MT 39/241: Difference between revisions

From ArchiveWiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
No edit summary
No edit summary
Line 27: Line 27:
==Related files==
==Related files==
:'''[[MFQ 1/708]]''' 17 items extracted from MT 39/241. Drawn by the Ministry of Transport to illustrate the new numbering of A-class roads (1921-1923)
:'''[[MFQ 1/708]]''' 17 items extracted from MT 39/241. Drawn by the Ministry of Transport to illustrate the new numbering of A-class roads (1921-1923)
:'''[[MT 38/18]]''' Classification of roads and numbering (1913)


==People with camera copies==
==People with camera copies==
[[User:Chris5156|Chris Marshall]] has a partial copy, including all diagrams and selected correspondence.
[[User:Chris5156|Chris Marshall]] has a partial copy, including all diagrams and selected correspondence.
__NOTOC__
__NOTOC__

Revision as of 12:17, 18 January 2009

Location National Archives
Title CLASSIFICATION: Numbering system
Date range 1921-1949
Catalogue See entry


This article is a stub.
You can help out by expanding it.


Context

Road numbering was a new and exciting subject in the early 1920s which required a great deal of discussion and preparation, and this file contains the majority of what went on at the Ministry of Transport as they set about creating a classification scheme.

Plans and diagrams from this file are now located at MFQ 1/708.

Contents of note

  • Correspondence with M. Michelin, circa 1921, relating to his proposals for a road numbering system in the UK. He suggested zones, each lettered, within which major roads would get a capital prefix and minor roads would get a lower-case suffix (eg. F52 and 52f).
  • One of the very few numbering errors was the B1217, originally numbered B6379 despite starting on the A1 and heading east.

Related files

MFQ 1/708 17 items extracted from MT 39/241. Drawn by the Ministry of Transport to illustrate the new numbering of A-class roads (1921-1923)
MT 38/18 Classification of roads and numbering (1913)

People with camera copies

Chris Marshall has a partial copy, including all diagrams and selected correspondence.