Jarrow, Valley View Primary School, air raid shelters

HER Number:
11734

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Jarrow, Valley View Primary School, air raid shelters

Place:
Jarrow

Map Sheet:
NZ36SW

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Civil Defence Building

Site Type: Specific:
Air Raid Shelter

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Cropmark

Description:
Several WW2 air raid shelters seen as earthworks on air photographs from 1946. They served a large school. The shelters have since been dismantled. A faint trace of where they stood can be seen on photographs from the 1980s.

Easting:
3281

Northing:
6361

Grid Reference:
NZ32816361

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1403223; Aerial Photograph RAF 3G/TUD/UK/125 5159 04-APR-1946