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MT 120/100

2016-04-13T10:58:13Z

Ritchie333: proper title

[[Category:Subseries MT 120]]
{{Header
| title = Trunk Road Master Plan : London-Folkestone-Dover.
| daterange = 1957-1964
| nacatref = 1462257
| series = MT
| subseries = 120
}}

==Context==
The "Trunk Road Master Plan" series of reports were produced by the Ministry of Transport from the late 1950s onwards in order to assess the quality of postwar British roads and what to do with them.

==Contents==
This file covers the route of the A20 from London to Dover, including details of the then relatively new Maidstone and Ashford bypasses. The extension of the M20 west of Ditton is also discussed, replacing an earlier plan to bypass the village to the south.

East of Maidstone, a short bypass was planned around Leeds Castle (which seems to eat into the current castle grounds) and Sellinge, but otherwise there are no plans to improve the route beyond online dualling and widening. The file spends time speculating over what difference the Channel Tunnel will make on traffic, but ultimately decides the A2 can help share the load of traffic once the M2 is built (which happened a few years after the timeframe of this). (This goes some way to explaining why the M20 between junctions 8 - 9 was built years after everything else).

The file includes a strip-map of the A20 / M20 corridor with proposed bypasses along it, and a list of other planned work improvements.

==People with camera copies==
[[User:Ritchie333|Ritchie Swann]] has a copy of the report and the maps.

MT 39/191

2016-04-13T10:53:02Z

Ritchie333: must get this out again

[[Category:Subseries MT 39]]
{{Header
| title = ARTERIAL AND TRUNK ROADS: Official photographs
| daterange = 1924 - 1942
| nacatref = 4406482
| series = MT
| subseries = 39
}}

{{delight}}
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This file is stuffed to the gills full of photographs documenting the major new roads constructed in the 1920s and 1930s, including the Kingston Bypass, Purley Way, Guildford and Godalming Bypass, Great West Road and the Winchester Bypass. There are also plenty of other road schemes, and some lovely photos of the A82 along Loch Ness.

The file also contains a list of what the photos are, though of course nothing is in order any more, plus some tedious waffle about the original cost of the photos, their storage and their usage. But who cares when the photos are this good.

If you can't spend all day drooling over this file, you're not a road enthusiast.

==People with Camera Copies==
[[User:Ritchie333|Ritchie Swann]] has copies of as many photographs as he could get in 20 minutes before the National Archives closed for the day.

MT 139/104

2016-04-13T07:28:05Z

Ritchie333: Bad cut and paste

[[Category:Subseries MT 139]]
{{Header
| title = London-Fishguard trunk road Port Talbot by-pass (M4)
| daterange = 1967-1969
| nacatref = 1460961
| series = MT
| subseries = 139
}}

==Context==
The Port Talbot section of the M4 is one of the archetypical brutalist motorway plans that could only have happened in the 1960s, demolishing houses like they were going out of fashion. As if the original construction (documented in [[MT 39/1061]] and elsewhere) wasn't bad enough, even after the motorway was finished, houses were still being pulled down due to subsidence, and becoming unsellable because nobody wanted their upstairs bedroom to be within 30ft of a major motorway. The Ministry of Transport bought a number of properties, then after quite a bit of delay, and complaints of vandalism, decided to put them on the open market at a knocked down price.

==Contents==
The file contains various maps of properties that were blighted, including [https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5989571,-3.7834654,3a,75y,340.41h,87.17t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sFMXlnX_Sc2iAMVrYLfRbJA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Hill Terrace] which had changed from a nice mountain view owing to a large motorway being plonked in front of it, and [https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5924777,-3.7725613,3a,75y,127.49h,81.34t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sf75HO_jNae5Oq2DPglJLPA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Brynheulog Street], which was cut in two by the bypass. There are also a number of photographs of boarded up properties with a giant retaining wall in close view, and contemporary newspaper cuttings from the South Wales Echo.

==People with copies==
[[User:Ritchie333|Ritchie Swann]] has the photographs, some reports on the properties and some newspaper cuttings

MT 139/104

2016-04-12T23:07:35Z

Ritchie333: /* Context */ ce

[[Category:Subseries MT 39]]
{{Header
| title = London-Fishguard trunk road Port Talbot by-pass (M4)
| daterange = 1967-1969
| nacatref = 1460961
| series = MT
| subseries = 39
}}

==Context==
The Port Talbot section of the M4 is one of the archetypical brutalist motorway plans that could only have happened in the 1960s, demolishing houses like they were going out of fashion. As if the original construction (documented in [[MT 39/1061]] and elsewhere) wasn't bad enough, even after the motorway was finished, houses were still being pulled down due to subsidence, and becoming unsellable because nobody wanted their upstairs bedroom to be within 30ft of a major motorway. The Ministry of Transport bought a number of properties, then after quite a bit of delay, and complaints of vandalism, decided to put them on the open market at a knocked down price.

==Contents==
The file contains various maps of properties that were blighted, including [https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5989571,-3.7834654,3a,75y,340.41h,87.17t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sFMXlnX_Sc2iAMVrYLfRbJA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Hill Terrace] which had changed from a nice mountain view owing to a large motorway being plonked in front of it, and [https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5924777,-3.7725613,3a,75y,127.49h,81.34t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sf75HO_jNae5Oq2DPglJLPA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Brynheulog Street], which was cut in two by the bypass. There are also a number of photographs of boarded up properties with a giant retaining wall in close view, and contemporary newspaper cuttings from the South Wales Echo.

==People with copies==
[[User:Ritchie333|Ritchie Swann]] has the photographs, some reports on the properties and some newspaper cuttings

MT 139/104

2016-04-12T22:58:35Z

Ritchie333: /* Contents */ link to Hill Terrace

[[Category:Subseries MT 39]]
{{Header
| title = London-Fishguard trunk road Port Talbot by-pass (M4)
| daterange = 1967-1969
| nacatref = 1460961
| series = MT
| subseries = 39
}}

==Context==
The Port Talbot section of the M4 is one of the archetypical brutalist motorway plans that could only have happened in the 1960s, demolishing houses like they were going out of fashion. As if the original construction (documented in [[MT 39/1061]] and elsewhere) was bad enough, even after the motorway was finished, houses were still being pulled down due to subsidence, and becoming unsellable because nobody wanted their upstairs bedroom to be within 30ft of a major motorway. The Ministry of Transport bought a number of properties, then after quite a bit of delay, and complaints of vandalism, decided to put them on the open market at a knocked down price.

==Contents==
The file contains various maps of properties that were blighted, including [https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5989571,-3.7834654,3a,75y,340.41h,87.17t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sFMXlnX_Sc2iAMVrYLfRbJA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Hill Terrace] which had changed from a nice mountain view owing to a large motorway being plonked in front of it, and [https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5924777,-3.7725613,3a,75y,127.49h,81.34t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sf75HO_jNae5Oq2DPglJLPA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Brynheulog Street], which was cut in two by the bypass. There are also a number of photographs of boarded up properties with a giant retaining wall in close view, and contemporary newspaper cuttings from the South Wales Echo.

==People with copies==
[[User:Ritchie333|Ritchie Swann]] has the photographs, some reports on the properties and some newspaper cuttings

MT 139/104

2016-04-12T22:56:09Z

Ritchie333: fix

[[Category:Subseries MT 39]]
{{Header
| title = London-Fishguard trunk road Port Talbot by-pass (M4)
| daterange = 1967-1969
| nacatref = 1460961
| series = MT
| subseries = 39
}}

==Context==
The Port Talbot section of the M4 is one of the archetypical brutalist motorway plans that could only have happened in the 1960s, demolishing houses like they were going out of fashion. As if the original construction (documented in [[MT 39/1061]] and elsewhere) was bad enough, even after the motorway was finished, houses were still being pulled down due to subsidence, and becoming unsellable because nobody wanted their upstairs bedroom to be within 30ft of a major motorway. The Ministry of Transport bought a number of properties, then after quite a bit of delay, and complaints of vandalism, decided to put them on the open market at a knocked down price.

==Contents==
The file contains various maps of properties that were blighted, including Hill Terrace which had changed from a nice mountain view owing to a large motorway being plonked in front of it, and [https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5924777,-3.7725613,3a,75y,127.49h,81.34t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sf75HO_jNae5Oq2DPglJLPA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Brynheulog Street], which was cut in two by the bypass. There are also a number of photographs of boarded up properties with a giant retaining wall in close view, and contemporary newspaper cuttings from the South Wales Echo.

==People with copies==
[[User:Ritchie333|Ritchie Swann]] has the photographs, some reports on the properties and some newspaper cuttings

MT 139/104

2016-04-12T22:55:53Z

Ritchie333: Created page with "Category:Subseries MT 39 {{Header | title = London-Fishguard trunk road Port Talbot by-pass (M4) | daterange = 1967-1967 | nacatref = 1460961 | series = MT | subs..."

[[Category:Subseries MT 39]]
{{Header
| title = London-Fishguard trunk road Port Talbot by-pass (M4)
| daterange = 1967-1967
| nacatref = 1460961
| series = MT
| subseries = 39
}}

==Context==
The Port Talbot section of the M4 is one of the archetypical brutalist motorway plans that could only have happened in the 1960s, demolishing houses like they were going out of fashion. As if the original construction (documented in [[MT 39/1061]] and elsewhere) was bad enough, even after the motorway was finished, houses were still being pulled down due to subsidence, and becoming unsellable because nobody wanted their upstairs bedroom to be within 30ft of a major motorway. The Ministry of Transport bought a number of properties, then after quite a bit of delay, and complaints of vandalism, decided to put them on the open market at a knocked down price.

==Contents==
The file contains various maps of properties that were blighted, including Hill Terrace which had changed from a nice mountain view owing to a large motorway being plonked in front of it, and [https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5924777,-3.7725613,3a,75y,127.49h,81.34t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sf75HO_jNae5Oq2DPglJLPA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Brynheulog Street], which was cut in two by the bypass. There are also a number of photographs of boarded up properties with a giant retaining wall in close view, and contemporary newspaper cuttings from the South Wales Echo.

==People with copies==
[[User:Ritchie333|Ritchie Swann]] has the photographs, some reports on the properties and some newspaper cuttings

MT120/100

2016-04-12T22:36:45Z

Ritchie333: Ritchie333 moved page MT120/100 to MT 120/100: space

#REDIRECT [[MT 120/100]]

MT 120/100

2016-04-12T22:36:45Z

Ritchie333: Ritchie333 moved page MT120/100 to MT 120/100: space

[[Category:Subseries MT 120]]
{{Header
| title = London-Folkestone-Dover.
| daterange = 1957-1964
| nacatref = 1462257
| series = MT
| subseries = 120
}}

==Context==
The "Trunk Road Master Plan" series of reports were produced by the Ministry of Transport from the late 1950s onwards in order to assess the quality of postwar British roads and what to do with them.

==Contents==
This file covers the route of the A20 from London to Dover, including details of the then relatively new Maidstone and Ashford bypasses. The extension of the M20 west of Ditton is also discussed, replacing an earlier plan to bypass the village to the south.

East of Maidstone, a short bypass was planned around Leeds Castle (which seems to eat into the current castle grounds) and Sellinge, but otherwise there are no plans to improve the route beyond online dualling and widening. The file spends time speculating over what difference the Channel Tunnel will make on traffic, but ultimately decides the A2 can help share the load of traffic once the M2 is built (which happened a few years after the timeframe of this). (This goes some way to explaining why the M20 between junctions 8 - 9 was built years after everything else).

The file includes a strip-map of the A20 / M20 corridor with proposed bypasses along it, and a list of other planned work improvements.

==People with camera copies==
[[User:Ritchie333|Ritchie Swann]] has a copy of the report and the maps.

Category:Subseries MT 162

2016-04-12T22:34:25Z

Ritchie333: Created page with "Category:Series MT Transport Ministries: Photographs"

[[Category:Series MT]]
Transport Ministries: Photographs

MT 162/4

2016-04-12T22:33:02Z

Ritchie333: another waste of time, mostly

[[Category:Subseries MT 162]]
[[File:Trafficator.jpg|thumb|200px|A trafficator, yesterday. <small>(Okay, nearly 100 years ago...)</small>]]
{{Header
| title = Trafficator signalling device for cars: 1 photograph
| daterange = 1919
| nacatref = 11045621
| series = MT
| subseries = 162
}}

{{Waste of Time}}

==Content==
This file consists of a picture of a prototype for a trafficator, an early type of electro-mechanical signalling device that predates modern indicators and popular with cars in the 1920s.

Unfortunately, all the file has is the photograph and nothing else about the subject whatsoever. Even Wikipedia has more on this topic.

File:Trafficator.jpg

2016-04-12T22:23:43Z

Ritchie333: Trafficator prototype signal device. From National Archives file MT 162/4

Trafficator prototype signal device. From National Archives file MT 162/4

MT 120/100

2016-04-12T13:08:43Z

Ritchie333: /* Contents */ ce

MT 120/100

2016-04-12T13:07:28Z

Ritchie333: Created page with "Category:Subseries MT 120 {{Header | title = London-Folkestone-Dover. | daterange = 1957-1964 | nacatref = 1462257 | series = MT | subseries = 120 }} ==Context==..."

[[Category:Subseries MT 120]]
{{Header
| title = London-Folkestone-Dover.
| daterange = 1957-1964
| nacatref = 1462257
| series = MT
| subseries = 120
}}

==Context==
The "Trunk Road Master Plan" series of reports were produced by the Ministry of Transport from the late 1950s onwards in order to assess the quality of postwar British roads and what to do with them.

==Contents==
This file covers the route of the A20 from London to Dover, including details of the then relatively new Maidstone and Ashford bypasses. The extension of the M20 west of Ditton is also discussed, replacing an earlier plan to bypass the village to the south.

East of Maidstone, a short bypass was planned around Leeds Castle (which seems to eat into the current castle grounds) and Sellinge, but otherwise there are no plans to improve the route beyond online dualling and widening. The file spends time speculating over what difference the Channel Tunnel will make on traffic, but ultimately decides the A2 can help share the load of traffic once the M2 is built (which happened a few years after the timeframe of this). (This goes some way to explaining why the M20 between junctions 8 - 9 was built years after everything else).

The file includes a strip-map of the A20 / M20 corridor with proposed bypasses along it, and a list of other proposed work improvements.

==People with camera copies==
[[User:Ritchie333|Ritchie Swann]] has a copy of the report and the maps.

LCC/CL/HIG/02/037

2016-03-21T15:39:23Z

Ritchie333: /* Context */ sp

[[Category:Subfond CL/HIG]]
{{Header 
| title = Blackwall Tunnel - duplication
| daterange = 1934-55
| location = London Metropolitan Archives
| catlink = http://search.lma.gov.uk/scripts/mwimain.dll/989/2/1/1456885?RECORD&DATABASE=LMA_DESCRIPTION&URLMARKER=STARTREQUEST
| fond = LCC
| subfond = CL/HIG
}}

==Context==
This file documents the background and events leading up to the second (southbound) Blackwall Tunnel. The original (northbound) tunnel, designed for horsebound traffic, had become unsuitable by the 1930s, so various solutions were proposed. Cheap and cheerful things like lots of traffic lights, and a slightly off-the-wall scheme to make the Blackwall and Rotherhithe Tunnels part of an elaborate one-way system across the Thames were put forward. The final decision to build a second bore was halted during the war, and then picked up again as an integral part of the London Ringways.

==Contents of note==
A map showing the basic route of the second bore and connecting road improvements.

==People with camera copies==
[[User:Ritchie333|Ritchie]] has the plans and some of the reports.

LCC/CL/HIG/02/010

2016-03-21T15:37:16Z

Ritchie333: /* Contents of note */ sp

[[Category:Subfond CL/HIG]]
{{Header 
| title = Motorways and urban motorways
| daterange = 1948-65
| location = London Metropolitan Archives
| catlink = http://search.lma.gov.uk/scripts/mwimain.dll/985/16/10/1456858?RECORD&DATABASE=LMA_DESCRIPTION&URLMARKER=STARTREQUEST
| fond = LCC
| subfond = CL/HIG
}}

==Context==
This file documents the basic plans for the London Ringways, going into summary detail in a similar vein to what can be seen on CBRD / PM.

==Contents of note==
* "London Road Programme Proposals", report by Ernest Marples 1st March 1960
* Copies of the Motorways Bill 1948 and SI for Special Roads 1959 (the latter of which revoked a custom Preston Bypass SI issued the previous year)
* A map showing the proposed routes for the various Cross Routes around Central London
* A plan for the "Hendon Urban Motorway" (that's the M1 to you and I) including the (still unbuilt) J3 link

==People with camera copies==
[[User:Ritchie333|Ritchie]] has the plans and some of the reports

LCC/CL/HIG/02/010

2016-03-21T15:25:21Z

Ritchie333: add

[[Category:Subfond CL/HIG]]
{{Header 
| title = Motorways and urban motorways
| daterange = 1948-65
| location = London Metropolitan Archives
| catlink = http://search.lma.gov.uk/scripts/mwimain.dll/985/16/10/1456858?RECORD&DATABASE=LMA_DESCRIPTION&URLMARKER=STARTREQUEST
| fond = LCC
| subfond = CL/HIG
}}

==Context==
This file documents the basic plans for the London Ringways, going into summary detail in a similar vein to what can be seen on CBRD / PM.

==Contents of note==
* "London Road Programme Proposals", report by Ernest Marples 1st March 1960s
* Copies of the Motorways Bill 1948 and SI for Special Roads 1959 (the latter of which revoked a custom Preston Bypass SI issued the previous year)
* A map showing the proposed routes for the various Cross Routes around Central London
* A plan for the "Hendon Urban Motorway" (that's the M1 to you and I) including the (still unbuilt) J3 link

==People with camera copies==
[[User:Ritchie333|Ritchie]] has the plans and some of the reports

LCC/CL/HIG/02/037

2016-03-21T15:20:35Z

Ritchie333: destub

[[Category:Subfond CL/HIG]]
{{Header 
| title = Blackwall Tunnel - duplication
| daterange = 1934-55
| location = London Metropolitan Archives
| catlink = http://search.lma.gov.uk/scripts/mwimain.dll/989/2/1/1456885?RECORD&DATABASE=LMA_DESCRIPTION&URLMARKER=STARTREQUEST
| fond = LCC
| subfond = CL/HIG
}}

==Context==
This file documents the background and events leading up to the second (southbound) Blackwall Tunnel. The original (northbound) tunnel, designed for housebound traffic, had become unsuitable by the 1930s, so various solutions were proposed. Cheap and cheerful things like lots of traffic lights, and a slightly off-the-wall scheme to make the Blackwall and Rotherhithe Tunnels part of an elaborate one-way system across the Thames were put forward. The final decision to build a second bore was halted during the war, and then picked up again as an integral part of the London Ringways.

==Contents of note==
A map showing the basic route of the second bore and connecting road improvements.

==People with camera copies==
[[User:Ritchie333|Ritchie]] has the plans and some of the reports.

LCC/CL/HIG/02/037

2016-03-21T15:20:24Z

Ritchie333: add

[[Category:Subfond CL/HIG]]
{{Header 
| title = Blackwall Tunnel - duplication
| daterange = 1934-55
| location = London Metropolitan Archives
| catlink = http://search.lma.gov.uk/scripts/mwimain.dll/989/2/1/1456885?RECORD&DATABASE=LMA_DESCRIPTION&URLMARKER=STARTREQUEST
| fond = LCC
| subfond = CL/HIG
}}

==Context==
This file documents the background and events leading up to the second (southbound) Blackwall Tunnel. The original (northbound) tunnel, designed for housebound traffic, had become unsuitable by the 1930s, so various solutions were proposed. Cheap and cheerful things like lots of traffic lights, and a slightly off-the-wall scheme to make the Blackwall and Rotherhithe Tunnels part of an elaborate one-way system across the Thames were put forward. The final decision to build a second bore was halted during the war, and then picked up again as an integral part of the London Ringways.

==Contents of note==
A map showing the basic route of the second bore and connecting road improvements.

==People with camera copies==
[[User:Ritchie333|Ritchie]] has the plans and some of the reports.

{{stub}}

LCC/CL/HIG/02/010

2016-03-21T13:40:22Z

Ritchie333: stub, while I wait for the file

LCC/CL/HIG/02/037

2016-03-21T13:31:56Z

Ritchie333: oops

Category:Subfond CL/HIG

2016-03-21T13:31:22Z

Ritchie333:

[[Category:Fond LCC]]

Category:Subfond CL/HIG

2016-03-21T13:31:12Z

Ritchie333:

__NOTOC__

[[Category:Fond LCC]]

Category:Subfond CL/HIG

2016-03-21T13:30:33Z

Ritchie333: Created page with "__NOTOC__"

__NOTOC__

LCC/CL/HIG/02/037

2016-03-21T13:30:16Z

Ritchie333: stub (while I wait for the file to turn up)

[[Category:Subfond CE/RB]]
{{Header 
| title = Blackwall Tunnel - duplication
| daterange = 1934-55
| location = London Metropolitan Archives
| catlink = http://search.lma.gov.uk/scripts/mwimain.dll/989/2/1/1456885?RECORD&DATABASE=LMA_DESCRIPTION&URLMARKER=STARTREQUEST
| fond = LCC
| subfond = CL/HIG
}}

==Context==
This file documents the background and events leading up to the second (southbound) Blackwall Tunnel.

==People with camera copies==
None known.

{{stub}}

Category:London Metropolitan Archives

2016-03-21T13:28:00Z

Ritchie333: /* LCC */ CL

[[Category:Archives]]
Files held at London Metropolitan Archives are listed here. LMA stores its records by Fond and Subfond, which are rather arcane terms for what the National Archives would call Series and Subseries. The matter is muddied by their use of slashes ''between'' Fond and Subfond names, and also ''within'' them. Yikes.

==[[:Category:Fond ACC|ACC]]==

===3499/EH (English Heritage)===

:'''[[:Category:Subfond 3499/EH/08/04|3499/EH/08/04]]''' Administration and policy files: numbered files

==[[:Category:Fond GLC|GLC]]==

===DG (Director General's Department)===

:'''[[:Category:Subfond DG/AE/ROL|DG/AE/ROL]]''' Director-General's Department: Administrative and Establishment Branch - Record Office and Library

:'''[[:Category:Subfond DG/AR|DG/AR]]''' Director-General's Department: Arts and Recreation Committee

:'''[[:Category:Subfond DG/PTI/P|DG/PTI/P]]''' Director-General's Department: Planning Transport and Industry Group - Planning Committee

:'''[[:Category:Subfond DG/PUB/01|DG/PUB/01]]''' Main publications archive set

===RA (Recreation and Arts Division)===

:'''[[:Category:Subfond RA/D2G|RA/D2G]]''' Development Branch - General Landscaping Division

===TD (Traffic Division)===

:'''[[:Category:Subfond TD/C|TD/C]]''' Construction Branch

:'''[[:Category:Subfond TD/DP/DC|TD/DP/DC]]''' Transportation and Development Department: Development Planning Branch - Development Control

:'''[[:Category:Subfond TD/DP/LDS|TD/DP/LDS]]''' Transportation and Development Department: Development Planning Branch - Local Plans Division

:'''[[:Category:Subfond TD/PM|TD/PM]]''' Programme Management and Resources Branch

:'''[[:Category:Subfond TD/T|TD/T]]''' Traffic Branch

==[[:Category:Fond LCC|LCC]]==

===AR (Architect's Office)===

:'''[[:Category:Subfond AR/TP|AR/TP]]''' Town Planning

===CE (Chief Engineer's Department)===

:'''[[:Category:Subfond CE/RB|CE/RB]]''' Roads and Bridges

===CL (Clerk's Department)===
:'''[[:Category:Subfond CL/HIG|CL/HIG]]''' Highways

===PP (Committees: Presented Plans)===

:'''[[:Category:Subfond PP/HT|PP/HT]]''' Highways and Traffic
__NOTOC__

==[[:Category:Fond SC|SC]]==

===PHL (Photograph Library)===

:'''[[:Category:Subfond PHL/02|PHL/02]]''' General Subjects

User talk:Chris5156

2014-04-01T14:41:07Z

Ritchie333: /* National Archives cat links */ cheers

==Ringways & maps==
Have you come up with a way of using maps for Ringways References? Do you want scans uploading here, or whatever information can be given? [[User:Steven|Steven]] 20:44, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
:No, I haven't come up with anything, and if I said I'd been actively thinking about it I'd be lying :) I have no objection to uploading map scans if you want to go that way - I think really I was just imagining the creation of a page for each map we need to reference that would list the useful information it contains, and the publisher, year and so on, rather like we list files at archives.
:There's no reason at all not to put extracts online if it helps us reference our sources though! We could always try one or two and see how it looks. --[[User:Chris5156|chris5156]] 21:33, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

== Requests for the Manchester Awayday ==

Oooh flippin' heck, there's activity on this site :-O

Anyway, I intend to pop up to TNA some time before the next awayday in a few weeks and pull out anything that's relevant (such as the newspaper clippings of the M50's construction and opening I took to Ross on Wye, not that anyone except me bothered to look at them).

Any ideas? I was thinking of something to do with the original M62 and the East Lancs Road but my TNA search-fu is not up to par this morning. --[[User:Ritchie333|Ritchie333]] 11:26, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

:Activity? Yes, it gets busy once a year or so! I've been doing some tidying up to Artefacts and integrating it with our personal pages. Makes a lot more sense now.

:I'm hoping to get to TNA on Thursday - would have been Monday but they're closed Mondays now, which is less than helpful. If we're shopping for things to bring, I'll bring along (perhaps see if I can print?) my camera copy of [[MT 119/116]]. It shows construction plans for the original bit of M62, but not entirely as-built. There's a layout for a "future" junction where the Carrington Spur now is, which is shown as a full trumpet interchange, and a strangely-configured roundabout interchange with the A580. I can certainly bring that.

:I'm not sure I'll have time to do any special M62 research, but if you do, [[Chris's shopping list]] includes "MT 95/248 and MT 95/249 - Barton Bridge special road and plans 1956-63". If you want to dig out some M62 stuff I'd start there.

:I think most East Lancs Road stuff will be in Preston, because it was pre-trunk roads and would have been a local authority scheme. Should be some MoT papers discussing funding and that sort of thing but it'll be more hit and miss.--[[User:Chris5156|chris5156]] 17:13, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

::Ah, you lot in the south east, and your namby-pamby "it takes me 10 minutes to get to TNA" ways... Bring something cool that I'll like to sunny Lancashire is all I ask... If you're nice to me, I might bring my BUM stuff along! ;-) [[User:Steven|Steven]] 02:19, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

== Shopping list ==

Just to let you know, I've looked at a few files on your shopping list - check the "recent changes" to see what. --[[User:Ritchie333|Ritchie333]] 20:06, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

== National Archives cat links ==

I've added some pages today, but I think the National Archives catalogue link numbers are all wrong. Since TNA moved over to using the new Discovery interface, I can't obviously find where the right ID is - I picked what looked to be the right thing off the address bar, and it's not. Can you advise? [[User:Ritchie333|Ritchie333]] ([[User talk:Ritchie333|talk]]) 14:05, 22 March 2014 (CDT)

:Yes, it's a problem. I've noticed it but I don't have a solution yet! I wonder if the better thing to do is find out whether you can call up a file on TNA's catalogue by encoding the file reference in the URL - that way, instead of manually changing all the files, I can just rewrite the header template to generate a new link from the page title. I'll have to see. --[[User:Chris5156|chris5156]] ([[User talk:Chris5156|talk]]) 08:50, 23 March 2014 (CDT)

:'''Update:''' I've now fixed this to do exactly what I just suggested. The template now passes the file reference to a little PHP script I wrote which runs a search for you on the Discovery catalogue. "nacatref" in Template:Header is no longer used. --[[User:Chris5156|chris5156]] ([[User talk:Chris5156|talk]]) 09:58, 23 March 2014 (CDT)

::Excellent - cheers! [[User:Ritchie333|Ritchie333]] ([[User talk:Ritchie333|talk]]) 09:41, 1 April 2014 (CDT)

MT 96/203

2014-03-23T10:57:04Z

Ritchie333: bit short, this

[[Category:Subseries MT 96]]
{{Header
| title = Exhibition for Worboys report 4 July 1963.
| daterange = 1963-1964
| nacatref = 1658031
| series = MT
| subseries = 96
}}

{{stub}}

==Context==
The Worboys report gave us modern British road signs as we know them today. In order to publicise their use and increase public awareness, the Ministry of Transport went on a "road show" around the country, setting up exhibitions in various town halls so people could come and have a look and familiarise themselves with them.

==Contents==
The centrepiece of the file is six A4 black and white photographs showing the exhibition stands inside the House of Commons on 4 July 1963, ready to be taken round the country. The contrast between the modern Warboys signs and the older architecture of the Palace of Westminster is quite interesting.

==People with copies==
[[User:Ritchie333|Ritchie Swann]] has the photos

User talk:Chris5156

2014-03-22T19:05:22Z

Ritchie333: /* National Archives cat links */ new section

MT 106/223

2014-03-22T18:59:25Z

Ritchie333: fix

[[Category:Subseries MT 106]][[Category:Misfiled]]
{{Header
| title = Ministry of Transport and successors, London Highways Division: Registered Files. East-West cross route: plans.
| daterange = 1949 - 1968
| nacatref = 1659526
| series = MT
| subseries = 106
}}

{{stub}}

==Context==
This file ''looks'' like it could be full of very interesting stuff, but what I got back was a file talking about an experimental road in Fiji, without any maps plans or pictures. Did the National Archives make a clerical error?

==People with copies==
None

MT 117/29

2014-03-22T18:58:28Z

Ritchie333: Created page with "Category:Subseries MT 117 {{Header | title = Special road schemes: South of Luton - Watford Gap - Dunchurch special road scheme (London - Yorkshire motor road: first ..."

[[Category:Subseries MT 117]]
{{Header
| title = Special road schemes: South of Luton - Watford Gap - Dunchurch special road scheme (London - Yorkshire motor road: first section)
| daterange = 1956-1963
| nacatref = 1462389
| series = MT
| subseries = 117
}}

{{stub}}

==Context==
The plans for the M1 are stored in the National Archives, but they're split into separate groups. This is because the initial section of the M1 didn't go through public enquiry at the same time - the main section of the motorway from Luton to east of Dunchurch was approved in 1956, presumably because it mostly passed through the middle of nowhere. The Dunchurch Bypass and Watford - Luton sections were approved in 1957, the Crick extension in 1958, and all the connecting roads to make everything join up were finally passed through in early 1959 just before the bulldozers turned up.

==Contents==
This file contains the full plans, including the statutory instruments, of the M1 between Luton and the M45, and the M45 to the A45 east of Dunchurch. The line of the motorway is marked out on a six-inch map, and there are further maps showing every single junction and bridge that the M1 was to cross, including all footpaths.

==People with copies==
[[User:Ritchie333|Ritchie Swann]] has some of the larger junction plans.

MT 106/236

2014-03-22T18:52:48Z

Ritchie333: Created page with "Category:Subseries MT 106 {{Header | title = Greater London Planning Group: correspondence and minutes | daterange = 1963-1973 | nacatref = 1659539 | series = MT ..."

[[Category:Subseries MT 106]]
{{Header
| title = Greater London Planning Group: correspondence and minutes
| daterange = 1963-1973
| nacatref = 1659539
| series = MT
| subseries = 106
}}

{{stub}}

==Contents==
This file contains the various plans of how to improve London's transport infrastructure in the 1960s and beyond. It includes a number of maps showing junction remodelling in the West End, including a proposal to demolish Cambridge Circus and replace it with a one way "squareabout".

==People with copies==
[[User:Ritchie333|Ritchie Swann]] has the photos

Category:Subseries MT 96

2014-03-22T18:49:57Z

Ritchie333: Created page with "Category:Series MT ''Ministry of Transport and successors, General Division: Registered Files'' :'''MT 96/203''' Exhibition for Worboys report 4 July 1963"

[[Category:Series MT]]
''Ministry of Transport and successors, General Division: Registered Files''

:'''[[MT 96/203]]''' Exhibition for Worboys report 4 July 1963

MT 96/203

2014-03-22T18:48:16Z

Ritchie333: Created page with "Category:Subseries MT 96 {{Header | title = Exhibition for Worboys report 4 July 1963. | daterange = 1963-1964 | nacatref = 1658031 | series = MT | subseries = 96..."

[[Category:Subseries MT 96]]
{{Header
| title = Exhibition for Worboys report 4 July 1963.
| daterange = 1963-1964
| nacatref = 1658031
| series = MT
| subseries = 96
}}

==Context==
The Worboys report gave us modern British road signs as we know them today. In order to publicise their use and increase public awareness, the Ministry of Transport went on a "road show" around the country, setting up exhibitions in various town halls so people could come and have a look and familiarise themselves with them.

==Contents==
The centrepiece of the file is six A4 black and white photographs showing the exhibition stands inside the House of Commons on 4 July 1963, ready to be taken round the country. The contrast between the modern Warboys signs and the older architecture of the Palace of Westminster is quite interesting.

==People with copies==
[[User:Ritchie333|Ritchie Swann]] has the photos

MT 39/1061

2014-03-22T18:43:31Z

Ritchie333: Created page with "Category:Subseries MT 39 {{Header | title = MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS AND NEW CONSTRUCTION: Port Talbot BC: Port Talbot by-pass | daterange = 1948-1952 | nacatref = 3544383..."

[[Category:Subseries MT 39]]
{{Header
| title = MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS AND NEW CONSTRUCTION: Port Talbot BC: Port Talbot by-pass
| daterange = 1948-1952
| nacatref = 3544383
| series = MT
| subseries = 39
}}

==Context==
Like most post war plans for towns, Port Talbot needed a bypass. However, the imposing geography of a town sandwiched between docklands and mountains made things a little difficult. The option of going to the west was flatly rejected because the docks needed rejuvenating to bring badly needed employment to South Wales. So the only way was up against the mountain and flattening anything that got in the way, chapels and all.

Not surprisingly, the local council and residents were up in arms about it, and it stalled at the first public enquiry in September 1949. Of course, it eventually got built anyway and is now part of the M4. The road was planned as a motorway from the word go, though at this stage it was assumed it would still be the A48.

==Contents==
The file includes several hand drawn maps of Port Talbot, including several in-depth street plans ominously marking houses with an 'x' where they were to be met by the bulldozer. There's also an early plan of what's now M4 junction 40, which back then was an at grade roundabout with the A4107.

There are also numerous cuttings from local newspapers that follow the story of the planned route of the bypass and its fall at the public enquiry.

==People with copies==
[[User:Ritchie333|Ritchie Swann]] has the maps and some newspaper cuttings

MT 106/223

2014-03-22T18:33:58Z

Ritchie333: Created page with "Category:Subseries OS 1Category:Misfiled {{Header | title = Ministry of Transport and successors, London Highways Division: Registered Files. East-West cross rout..."

[[Category:Subseries OS 1]][[Category:Misfiled]]
{{Header
| title = Ministry of Transport and successors, London Highways Division: Registered Files. East-West cross route: plans.
| daterange = 1949 - 1968
| nacatref = 1659526
| series = OS
| subseries = 1
}}

{{stub}}

==Context==
This file ''looks'' like it could be full of very interesting stuff, but what I got back was a file talking about an experimental road in Fiji, without any maps plans or pictures. Did the National Archives make a clerical error?

==People with copies==
None

OS1/338

2014-03-22T18:30:26Z

Ritchie333: Created page with "Category:Subseries OS 1 {{Header | title = 3 inches to 1 mile scale map of of London area | daterange = 1933 - 1953 | nacatref = 2390268 | series = OS | subseries..."

[[Category:Subseries OS 1]]
{{Header
| title = 3 inches to 1 mile scale map of of London area
| daterange = 1933 - 1953
| nacatref = 2390268
| series = OS
| subseries = 1
}}

==Context==
After the attempt to create a series of 3 inch / mile maps of London failed in the 1930s, the project was revisited after the war and looked at again. It was still not deemed commercially viable enough, and the emerging 1:25,000 maps covered the area sufficiently well. A-Z by this time had become established as the leading London street map maker, and the OS never really caught up again.

==Contents==
The file contains a few cover samples of a map, and a "mockup" which shows how the map would fold up (similar to a one inch map but with three folds instead of two) using a blank sheet of paper as a sample.

==People with copies==
None

OS 1/538

2014-03-22T18:25:31Z

Ritchie333: Created page with "Category:Subseries OS 1 {{Header | title = 3" to 1 mile scale map of the London area as an O.S. publication | daterange = 1928 - 1932 | nacatref = 2390468 | series ..."

[[Category:Subseries OS 1]]
{{Header
| title = 3" to 1 mile scale map of the London area as an O.S. publication
| daterange = 1928 - 1932
| nacatref = 2390468
| series = OS
| subseries = 1
}}

==Context==
By the end of the 1920s, the Ordnance Survey found that Bartholomew, AA and other map publishers were leading the way regarding in-depth coverage of London, and wanted to catch up. They started planning a series of 3 inch / mile street or district maps of London, but were hampered with out of date surveys and lack of available manpower. The project was killed off, only to be resurrected after the war (see [[OS1/338]]) before being finally thrown on the scrapheap in favour of the then brand new 1:25,000 maps, which were deemed "good enough".

Since the map itself didn't take off, the less said about an accompanying Gazetteer of London that was also proposed, the better.

==Contents==
As well as the expected correspondence between the Ministry of Transport and the Ordnance Survey, there are a couple of draft maps of the Woolwich / Catford area produced, including the A205 under construction between east of Catford and the A20. There's also a short extract from an AA map showing one ways and no right turns along Oxford Street - clearly as important then as it is now.

==People with copies==
[[User:Ritchie333|Ritchie Swann]] has some of the draft plans.

MT 39/151

2013-02-13T10:51:54Z

Ritchie333: MT 39/151 moved to MT 39/152: Wrong catalogue name

#REDIRECT [[MT 39/152]]

MT 39/152

2013-02-13T10:51:54Z

Ritchie333: MT 39/151 moved to MT 39/152: Wrong catalogue name

[[Category:Subseries MT 39]]
{{Header
| title = ARTERIAL AND TRUNK ROADS: Kingston By-pass Road
| daterange = 1920 - 1934
| nacatref = 4406458
| series = MT
| subseries = 39
}}

==Context==
This file contains everything you ever needed to know about "The Kingston Outer Bye Pass Road" (as described in the file). It's full of tidbits of information, including the fact that the Sutton Bypass was built at the same time as part of the same contract, and when construction started in 1923, it was planned to take the A3 number from the word go (the A239 is never mentioned).

Along the way, it details construction dates, plans of the basic route and specific junctions including tricky bits where property had to be demolished, engineer reports on the overall project, and minutes from the opening ceremony in 1927 that states, amongst other things, that tea should be served. Gosh.

==People with camera copies==
[[User:Ritchie333|Ritchie Swann]] has a partial copy.

Cartographic Items Maps 3487 (50)

2012-05-08T15:42:00Z

Ritchie333: New page: Category:British Library {{Header | title = Ministry of Transport Road Map Scale, 2 inches to 1 mile | daterange = 1923 | location = British Library }} This file contains dissect...

[[Category:British Library]]
{{Header
| title = Ministry of Transport Road Map Scale, 2 inches to 1 mile
| daterange = 1923
| location = British Library
}}

This file contains dissected versions of the six London MOT maps at an improved scale of 2 inches to 1 mile. All on SABRE Maps [http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/maps/index.php?view=51.50562,-0.08053&map=LonMap&zoom=6&layer=0 here].

==People with camera copies==
None - BL do not allow camera copies

Cartographic Items Maps 1205 (48)

2012-05-06T09:21:15Z

Ritchie333: New page: Category:British Library {{Header | title = Ministry of Transport Road Map, England and Wales | daterange = 1923 | location = British Library }} This is one of the main files con...

[[Category:British Library]]
{{Header
| title = Ministry of Transport Road Map, England and Wales
| daterange = 1923
| location = British Library
}}

This is one of the main files containing MOT Maps for England and Wales, and consists of the following
<table>
<tr><td><b>Sheet number</b></td><td><b>Year</b></td><td>Notes</td></tr>
<tr><td>1</td><td>1922 - 23, 1926 - 27</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>2</td><td>1922 - 23 (2 copies)</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>3</td><td>1922 - 23, 1924 - 25</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td><td>1922 - 23, 1927 - 28</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>6</td><td>1922 - 23 (first printing), 1927 - 28</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>7</td><td>1922 - 23, 1926-27</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>8</td><td>1922 - 23 (2 copies)</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>9</td><td>1922 - 23, 1924 - 25</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>10</td><td>1922 - 23, 1927 - 28</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>11</td><td>1922 - 23 (2 copies)</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>12</td><td>1922 - 23, 1924 - 25 </td><td>Appears to be superficially identical to the 1922 - 23 print</td></tr>
<tr><td>13</td><td>1922 - 23, 1924 - 25</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>14</td><td>1922 - 23, 1927 - 28</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>15</td><td>1922 - 23, 1927 - 28</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>16</td><td>1922 - 23, 1926 - 27</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>17</td><td>1922 - 23, 1924 - 25</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>18</td><td>1922 - 23, 1926 - 27</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>19</td><td>1922 - 23, 1927 - 28</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>20</td><td>1922 - 23 (2 copies)</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>21</td><td>1922 - 23, 1927 - 28</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>22</td><td>1922 - 23, 1924 - 25</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>23</td><td>1922 - 23, 1926 - 27</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>24</td><td>1922 - 23, 1927 - 28</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>25</td><td>1922 - 23, 1927 - 28</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>26</td><td>1922 - 23, 1924 - 25</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>27</td><td>1922 - 23, 1926 - 27</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>28</td><td>1922 - 23, 1924 - 25</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>29</td><td>1922 - 23, 1926 - 27</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>30</td><td>1922 - 23, 1927 - 28</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>31</td><td>1922 - 23, 1927 - 28</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>32</td><td>1922 - 23, 1926 - 27</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>33</td><td>1922 - 23, 1927 - 28</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>34</td><td>1922 - 23, 1927 - 28</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>35</td><td>1922 - 23, 1927 - 28</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>36</td><td>1922 - 23, 1927 - 28</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>37</td><td>1922 - 23, 1927 - 28</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>38</td><td>1922 - 23, 1926 - 27</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>39</td><td>1922 - 23</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>40</td><td>1922 - 23, 1925 - 26</td><td></td></tr>
</table>

==People with camera copies==
None - BL do not allow camera copies

Cartographic Items Maps 1140 (10)

2012-04-23T18:22:15Z

Ritchie333: New page: Category:British Library {{Header | title = Road Map of Great Britain showing the numbers and classification of the Ministry of Transport Scale, ten miles to one inch, etc | datera...

[[Category:British Library]]
{{Header
| title = Road Map of Great Britain showing the numbers and classification of the Ministry of Transport Scale, ten miles to one inch, etc
| daterange = 1932
| location = British Library
}}

{{Waste of Time}}

This is the 1932 Ten Mile Map, but dissected into A4 pieces. In other words, not as good as what SABRE has online. If you really want to see an original of this, go to the [[National Library of Scotland]] who have a better copy.

==People with camera copies==
None - BL do not allow camera copies

Category:British Library

2012-04-23T18:18:20Z

Ritchie333: New page: This category contains all documents in the British Library.

This category contains all documents in the [[British Library]].

Cartographic Items Maps 1205 (126)

2012-04-23T18:17:41Z

Ritchie333: New page: Category:British Library {{Header | title = Ministry of Transport Road Map, England and Wales | daterange = 1923 - 1936 | location = British Library }} This is the main file cont...

[[Category:British Library]]
{{Header
| title = Ministry of Transport Road Map, England and Wales
| daterange = 1923 - 1936
| location = British Library
}}

This is the main file containing MOT Maps for England and Wales, and consists of the following
<table>
<tr><td><b>Sheet number</b></td><td><b>Year</b></td><td>Condition</td></tr>
<tr><td>1</td><td>1926 - 27</td><td>Dissected</td></tr>
<tr><td>2</td><td>1922 - 23</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>3</td><td>1924 - 25</td><td>Dissected</td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td><td>1922 - 23</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>6</td><td>1922 - 23</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td>1936 - 37</td><td>Dissected, B roads in purple</td></tr>
<tr><td>7</td><td>1922 - 23</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>8</td><td>1922 - 23</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>9</td><td>1924 - 25</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>10</td><td>1922 - 23</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>11</td><td>1922 - 23</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>12</td><td>1922 - 23</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>13</td><td>1924 - 25</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>14</td><td>1922 - 23</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>15</td><td>1922 - 23</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>16</td><td>1922 - 23</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>17</td><td>1924 - 25</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>18</td><td>1922 - 23</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>19</td><td>1924 - 25</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>20</td><td>1922 - 23</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>21</td><td>1922 - 23</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>22</td><td>1922 - 23</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td>1924 - 25</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>23</td><td>1922 - 23</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>24</td><td>1922 - 23</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>25</td><td>1922 - 23</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td>1924 - 25</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>26</td><td>1922 - 23</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td>1924 - 25</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>27</td><td>1922 - 23</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>28</td><td>1922 - 23</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td>1924 - 25</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>29</td><td>1922 - 23</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>30</td><td>1922 - 23</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>31</td><td>1922 - 23</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>32</td><td>1922 - 23</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>33</td><td>1922 - 23</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>34</td><td>1922 - 23</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>35</td><td>1922 - 23</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>36</td><td>1922 - 23</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>37</td><td>1922 - 23</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>38</td><td>1922 - 23</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>39</td><td>1924 - 25</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>40</td><td>1922 - 23</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td>1924 - 25</td><td></td></tr>
</table>

==People with camera copies==
None - BL do not allow camera copies

British Library

2012-04-23T17:06:09Z

Ritchie333: New page: Category:Archives Category:British Library The '''British Library''' holds (as a legal requirement) every published work in the UK. This includes all major maps produced by the Ord...

[[Category:Archives]]
[[Category:British Library]]
The '''British Library''' holds (as a legal requirement) every published work in the UK. This includes all major maps produced by the Ordnance Survey and elsewhere, and anything published by HMSO.

{|
|'''Authority'''
|HM Government
|-
|'''Location'''
|St Pancras WC1H 8NN. [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?rlz=1C1CHFX_en-GBGB444GB444&q=british+library&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&sa=N&tab=wl See map]
|-
|'''Membership/ID'''
|Restricted membership; see below
|-
|'''Photocopy policy'''
|Not yet known
|-
|'''Camera policy'''
|No cameras allowed
|}

==What is held here==

By legal requirement, anything ever commercially published has to be stored in the British Library. Consequently, they have an extensive collection of maps. Due to the destruction of the Ordnance Survey's archive facilities during World War II, they contain essential mapping information that is hard to find elsewhere. Access to the library is difficult, but rewarding.

==How to use it==

Come out of St Pancras or Euston station and follow signs. It's on the A501, but don't expect to be able to park anywhere.

Before you can access ''anything'' in the library, you must register for a reader's pass. The BL will give these out if they are reasonably sure you are looking for items that only they have, but you need to do your homework first! You '''cannot''' just turn up with some ID and expect to get in.

First, have a look at [http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=1&dstmp=1335199848901&vid=BLVU1&fromLogin=true The British Library's online catalogue] and make a note of the shelfmarks of items you want to have a look at.

Next, you need to [https://register.bl.uk/RegReader.aspx?ServiceId=1 pre-register for a reader's ticket]. Follow the instructions, and print out the reader number that you are given with.

When you enter the BL, you'll be given a quick search by security. Reader's registration is upstairs to the Upper Ground floor and to the right. Give the clerk your printed out pre-registration form and complete the application using one of the available terminals. You'll be given a ticket number - when your number is called out, go to the desk where a clerk will give you a quick interview to check you ''really'' want to be here, and know what you're talking about, or whether you're just a confused numpty who thought you might be able to borrow the latest Mills & Boon and talk your way around not having a valid proof of address.

[[User:Ritchie333|Ritchie]] turned up with the required ID, a printout of the pre-registration form and a list of shelfmarks, and got a pass almost immediately. Your mileage may vary.

Having obtained a pass, you will need to go to the locker room in the basement to drop off coats and bags. You are only allowed pencils, paper and clear plastic bags inside the BL - when you register for a pass, you'll be given a specific list of things you can't take in.

==Facilities==

The map room is on the third floor, and contains large tables for spreading out maps on, similar to the second floor in the National Archives. Once you're registered, you can wander up to a terminal and start ordering things. You need to add items to the reservation list first, which will check their availability, then you can click on "Request item" to get them.

The online catalogue is rather byzantine and unhelpful. Don't expect to be able to do nice searches like "MT photographs" that you can do in the National Archives that instantly retrieve potential treasures. Items take about 70 minutes to retrieve for storing, and you can only order 4 items at a time. However, you can at least reserve them the day before you visit. In fact, doing your homework before you go seems to be essential for visiting the BL.

The BL do not allow cameras '''at all''', so don't pull out your iPhone and start snapping away.

There are a number of restaurants in the BL. Food is a bit nicer than the National Archives' cafe, but about twice as expensive.

==Opening hours==
The British Library's opening hours can be found [http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/quickinfo/loc/stp/opening/index.html here].

==Items found here==

See the [[:Category:British Library|full list]] for this establishment.

Category:Archives

2012-04-23T16:42:21Z

Ritchie333: Added British Library

This is the full listing of all the archive and library facilities currently found on ArchiveWiki. If you add a new one, please make sure it goes on this list. The [[National Archives]] appear at the top of the page; the rest of the list is alphabetical.

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|style="background-color:#DDD;" align="center"|[[Hampshire Record Office|Site Info]]
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|style="background-color:#DDD;" align="center"|[[Lambeth Archives|Site Info]]
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|style="background-color:#DDD;" align="center"|[[Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Record Office|Site Info]]
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|Somerset Record Office
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|style="background-color:#DDD;" align="center"|[[William Salt Library|Site Info]]
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|Stafford: William Salt Library
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MT 95/300

2012-02-25T14:41:49Z

Ritchie333: Stub

[[Category:Subseries MT 95]]
{{Header
| title = Motorway No. 7 - Bridges, London - South Wales Motorway - Maidenhead By-Pass
| daterange =
| nacatref =
| series = MT
| subseries = 95
}}

==Context==
This file discusses the projects to construct the various bridges along the Maidenhead By-Pass, most principally the one over the Thames, which takes up the bulk of the discussion. The large quantities of balance sheets, work schedule and general paperwork may start eyes to glare over, but the file is saved by a nice collection of A6 size black and white photos at the back, showing this bit of the M4 under construction.

==People with camera copies==
[[User:Ritchie333|Ritchie]] has the bridge photos.

OS 1/145

2012-02-25T14:38:57Z

Ritchie333: Stub

[[Category:Subseries OS 1]]
{{Header
| title = Quarter Inch Map Special Sheet - Wales and the Marches
| daterange =
| nacatref =
| series = OS
| subseries = 1
}}

{{Waste of Time}}

==Context==
This file is little more than a few bits of discussion about who pays for the map and who should do the cover, along with a bunch of people saying "thanks for the map - it's great" to the OS. But as for the actual map itself - you'll have to look elsewhere, I'm afraid

==People with camera copies==
None

OS 1/1136

2011-11-18T14:33:09Z

Ritchie333: /* Context */

[[Category:Subseries OS 1]]
{{Header
| title = Road map: 1:625,000
| daterange = 1957 - 1964
| nacatref = 3087271
| series = OS
| subseries = 1
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{{delight}}

==Context==
It's the 1964 Ten Mile Map of Britain, Sheet 2! What more can one say?
Includes four mile inserts for London, the Midlands and Manchester, and marks the first appearance of motorways on a ten mile map.

==People with copies==
[[User:Ritchie333|Richie Swann]] ran full speed to the copying desk and demanded a CD scan of it immediately or else there would be trouble. Of course, since the scan doesn't come out of copyright until 2015, there really wasn't a need to rush, was there?