08, 2024, 03:12:46 PM »
There were six pillboxes in the immediate area
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10024 on: May 07, 2024, 03:38:06 PM »
The West Kent Hospital is visible on the 1870 6" OS map as "Genl Hospital (West Kent)".  See https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=18.0&lat=51.27465&lon=0.52894&layers=257&b=1&o=100 for the overlay map.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10023 on: May 07, 2024, 03:28:53 PM »
Might help to consider what it might be defending.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10022 on: May 07, 2024, 09:55:42 AM »
I've found a photo of a similar one near Teston but haven't located it yet?
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10021 on: May 07, 2024, 09:05:41 AM »
Not the A20.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10020 on: May 07, 2024, 12:00:32 AM »
A20?
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #10019 on: May 06, 2024, 05:58:22 PM »
That was hard work to finally find that it was a building within a few hundred yards of our old business premises...

Both my sons were born there, we had the 3am dash for the first. My wife got some strange looks when she was asked about how often the contractions had been, and she said that she had to stop timing them that evening while she mucked out the stables. Luckily I'm allergic to horses  :)

Meanwhile, back on topic, where is this pillbox? The road is a busy A road that I suspect many of us (certainly me) have used many times.

Mid Kent
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