Atwick

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Atwick is a village and civil parish in Holderness in the East Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 318. The village is near the North Sea coast, and two miles north of Hornsea.

[edit] World War Two

Pillbox, Lozenge shaped, Atwick.
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Pillbox, Lozenge shaped, Atwick.

The World War Two defences constructed in and around Atwick have been documented by William Foot. They included a heavy anti-aircraft battery and several pillboxes.

[edit] References

  • William Foot - Beaches, fields, streets, and hills ... the anti-invasion landscapes of England, 1940 (Council for British Archaeology, 2006) ISBN 1-902771-53-2

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