More information : Coastal battery. [see also UORN 9426]. Gun emplacements visible, but BOP and CASLs have been removed [there are also WW1 remains in this area]. [information from 1962 aerial photographs]. N of Stallingborough on the River Humber. (1)
Stallingborough Battery located at TA 224 147. It was built as part of the Humber estuary's coastal defence system. The battery opened in 1915 and by February 1916 was equipped with two 6-inch breech-loading Mk. VII guns. The guns were removed in 1919 and the site abandoned in 1926. The site was reused during the Second World War and in 1940 was fitted with a pair of 4.7-inch quick-firing guns and two searchlights for close defence. It was disused sometime between 1943 and 1945. (2-3)
The partial remains of Stallingborough Battery survive. The gun emplacements are visible, but the Battery Observation Post and Coastal Artillery Searchlights have been removed. (4)
The following names appear on the 1871 census for the parish of Brocklesby under the address Stallingborough Battery:
James Brown, master gunner RA (Royal Artillery)
Thomas Burnside, bombardier RA
John Hobbs, gunner RA
Archbald Edgar, gunner RA
George Jones, gunner RA
This indicates that the battery was originally built before the First World War unless there was another battery under this name in the district (5)
The battery is not shown on the 1888 or 1907 1:2500 scale Lincolnshire OS Maps but appears on the 1932 OS Map as 'Old Battery' (6) |