East Boldon, Anti-Aircraft Supply Depot

HER Number

1829

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

East Boldon, Anti-Aircraft Supply Depot

Place

East Boldon

Map Sheet

NZ36SE

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Military Depot

Site Type: Specific

Ordnance Depot

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

20th Century 1901 to 2000

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey Map evidence show an anti-aircraft depot/balloon depot at this location. There were two such supply depots for the Tyne and Wear area, this one served Tyneside. It is still extant. LOCAL LIST

Easting

436870

Northing

560630

Grid Reference

NZ436870560630

Sources

<< HER 1829 >> A.Rudd, Defence of Britain Project, 1996, List of Known Fortifications in Tyne and Wear; English Heritage, 2008, Hadrian's Wall National Mapping Programme, 1403186; Aerial Photograph RAF 106G/UK/745 6034 28-AUG-1945; SOUTH TYNESIDE LOCAL LIST REVIEW 2011: REFERENCE NUMBER: LSHA/132/B; http://www.boldonwm.uk/ebaac.htm