Monument record 0950000000 - Aylesbury

Summary

Possible WWII anti-tank island planned for Aylesbury.

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (2)

  • TOWN DEFENCES (Modern - 1940 AD to 1940 AD)
  • ANTI TANK ISLAND (First mentioned 1940, 20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Proposed defences of anti-tank island at Aylesbury recorded in 1940 Southern Command Home Defence Programme Headquarters Papers (PRO ref: WO 199/48). Not clear if any of proposals ever implemented (B1).
Anti-tank islands were designed to provide intensively defended nodes - usually in urban areas, in the event of enemy invasion. NGR to centre of Aylesbury (Temple Square).

Sources (1)

  • <1>XYSBC22299 Digital archive: Council for British Archaeology. 2002. Defence of Britain database. Anti-invasion record ID S0012837. [Mapped feature: #15826 ]

Location

Grid reference SP 81 13 (point)
Civil Parish AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Feb 19 2026 10:57AM

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