Monument record 4058/0/5 - Pillbox in Hope Green

<1> CBA, 2002, Defence of Britain Project, S0000229 (Digital Archive). SCH4380.

Pillbox described by the recorder as of the 'Woodford Type'. Weapon Slits at road level; slab on top. Pillbox is at Hope Green at the eastern edge of the A523 north of the bridge over the railway. Part of the western command stop line no 6.

<2> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Winfield H, 13/06/2003 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

Original grid referance given was SJ91458205 however this was ammended due to a missmatch with the description and a match with a rectangular object on the landline and 25m aerial photographs at SJ91488219. The database also has a record for a second pillbox at near here, but it seems unlikely that there were two for this small area.

<3> Unknown, 2013, Military Aircraft Crash Sites, 19/02/2017 (Web Site). SCH8443.

'...Built between 1941 and 1942 one of a ring of twelve pillboxes providing defensive cover around Woodford Airfield and Aircraft Factory….The Pillboxes also formed a part of Western Stop Line no.6.……[comprising] a stone/brick wall with a concrete lid on four posts….Set at a low level to the surrounding countryside, only the slit and lid would have been visible to any attackers….'Woodford' Pillboxes, whilst similar, do not all follow the same exact format….Some do have an external blast wall and, whilst most are square, some have a curved front wall. They are not listed in normal pillbox classifications and are deemed specials, exclusive to the Woodford area….'

<4> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Land Line and Master Map Vector Maps, 16/05/2018 (Maps and Plans). SCH4491.

<5> Osborne, M, 2008, Pillboxes of Britain and Ireland, p.176-180 (Book). SCH7504.

Type 6n open topped pillboxes, known from RAF Woodford and the coast north of Liverpool.