Roads
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 74 Collections and/or Records:
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Breathalyser, 1979-12 - 1989-11
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 3/2/1/80
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with the general public on the extension of breathalyser testing in drink driving offences, particularly relating to a speech by JEP to the Middlesex Magistrates Association (1 Dec 1979).
Dates:
1979-12 - 1989-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
Fonds
Cambridgeshire: Inclosure and Turnpike Trust Papers
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6011-6088
Scope and Contents
Minutes, claims, accounts and other material relating to inclosure commissions and Turnpike Trusts in Cambridgeshire.
Dates:
1797-1872
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Cambridge University Library
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Drink driving and road casualties, 1965-12 - 1986-03
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 3/2/1/56
Scope and Contents
Papers and correspondence on road safety legislation, including: extracts from Hansard; paper by John Adams, University College, London, on the efficacy of seat-belt legislation; Government publications giving statistics for driving offences and road accidents; Ministry of Transport paper on road safety legislation, 1965-66; reports on drink offences and the first year of the breathalyser; letters between Philip Goodhart, Minister responsible for Department of the Environment (Northern...
Dates:
1965-12 - 1986-03
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
File
GF L/R Trips 1966 (out and in), 1966
File
Reference Code: GBR/3437/WDTR/3/2/12
Scope and Contents
In 1966 Lord Taylour goes on a Land Rover trip with his crew. This file takes us through various villages, towns and cities in Europe, incorporating Belgium, Italy, Greece, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Germany. Prominent sites include Verona, Lucca, Rilski, Sarajevo, Jajce, Bamberg, Maastricht and Antwerp. Highlighted in this file are images of ancient sites, houses, streets and roads, picnics, natural landscapes and geographical features, beaches, ferries,churches, monasteries and...
Dates:
1966
File
Literary: News of the World articles by WSC 2., May 1938 - Sep 1938
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/615
Scope and Contents
Includes annotated proofs, galley proofs and cuttings from the News of the World for: "Peopling the Wide, Open Spaces of Empire" on foreign emigration to parts of the British Empire, factors which prevent the British from emigrating, and developing the Empire through investment and emigration; "Why Not 'The United States of Europe'?" on the harm done by European rivalries and nationalism, fascism and communism, the economic benefits of European integration, and the role of Britain towards...
Dates:
May 1938 - Sep 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
File
Official: Cabinet: Papers 1 - 19., 14 Jan 1929 - 30 Jan 1929
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/227
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: [1st] Lord Peel, Secretary of State for India, on Indian contributions to the home effective charges of the British army and the political situation in India; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the trade outlook and economic situation including details of various industries, exports and colonial trade; Sir Samuel Hoare [later 1st Lord...
Dates:
14 Jan 1929 - 30 Jan 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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Official: Cabinet: papers 1 - 39., 27 Jul 1923 - 29 Jan 1925
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/28
Scope and Contents
Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: draft instructions for the British representative at the 25th session of the governing body of the International Labour Office; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on subjects including the export of arms to the Soviet Union, the Merchant Shipping (International Labour Conventions) Bill, the Anglo-German Treaty and British Seamen, the...
Dates:
27 Jul 1923 - 29 Jan 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 61 - 80., 25 Feb 1929 - 16 Mar 1929
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/230
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on unemployment insurance; [Sir] John Gilmour, Secretary of State for Scotland, on Irish immigration; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs, on the Hilton Young commission on East Africa, the oil position in Iraq, and the effect of the treaty for the renunciation of war on the Irish Free State [later Ireland]; Wilfrid Ashley [later 1st Lord Mount Temple], Minister...
Dates:
25 Feb 1929 - 16 Mar 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
File
Official: Cabinet: papers 140 - 154., 28 Jan 1926 - 17 Apr 1926
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/92
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the Imperial War Graves Endowment Fund Bill, and the coal subsidy and German competition; the report by the Committee of Civil Research on the establishment of a national fuel and power committee; a Foreign Office memorandum on the new Anglo-Turkish-Iraq Treaty; Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later 1st Lord Brentford], Home Secretary, on the law covering shop closing hours; 1st Lord Peel,...
Dates:
28 Jan 1926 - 17 Apr 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
File
Official: Cabinet: Standing Committee on Expenditure: conclusions 7 - 11., 17 Nov 1925 - 30 Dec 1925
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/50
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: the grant for marketing Empire foodstuffs in Britain; Ministry of Labour provisional estimates (1926-1927) for unemployment insurance and training ex-service men; provision for unemployment relief; admission fees for national galleries and museums; Board of Trade provisional estimates (1926-1927); Ministry of Health services; the Navy, Army and Air Force Insurance Fund; the Road Fund; public opinion on the economy; the National Health Insurance Fund; Post Office estimates;...
Dates:
17 Nov 1925 - 30 Dec 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Standing Committee on Expenditure: Papers 13 - 27., 10 Feb 1925 - 17 Dec 1925
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/52
Scope and Contents
Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: Leo Amery, Secretary of State for the Colonies, on marketing Empire foodstuffs in Britain; extracts from speeches by Leo Amery, WSC, (Chancellor of the Exchequer), Stanley Baldwin, (Prime Minister), and from a meeting of the Council of Agriculture, on Empire foodstuffs; a Treasury memorandum on admission fees for national galleries and museums; a Treasury and Board of Education statement on the reduction of Education...
Dates:
10 Feb 1925 - 17 Dec 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
File
Official: Cabinet: Unemployment Committee: Conclusions (CU) 79 - 82., 11 Nov 1924 - 19 Dec 1924
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/24
Scope and Contents
Conclusions of meetings of the Unemployment Committee on the following subjects: the Unemployment Grants Committee; gas and electricity statutory orders; the Trade Facilities Committee; the Ministry of Transport's new road and bridge programme; the current position of unemployment; assistance to shipbuilding; the Severn Barrage Scheme; the dockyards and unemployment; building trade labour; Post Office works; assistance to public utilities, including railways; the Leith [Edinburgh, Scotland]...
Dates:
11 Nov 1924 - 19 Dec 1924
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Unemployment Committee: papers 724 - 737., 09 Jan 1925 - 27 Apr 1925
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/71
Scope and Contents
Includes papers from various individuals on unemployment, including: a Ministry of Labour report on the "Black Country" [Staffordshire] reclamation scheme; Charles Rey, Secretary to the Unemployment Grants Committee, on works for unemployment relief, 1925-1926; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on Scottish oil shale mines; Sir John Gilmour, Secretary for Scotland; a Scottish Board of Health memorandum on the...
Dates:
09 Jan 1925 - 27 Apr 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Unemployment Committee: papers 741 - 754., 15 Apr 1925 - 25 Jun 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/72
Scope and Contents
Includes papers from various individuals on unemployment, including: 1st Lord Aberconway [earlier Charles M'Laren] on extending the Trade Facilities Acts; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on subsidies to reduce unemployment; Mines Department memoranda on subsidised employment in the coal industry; a Ministry of Labour memorandum on unemployment relief in Germany; Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of...
Dates:
15 Apr 1925 - 25 Jun 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Unemployment Committee: papers 755 - 766., 23 Jun 1925 - 16 Dec 1925
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/73
Scope and Contents
Includes papers from various individuals on unemployment, including: Sir John Gilmour, Secretary for Scotland, on land drainage relief schemes; a Department of Overseas Trade report on the export credits scheme, and a note on agricultural machinery for Argentina; Wilfrid Ashley, Minister of Transport, on additional road and bridge schemes for the relief of unemployment; Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour; Sir Alfred Mond [later 1st Lord Melchett] on subsidies for unemployment...
Dates:
23 Jun 1925 - 16 Dec 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Unemployment Committee: Papers (CU) 704 - 723., 07 Jul 1924 - 16 Dec 1924
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/25
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: Charles Rey, Secretary to the Unemployment Grants Committee, on the work of the committee, and relief of the unemployed, winter 1924-1925; the third (interim) report of the proceedings of the Unemployment Grants Committee; Wilfrid Ashley, Minister of Transport, on the current position of the programme of road works for relief of the unemployed, electrical development, and the ability of the road fund to finance further...
Dates:
07 Jul 1924 - 16 Dec 1924
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Treasury: correspondence., 11 Dec 1926 - 30 Apr 1927
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/41
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Thomas Jones [Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet] and Sir Frank Heath [Secretary to the Advisory Council for Scientific and Industrial Research] on French liquid fuel; Sir Richard Hopkins [Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue] (3), Cornelius Gregg [Inland Revenue] (2), and F A Lindemann [later 1st Lord Cherwell] (3) on income tax rates; Sir Harry Goschen (2); James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (5); Sir Horace Hamilton...
Dates:
11 Dec 1926 - 30 Apr 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Treasury: correspondence., 23 Jan 1929 - 03 Jun 1929
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/101
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Leo Amery [Secretary of State for the Dominions] (2); Sir Thomas Davies MP on road relief; Sir Ernest Gowers [Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue] on his health; Neville Chamberlain [Minister of Health] (3) on subjects including him giving an interview to John Bull magazine; Donald Fergusson [Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (2); Herbert Spender-Clay MP; 1st Lord Hailsham [earlier Sir Douglas Hogg, Lord Chancellor]; Sir Austen Chamberlain...
Dates:
23 Jan 1929 - 03 Jun 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Treasury: correspondence and papers on liquid fuel tax proposals., 02 Apr 1928 - 24 May 1928
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/95
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir Horace Hamilton [Permanent Secretary, Board of Trade] (10); Alfred Hurst [Principal Assistant Secretary, Treasury]; Cyril Hurcomb [Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport] (3); James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (4); Edward Hale [Treasury] (2); Sir Francis Floud [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise] (4); Edward Shrapnell-Smith, President, Commercial Motor Users' Association; Sir John Cadman (2); Sir Robert Waley-Cohen...
Dates:
02 Apr 1928 - 24 May 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Treasury: correspondence and papers on the liquid fuel tax., 06 Dec 1927 - 23 Dec 1927
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/66
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir Francis Floud [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise] (5); Walter Guinness [later 1st Lord Moyne, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries]; Alfred Hurst [Treasury] (2); 1st Lord Weir.Also includes copy letters and minutes from WSC to some of those mentioned above and to Sir Warren Fisher [Permanent Secretary, Treasury]; cutting from the Times.Subjects covered by the file include: taxing foreign liquid fuel; the distribution of the burden between different classes of...
Dates:
06 Dec 1927 - 23 Dec 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Treasury: correspondence mainly from WSC (carbon copies)., 10 Jan 1926 - 21 Dec 1926
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/29
Scope and Contents
Recipients include: President of the Board of Trade, Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton] (3); F Stanley Jackson [Chairman of the Conservative and Unionist Party]; Count Guiseppe Volpi [Italian Minister of Finance] (2); Wilfrid Ashley [later 1st Lord Mount Temple, Minister of Transport] (2); Sir Robert Horne [later 1st Lord Slamannan]; Leo Amery [Secretary of State for the Colonies] (4); Sir James Craig [later 1st Lord Craigavon, Prime Minister...
Dates:
10 Jan 1926 - 21 Dec 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Treasury: various papers on rating relief proposals., 21 Jan 1928 - 01 Mar 1928
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/86
Scope and Contents
Includes memoranda, letters, minutes and notes by WSC and: Alfred Hurst [Principal Assistant Secretary, Treasury] (7); President of the Board of Trade, Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton]; 1st Lord Weir; Thomas Jones [Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet]; Sir Arthur Robinson [Secretary to Ministry of Health]; Minister of Health, Neville Chamberlain; James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer].Also includes:...
Dates:
21 Jan 1928 - 01 Mar 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Treasury: WSC's minutes., 11 Oct 1925 - 27 Dec 1925
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/13A-B
Scope and Contents
Includes carbon copies of minutes from WSC to various individuals, mainly Treasury officials, including: Sir Otto Niemeyer [Controller of Finance]; Sir George Barstow [Controller of Supply Services]; Sir Warren Fisher [Permanent Secretary]; Sir Russell Scott [Controller]; Sir Maurice Hankey [Secretary to the Cabinet]; James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer]; Alfred Hurst; Sir Richard Hopkins [Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue]; Sir Horace Hamilton...
Dates:
11 Oct 1925 - 27 Dec 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Treasury: WSC's minutes., 19 Jan 1927 - 30 Jun 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/45A-B
Scope and Contents
Includes carbon copies of minutes and letters from WSC to various individuals, mainly Treasury officials, including: Sir Richard Hopkins [Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue]; Sir Horace Hamilton [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise]; Sir Otto Niemeyer [Controller of Finance]; Sir George Barstow [Controller of Supply Services]; Alfred Hurst; James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer]; Sir Laming Worthington-Evans [Secretary of State for War]; Sir...
Dates:
19 Jan 1927 - 30 Jun 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Treasury: WSC's minutes., 28 Jan 1929 - 23 May 1929
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/103
Scope and Contents
Includes carbon copies of minutes from WSC to various individuals, mainly Treasury officials, including: Sir Richard Hopkins [Controller of Finance and Supply Services]; Gilbert Upcott [Deputy Controller]; Sir Francis Floud [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise]; James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer]; Sir Warren Fisher [Permanent Secretary]; Donald Fergusson [Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer]; Frederick Leith-Ross [Deputy Controller...
Dates:
28 Jan 1929 - 23 May 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
Open