Looking GLASS - History section

Highway History

Vehicle History

Miscellaneous

See also theReal Books listing for history books

For some items we have provided extracts or copies for convenience ; please bear in mind the copyright issues.

Highway History

Author	Title & notes	Article	extracts or comments
R.Huxford I.C.E.	History of roads routes Institute of Civil Engineer's guide to "How old is that route?"		(155kb)
'Tom'	History of British Traffic Signs interesting item covers 19thC to present
J.B.Calvert	Coaching Days and the Road Engineers an informative short summary
J.M.Whitely Lancs CC 2002	Turnpike Roads & Traffic excellent history overview
Oliver Rackham 1986	The History of the Countryside The 'Highways' chapter given is full of very useful background info		extract
J.A. Russell 1964	Paying the Toll A brief article on Toll roads in Scotland	(88kb)

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Vehicle History

Author	Title & notes	Article	extracts or comments
John Copeland 1968	Roads and their traffic 1750-1850		picture excerpt featuring Big Waggons!
David West 1998	Goldsworthy Gurney and the Steam Drag
Elvis Payne 1992	The History of the 3-wheeled Vehicle in fact, covers all early MPV in some detail

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Miscellaneous

Author	Title & notes	Article	extracts or comments
Jonathan Rawle	History of the counties from Saxon shires to MBCs
John Hannavy 2001	The Colossus of Roads short magazine article on Thomas Telford
Valerie Porter 2000	On foot .. in country lanes magazine article, a nostalgic walker's view of lanes	(198kb)
A.B. Demaus 1998	A Scottish motor tour in 1906 magazine article, delightful excerpts from a diary	(189kb)
Peter Kelly 1998	Safety First 1930's ciggy cards showing road scenes	(1.2Mb)
J.L. and Barbara Hammond published 1911	The Village Labourer 1760-1832: A Study in the Government of England before the Reform Bill covers social circumstances around Inclosures etc.	full text ~800kb
Valerie Besley Green Books	Discovering Green Lanes an interesting selection of activities for primary school children

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