Ringways References: Difference between revisions

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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.

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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Early plans

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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.
-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/ringway1/north.shtml North Cross Route]===
+===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/background/earlyplans.shtml Early plans]===
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-;Route, Willesden Junction - Hackney Wick
-:[[T 319/1842]] contains the standard GLC route map for Ringway 1
-;Route published in 1966
-:[[MT 106/437]] for engineering plans, route study and publicity
-;Demolition of Sigmund Freud's house
-;Link roads from Willesden to Harlesden, M40 and M4
+;New Road opened ca. 1756
-:[[MT 106/437]]
+;Royal Commission on London Traffic
+:[[SJ 16]]
+;Rees Jeffreys' ring road proposal
+:[[SJ 16]] has outline only
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-;British Rail's objection to motorway over Camden Goods Yard
-;PNLR terminus on Ringway 1
+;Traffic Board for London
-:[[MT 106/437]] in plan sheets
+:[[SJ 16]]
-;M11 to Angel link alternative route on line of A10
+;Arterial Routes built by 1930s
-:[[MT 106/437]] in study on alternative links to York Way and Hackney Wick
-;Barbara Castle newspaper controversy
+;Highway Development Survey 1937
-:[[MT 106/437]]
+:[[SJ 16]] has outline
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-===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway1/east.shtml East Cross Route]===
+===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/background/wartimeplans.shtml Wartime plans]===
 {{Col-begin}}
 {{Col-2}}
-;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
-:GLC/TD/C/P/01 held at [[London Metropolitan Archives]]
-;Sections of road previously under motorway restrictions
-;Sections of East Cross Route designated A106
+;The County of London Plan, 1943
-:OS Landranger map (details to follow)
+:See [[County of London Plan (1943)]]
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-;A13 interchange as temporary measure
-;Third Blackwall Tunnel bore planned
-:A-Z map (details to follow)
-;Kidbrooke Interchange (A2/A20/Ringway 1)
+;The Greater London Plan, 1944
-:[[HLG 159/1257]]
+:See [[Greater London Plan (1944)]]
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-===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway1/south.shtml South Cross Route]===
+===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/background/postwar.shtml Post-war and beyond]===
 {{Col-begin}}
 {{Col-2}}
-;Route, Kidbrooke - Clapham Junction
-:[[T 319/1842]] contains the standard GLC route map for Ringway 1
-;Kidbrooke Interchange (A2/A20/Ringway 1)
-:[[HLG 159/1257]]
-;Blackheath tunnel and alternative line proposals
+;Proposal to reverse roles of A and B rings
-:[[HLG 159/1257]] for proposals made by LB Greenwich and Buchanan
+:[[MT 95/86]] discusses little else
-:[[MT 106/299]] for report in ''South London Press'', 09/04/1971, including trial bore holes made by GLC
-;New Cross Spur interchange
+;Land for road construction not protected
-;Split carriageways at Denmark Hill
+;M1 to terminate near Marble Arch
+:[[MT 112/67]] & [[SJ 15]]
-{{Col-2}}
+;Motorway Box replaces A- and B-rings
-;Brixton section, and redevelopment of Brixton
-:[[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
-;Barrier Block (Southwyck House), Brixton
+;Eastern side was pre-existing road proposal
-:[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
+;LCC plans and omission of Motorway Box
-:[[MT 106/299]] for details on commissioning and funding
-{{Col-end}}
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+;West Cross Route planning status in 1962
-===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway1/west.shtml West Cross Route]===
+:[[West Cross Route: Interim Report on Stage I (1962)]] - document is dated April 1962
-{{Col-begin}}
 {{Col-2}}
-;Route, Clapham Junction - Holland Park
+;GLC purpose included planning of road network
-:[[MT 106/188]]
-:[[CM 08]]
-;Route, Holland Park - Westway
+;Consultants brought in to assist GLC with planning
-:This road is as-built before 1973.
+:Letter from GLC to MoT (London Highways Division), 3 September 1968, held at [[MT 106/299]]
-:[[T 319/1842]] confirms the whole route.
-;Route, Westway - Willesden Junction
+;GLC unhappy with use of Abercrombie terminology
-:[[MT 106/437]]
-;Elevated motorway with three or four lanes
+;GLC's overall plan and timescale
+:[[HLG 159/572]] has full timescale, and costs the scheme at £1.7bn
-;Interchange at Chelsea, and alternative plans
+;Evening Standard report with incorrect cost and rehousing numbers
-:[[MT 106/188]] for complex looped interchange
+:''Evening Standard'' 26/05/66, "That motorway box 'could cost £3000m'"
-:''Check - not sure?'' for east-facing directional interchange
-{{Col-2}}
+;Camden suggesting higher capacity on North Cross Route
-;Designs for A4 interchange
-:[[MT 106/188]] for stacked roundabout
-:''Check - not sure?'' for west-facing directional interchange
-;Dual carriageway proposal forking to two bridges
-;Western Environmental Improvement Route
-:West London Assessment Study, Stage II. Viewed at Richmond Archives. Detailed page to follow.
-;Mention of proposal to link Chelsea and Victoria Embankments
-:[[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/camden.shtml Camden Town Bypass]===
+===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/background/epilogue.shtml Epilogue]===
 {{Col-begin}}
 {{Col-2}}
-;Route, Camden Road - Euston Road
-:[[MT 106/437]] includes full engineering diagrams
-:[[HLG 159/2457]]
-{{Col-2}}
+;Correspondence between Ministry and GLC
-;Oval Road cantilever over bypass
+:[[T 319/1842]] has memos in 1969 asking about "killing the whole project"
-:[[MT 106/437]] for written description of the route
-;Artist's impression
+;Estimate of cost at 1970
-:[[MT 106/437]] for GLC publicity on 'new roads in N and E London'
+:[[T 319/1842]] has the GLC estimating £1,700m
-{{Col-end}}
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+;GLDP as biggest inquiry in British history
-===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway1/balham.shtml Balham Loop]===
-{{Col-begin}}
+;Protest groups set up in South West London
-{{Col-2}}
+:''The Borough News'' 16/10/70; p. 16 "Putney Motorway Action Group formed"
-;Route, Clapham - Brixton via Tulse Hill
+:Further items to be added to this list.
-:[[T 319/1842]] has the standard GLC map of Ringway 1, including the Balham Loop
-;Publication of route in 1966
-:''Check this'' - sure there is a written summary of whole of R1 including BL, probably dated
-;Withdrawal of route in 1967
-:Report in ''Wandsworth Boro' News'', 21/01/1967
-{{Col-2}}
+;Grove Park Group's analysis and report
-;Map with Balham Loop crossed out
-;Quote from Southern Railway poster
+;Coalition of South London councils
+:''Clapham Observer'' 11/02/72; "Councils combine to fight M-way 'madness'"
-{{Col-end}}
+;Barnes Motorway Action Group newspaper spread
+:''Putney and Roehampton Herald'' 02/07/70 (held at [[Wandsworth Local History Service]])
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-==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway2/ Ringway 2]==
-{{Col-begin}}
+;Layfield Report decision on Ringway 1
-{{Col-2}}
+:[[HLG 159/626]] has the full decision on transport
-;Objector arguing that R2 would only encourage cars
 {{Col-2}}
-;Objector from Strand-on-the-Green association
+;DoE memo to Treasury recommending Layfield's proposals
+:[[T 319/2655]]
-{{Col-end}}
+;Government policy on Motorway Box
+:[[T 319/2655]]
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+;Leaks in Sunday Times and Private Eye
-===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway2/north.shtml North Circular Road]===
+:[[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
-{{Col-begin}}
+;Treasury memo puts Ringway 1 "out of the question"
-{{Col-2}}
+:[[T 319/2655]] includes memo dated 20/02/1973 from Diana Seammen to Mr Howard, stating "the Inner Motorway Box will never be implemented"
-;Route, Hanger Lane - Woodford
+;MoT merges R3 and R4 to form M25
-:This road was pre-existing
-:[[HLG 159/1024]] indicates that the existing North Circular was to be upgraded
-;North Circular as Trunk Route
+;GLC cancels R2 plans in favour of M25
-:[[MT 106/151]] indicates that, in 1961, the North Circular was the responsibility of the MoT
-{{Col-2}}
+;A102(M), A40(M), M41 open to traffic by 1973
-;Ministry of Transport proposals, 1961
-:[[MT 106/151]] for the report itself
-:[[MT 106/152]] for accompanying plans and diagrams
+;Motorways within Greater London downgraded
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-===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway2/east.shtml Eastern Section]===
+==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway1/ Ringway 1]==
-{{Col-begin}}
+See [[:Category:Ringway 1]].
-{{Col-2}}
-;Route, Woodford - A13
-;Route, A13 - Thamesmead
+==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway2/ Ringway 2]==
-;Route, Thamesmead - A2
+See [[:Category:Ringway 2]].
-;A406 previously terminated at Gants Hill
+==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway3/ Ringway 3]==
-{{Col-2}}
+See [[:Category:Ringway 3]].
-;Proposed designation M15
-;1960s preference for tunnel
+==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway4/ Ringway 4]==
-;Controversy surrounding Oxleas Wood
+See [[:Category:Ringway 4]].
-;Resurrection of river crossing by Ken Livingstone
+==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/northern/ Northern Radials]==
-{{Col-end}}
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+See [[:Category:Radials North]].
-===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway2/south.shtml Southern Section]===
+==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/western/ Western Radials]==
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+See [[:Category:Radials West]].
-===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway2/west.shtml Western Link]===
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-==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway3/ Ringway 3]==
-===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway3/west.shtml Western Section]===
-{{Col-begin}}
+==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/southern/ Southern Radials]==
-{{Col-2}}
-;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
+See [[:Category:Radials South]].
-:Check (same as MoT route)
-:[[MT 106/291]] for 1964 route through Stanmore and Harrow to M1 junction 3
-{{Col-2}}
-;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
-:[[HLG 159/321]]
-;Previous plans for D-Ring and to link M1 and Heathrow by dual carriageway
-;Memo indicating urban or rural motorway standard
-:[[MT 106/413]]
-;File suggesting route number M16
-{{Col-end}}