Focus on
Bringing the Bethnal Green disaster to light
The government tried to keep the details of the Bethnal Green Tube shelter disaster of 1943 private – but a court case brought the terrible story to light.
Series
Department of Transport and successors: Tolls and Signs Division and successors:...
Catalogue reference: LM 7
What's it about?
LM 7
These records relate to national infrastructure projects, including the M25 and the Dartford Crossing, and related policy development. The records, in the main, are Assistant Secretary Papers.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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LM 7
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Transport and successors: Tolls and Signs Division and successors: Registered Files (TS Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1985-1998
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Description (What the record is about)
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These records relate to national infrastructure projects, including the M25 and the Dartford Crossing, and related policy development. The records, in the main, are Assistant Secretary Papers.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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These records are arranged in chronological and prefix order
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also: MT 125/578 MT 125/579
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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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TS file 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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- Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, 1997-2001
- Department of Transport, 1976-1997
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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59 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2016 Department for 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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- Topics
- Transport management
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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Deparment of Environment, Transport and the Regions, 1998-2001; Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions, 2001-2002; Department of Transport, 2002 to present
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1986 onwards
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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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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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These records are illustrative of policy formation or substantial involvement in nationally significant projects. As such, these records have been selected under criterias 3.1.1 and 3.1.3 of the Records Collection Policy.
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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 Tolls and Signs Division was created in 1986, under the Highways Policy and Programme, drawing together elements of the then Traffic and Local Division and the tolls element of the Highways Division. The responsibilities of the new division were policy on tolled estuarial crossings, directional traffic signs, traffic signs regulations and co-ordination of work on the completion of the M25.
In 1988 responsibilities for traffic signs were transferred to Roads Engineering and the newly entitled Tolls and Dartford Crossing Division was given responsibility for the provision of a larger crossing at Dartford. By 1989 responsibilities were expanded to include the Second Severn Cross and privately funded highways.
The departmental responsibility for these records is defined as follows:
Department of Transport:
1986-1987: Department of Transport: Highways, Policy and Programme: Tolls and Signs Division.
1988: Department of Transport: Highways, Policy and Programme: Tolls and Dartford Crossing Division.
1989: Department of Transport: Highways, Policy and Programme: Tolled Crossings Division.
1990: Department of Transport: Highways, Policy and Porgramme: Tolled Roads.
1991: Department of Transport: Highways, Policy and Programme: Tolled Roads and Crossings.
1992-1994: Department of Transport: Highways, Policy and Resources: Tolled Roads and Crossings.
1995-1996: Department of Transport: National Roads Policy: Tolled Roads and Crossings.
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions:
1997: Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions: Roads and Local Transport Policy Directorate: National Roads Policy: Tolling and Private Finance Division.
1998: Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions: Planning, Roads and Local Transport Group: National Roads Policy: Tolling and Private Finance Division.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14883331/
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The Bethnal Green Tube shelter disaster
On one tragic night in March 1943 in Bethnal Green, East London, 173 people lost their lives taking shelter from German bombing as the air raid sirens sounded.
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