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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.
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Highways Agency and successors: Network Programme Division: Registered Files (NP...
Catalogue reference: HWA 28
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HWA 28
This series contains records relating to the translation of the roads strategy of Department of Transport into a manageable programme for the Highways Agency.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HWA 28
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Title (The name of the record)
- Highways Agency and successors: Network Programme Division: Registered Files (NP Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1994-1997
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records relating to the translation of the roads strategy of Department of Transport into a manageable programme for the Highways Agency.
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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)
- NP Prefix
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Highways Agency, 1994-2015
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 7 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- 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 2022 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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- 1994-2015 - The Highways Agency; 2015 onwards Highways England
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16980316/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: HWA
Records created or inherited by the Highways Agency and Successors
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