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The Land’s End Road: a history of the A30 – Part 1
The A30, at two hundred and eighty-four miles, is the third longest ‘A’ road in Britain. It’s too long, and too interesting to fit into one post, so this is the first of two, covering the history of the road up to the end of the seventeenth century. Setting Off The lure of the South-West!…
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A57 History Part 2: Manchester to Lincoln
In the previous post, I traced the development of the A57, from Liverpool, to the point where the Hyde Road leaves Manchester. In this one, I will look at the rest of the road, through Glossop, Sheffield, Worksop, and so to Lincoln. Finding a Road It is difficult to find evidence for any A57 road…
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A57 History Part 1: A Road Between Two Pools
The A57 runs across England from Liverpool to Lincoln, with King John at one end and the Romans at the other.
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A History of the A5 in Wales
The A5 in Wales has its particular history. At its heart is Thomas Telford’s Holyhead Road, but there is more to discover about how the road came to be.
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The A8 with some M8
The history of how the road from Edinburgh through Glasgow, to Greenock became the A8
