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This is an experiment into how references might be collated and published for the Ringways articles. The references will not be placed on the pages themselves, to avoid it becoming too academic and even less readable, but instead will be collated here, with each key point in the text married up with its source.
This is an experiment into how references might be collated and published for the Ringways articles. The references will not be placed on the pages themselves, to avoid it becoming too academic and even less readable, but instead will be collated here, with each key point in the text married up with its source.


Wish me luck!
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==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/background/ Background]==


==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway1/ Ringway 1]==
===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/background/earlyplans.shtml Early plans]===
 
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;New Road opened ca. 1756
;Royal Commission on London Traffic
:[[SJ 16]]
 
;Rees Jeffreys' ring road proposal
:[[SJ 16]] has outline only
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;Traffic Board for London
:[[SJ 16]]


===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway1/north.shtml North Cross Route]===
;Arterial Routes built by 1930s


;Route, Willesden Junction - Hackney Wick
;Highway Development Survey 1937
:[[T 319/1842]] contains the standard GLC route map for Ringway 1
:[[SJ 16]] has outline
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;Route published in 1966
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:[[MT 106/437]] for engineering plans, route study and publicity


;Demolition of Sigmund Freud's house
===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/background/wartimeplans.shtml Wartime plans]===


;Link roads from Willesden to Harlesden, M40 and M4
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:[[MT 106/437]]
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;British Rail's objection to motorway over Camden Goods Yard
;The County of London Plan, 1943
:See [[County of London Plan (1943)]]


;PNLR terminus on Ringway 1
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:[[MT 106/437]] in plan sheets


;M11 to Angel link alternative route on line of A10
;The Greater London Plan, 1944
:[[MT 106/437]] in study on alternative links to York Way and Hackney Wick
:See [[Greater London Plan (1944)]]
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;Barbara Castle newspaper controversy
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:[[MT 106/437]]


===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway1/east.shtml East Cross Route]===
===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/background/postwar.shtml Post-war and beyond]===


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;Route, Hackney Wick to Kidbrooke
:Road is as-built before 1973
:[[T 319/1842]] contains the standard GLC route map for Ringway 1


;Existing proposal by London County Council
;Proposal to reverse roles of A and B rings
:GLC/TD/C/P/01 held at [[London Metropolitan Archives]]
:[[MT 95/86]] discusses little else


;Sections of road previously under motorway restrictions
;Land for road construction not protected


;Sections of East Cross Route designated A106
;M1 to terminate near Marble Arch
:OS Landranger map (details to follow)
:[[MT 112/67]] & [[SJ 15]]
 
;Motorway Box replaces A- and B-rings
 
;Eastern side was pre-existing road proposal
 
;LCC plans and omission of Motorway Box
 
;West Cross Route planning status in 1962
:[[West Cross Route: Interim Report on Stage I (1962)]] - document is dated April 1962


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;A13 interchange as temporary measure
;GLC purpose included planning of road network


;Third Blackwall Tunnel bore planned
;Consultants brought in to assist GLC with planning
:A-Z map (details to follow)
:Letter from GLC to MoT (London Highways Division), 3 September 1968, held at [[MT 106/299]]


;Kidbrooke Interchange (A2/A20/Ringway 1)
;GLC unhappy with use of Abercrombie terminology
:[[HLG 159/1257]]
 
;GLC's overall plan and timescale
:[[HLG 159/572]] has full timescale, and costs the scheme at £1.7bn
 
;Evening Standard report with incorrect cost and rehousing numbers
:''Evening Standard'' 26/05/66, "That motorway box 'could cost £3000m'"
 
;Camden suggesting higher capacity on North Cross Route
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===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway1/south.shtml South Cross Route]===
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;Route, Kidbrooke - Clapham Junction
===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/background/epilogue.shtml Epilogue]===
:[[T 319/1842]] contains the standard GLC route map for Ringway 1


;Kidbrooke Interchange (A2/A20/Ringway 1)
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:[[HLG 159/1257]]
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;Blackheath tunnel and alternative line proposals
;Correspondence between Ministry and GLC
:[[HLG 159/1257]] for proposals made by LB Greenwich and Buchanan
:[[T 319/1842]] has memos in 1969 asking about "killing the whole project"
:[[MT 106/299]] for report in ''South London Press'', 09/04/1971, including trial bore holes made by GLC


;New Cross Spur interchange
;Estimate of cost at 1970
:[[T 319/1842]] has the GLC estimating £1,700m


;Split carriageways at Denmark Hill
;GLDP as biggest inquiry in British history


;Brixton section, and redevelopment of Brixton
;Protest groups set up in South West London
:[[LBL/BDD/1/16/1]], [[LBL/BDD/1/16/2]] and [[LBL/BDD/2/4]] for various incarnations of the Brixton Town Centre Redevelopment Plan within the Ringway timeframe
:''The Borough News'' 16/10/70; p. 16 "Putney Motorway Action Group formed"
:Further items to be added to this list.


;Barrier Block (Southwyck House), Brixton
;Grove Park Group's analysis and report
:[http://www.urban75.org/brixton/features/barrier.html Urban 75] have a well-researched report from original files at Lambeth Archives, verified by the site's authors


;Engineer's Reports
;Coalition of South London councils
:[[MT 106/299]] for details on commissioning and funding
:''Clapham Observer'' 11/02/72; "Councils combine to fight M-way 'madness'"


===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway1/west.shtml West Cross Route]===
;Barnes Motorway Action Group newspaper spread
:''Putney and Roehampton Herald'' 02/07/70 (held at [[Wandsworth Local History Service]])


;Route, Clapham Junction - Holland Park
;Layfield Report decision on Ringway 1
:[[MT 106/188]]
:[[HLG 159/626]] has the full decision on transport
:[[CM 08]]


;Route, Holland Park - Westway
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:This road is as-built before 1973.
;DoE memo to Treasury recommending Layfield's proposals
:[[T 319/1842]] confirms the whole route.
:[[T 319/2655]]


;Route, Westway - Willesden Junction
;Government policy on Motorway Box
:[[MT 106/437]]
:[[T 319/2655]]


;Elevated motorway with three or four lanes
;Leaks in Sunday Times and Private Eye
:[[T 319/2655]] has details - specific editions are:
::''Sunday Times'' 11/02/1973; "The Motor Car Wins its Biggest Victory"
::''Sunday Times'' 18/02/1973; "Full Cabinet approves London's Motorway Box"
::''Private Eye'' 23/02/1973


;Interchange at Chelsea, and alternative plans
;Treasury memo puts Ringway 1 "out of the question"
:[[MT 106/188]] for complex looped interchange
:[[T 319/2655]] includes memo dated 20/02/1973 from Diana Seammen to Mr Howard, stating "the Inner Motorway Box will never be implemented"
:''Check - not sure?'' for east-facing directional interchange


;Designs for A4 interchange
;MoT merges R3 and R4 to form M25
:[[MT 106/188]] for stacked roundabout
:''Check - not sure?'' for west-facing directional interchange


;Dual carriageway proposal forking to two bridges
;GLC cancels R2 plans in favour of M25


;Western Environmental Improvement Route
;A102(M), A40(M), M41 open to traffic by 1973
:West London Assessment Study, Stage II. Viewed at Richmond Archives. Detailed page to follow.


;Mention of proposal to link Chelsea and Victoria Embankments
;Motorways within Greater London downgraded
:[[LA 02]] mentions this plan - detailed diagrams and documents yet to be located
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==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway1/ Ringway 1]==
 
See [[:Category:Ringway 1]].
 
==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway2/ Ringway 2]==
 
See [[:Category:Ringway 2]].


==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway3/ Ringway 3]==
==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway3/ Ringway 3]==


===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway3/west.shtml Western Section]===
See [[:Category:Ringway 3]].
 
==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway4/ Ringway 4]==


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See [[:Category:Ringway 4]].
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;Route, Thames - M3
;Route, M3 - M4 - Yeading
;Route, options at Yeading
;Route, MoT option Yeading - South Oxhey
:Check (same as GLC route)


;Route, GLC option Yeading - South Oxhey
==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/northern/ Northern Radials]==
:Check (same as MoT route)
:[[MT 106/291]] for 1964 route through Stanmore and Harrow to M1 junction 3


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See [[:Category:Radials North]].
;R3 connecting to M3 junction 1
;R3 connecting to M3 at new junction at Upper Halliford (inc. reserved land and property dispute)
:[[MT 120/169]]


;Cost comparison of Ministry and GLC route options
==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/western/ Western Radials]==
:[[HLG 159/321]]


;Previous plans for D-Ring and to link M1 and Heathrow by dual carriageway
See [[:Category:Radials West]].
;Memo indicating urban or rural motorway standard
:[[MT 106/413]]


;File suggesting route number M16
==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/southern/ Southern Radials]==


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See [[:Category:Radials South]].

Latest revision as of 19:19, 10 March 2011

This is an experiment into how references might be collated and published for the Ringways articles. The references will not be placed on the pages themselves, to avoid it becoming too academic and even less readable, but instead will be collated here, with each key point in the text married up with its source.

Background

Early plans

New Road opened ca. 1756
Royal Commission on London Traffic
SJ 16
Rees Jeffreys' ring road proposal
SJ 16 has outline only
Traffic Board for London
SJ 16
Arterial Routes built by 1930s
Highway Development Survey 1937
SJ 16 has outline

Wartime plans

The County of London Plan, 1943
See County of London Plan (1943)
The Greater London Plan, 1944
See Greater London Plan (1944)

Post-war and beyond

Proposal to reverse roles of A and B rings
MT 95/86 discusses little else
Land for road construction not protected
M1 to terminate near Marble Arch
MT 112/67 & SJ 15
Motorway Box replaces A- and B-rings
Eastern side was pre-existing road proposal
LCC plans and omission of Motorway Box
West Cross Route planning status in 1962
West Cross Route: Interim Report on Stage I (1962) - document is dated April 1962
GLC purpose included planning of road network
Consultants brought in to assist GLC with planning
Letter from GLC to MoT (London Highways Division), 3 September 1968, held at MT 106/299
GLC unhappy with use of Abercrombie terminology
GLC's overall plan and timescale
HLG 159/572 has full timescale, and costs the scheme at £1.7bn
Evening Standard report with incorrect cost and rehousing numbers
Evening Standard 26/05/66, "That motorway box 'could cost £3000m'"
Camden suggesting higher capacity on North Cross Route

Epilogue

Correspondence between Ministry and GLC
T 319/1842 has memos in 1969 asking about "killing the whole project"
Estimate of cost at 1970
T 319/1842 has the GLC estimating £1,700m
GLDP as biggest inquiry in British history
Protest groups set up in South West London
The Borough News 16/10/70; p. 16 "Putney Motorway Action Group formed"
Further items to be added to this list.
Grove Park Group's analysis and report
Coalition of South London councils
Clapham Observer 11/02/72; "Councils combine to fight M-way 'madness'"
Barnes Motorway Action Group newspaper spread
Putney and Roehampton Herald 02/07/70 (held at Wandsworth Local History Service)
Layfield Report decision on Ringway 1
HLG 159/626 has the full decision on transport
DoE memo to Treasury recommending Layfield's proposals
T 319/2655
Government policy on Motorway Box
T 319/2655
Leaks in Sunday Times and Private Eye
T 319/2655 has details - specific editions are:
Sunday Times 11/02/1973; "The Motor Car Wins its Biggest Victory"
Sunday Times 18/02/1973; "Full Cabinet approves London's Motorway Box"
Private Eye 23/02/1973
Treasury memo puts Ringway 1 "out of the question"
T 319/2655 includes memo dated 20/02/1973 from Diana Seammen to Mr Howard, stating "the Inner Motorway Box will never be implemented"
MoT merges R3 and R4 to form M25
GLC cancels R2 plans in favour of M25
A102(M), A40(M), M41 open to traffic by 1973
Motorways within Greater London downgraded

Ringway 1

See Category:Ringway 1.

Ringway 2

See Category:Ringway 2.

Ringway 3

See Category:Ringway 3.

Ringway 4

See Category:Ringway 4.

Northern Radials

See Category:Radials North.

Western Radials

See Category:Radials West.

Southern Radials

See Category:Radials South.

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