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Bringing the Bethnal Green disaster to light
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Series
Ministry of Transport: Highways R (HR Series) Files
Catalogue reference: MT 122
What's it about?
MT 122
This series contains policy and case files of the Highways R and Highways General Divisions of the Ministry of Transport. The files relate to trunk roads in the West Midlands and to special roads and motorways radiating from London other than the...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MT 122
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Transport: Highways R (HR Series) Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1920-1971
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains policy and case files of the Highways R and Highways General Divisions of the Ministry of Transport. The files relate to trunk roads in the West Midlands and to special roads and motorways radiating from London other than the main long distance motorway network. The prefix HR was first raised by Highways R Division in 1962 following a re-organisation of the Highways and Traffic Directorate.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
File references in brackets refer to files that were attached to the main file.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also files on Welsh roads in BD 30
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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HR Series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Ministry of Transport, General Highways Planning Division, 1965-1970
- Ministry of Transport, Highways R Division, 1962-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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93 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 1983 to 1987 Department of Transport
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Highways R Division, was established in 1962, as a headquarters division operating on a geographical basis, responsible for administrative work on special roads in the Midlands linking the main north-south motorways. It was also responsible for special roads and motorways radiating from London other than the main long distance motorway network.
The division was dissolved in 1964 with the re-organisation of highway functions but the prefix and much of the work continued in Highway General Division. Other areas of its responsibility were divided among General Planning Division, Special Roads A, Special Roads B and the Divisional Road Engineers.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11171/
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