Key Words :- air raid shelter 1916, Zeppelin WWI

Viewing the Site :- Can be viewed from the public road or footpath

Address :- Yarra Road, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, DN35 8LS
Grid Ref :- TA 30692 08677
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.558449 , Long -0.028446
Local Authority :- North East Lincolnshire District Council
Pre 1974 County :- Lincolnshire - Lindsey
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No :- 1103483,
Site Condition :- Site in alternative industrial use
Site Dates :- 1916 - current

Description and History of Site:-
In April 1916 there were a number of bombing raids on Cleethorpes by Zeppelins the most serious of which killed 31 soldiers. Shortly after Joseph Forrester, a borough councillor and chemist had a private air-raid shelter built. This was subsequently converted to a garage.

Adapted from Historic England Listing Entry

Note some HE documents have this dated to the Second World War. No HER entries?

Further Reading and References:-
Wright N R, Lincolnshire's Industrial Heritage - A Guide, Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, 2004
Ekberg C, The Book of Cleethorpes, 1986, 96
Hart M, Cleethorpes and the Meggies, 1981, 29-30

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