Region: Midlands
M40. Waterstock (J8A) to Umberslade (M42 - J3A)
List of material held in the Northamptonshire CC Record Office
| Document Number | Document Description & Author | Publisher | Date |
| 1 | Correspondence (various) between MOT London and Regional Office. | MOT | Nov 1967 to 1972 |
| 2 | Oxford - Birmingham Feasibility Study (Part 2) Traffic and Location Report. | MRCU | Aug-70 |
| 3 | Oxford - Birmingham Feasibility Study. Supplementary Location Report. | MRCU | Mar-72 |
| 4 | Document 3. Route Location Warwick Section. | MRCU | Apr-73 |
| 5 | Oxford - Birmingham Motorway and M42 Birmingham - Nottingham Motorway. Statement of Case. | MRCU | Jun-74 |
| 6 | M42 Bromsgrove and M40 Warwick Closing speech by Counsel. (1973-74 Public Inquiry). | Lionel Reed QC | Jan-74 |
| 7 | M42/M40 Public Inquiry Inspector's Report. | Major General Edge (Inspector) | Jun-75 |
| 8 | M40 Extension. Oxford to Birmingham. | MRCU | Jun-74 |
| 9 | National Farmers Union. Correspondence (various) with MRCU and Land Agents. | Various | Oct 1972 - 1976 |
| 10 | M42 Birmingham - Nottingham and M40 Oxford - Birmingham Motorway. Decision letter on Draft Orders. | D of E | Aug-76 |
| 11 | Umberslade to Warwick Section Line Order Plan (as Made) | MRCU | Aug 1976 |
| 12 | Notes for Guidance of Independent Inquiry Inspectors. | DoE Inspectorate | Oct 1982 |
| 13 | Waterstock to Warwick Section. Draft Line Order Plan etc. | MRCU | Nov-81 |
| 14 | Wendlebury to Gaydon Section. Draft Side Roads Order Plans. | MRCU | Nov-81 |
| 15 | Waterstock to Warwick Section. Publication Statement. | MRCU | Nov-81 |
| 16 | Waterstock to Warwick Section. Statement of Reasons. | MRCU | Nov-81 |
| 17 | Oxford to Birmingham Route. Traffic Study. Report No.3. | Transportation Planning Associates | Sep-84 |
| 18 | Waterstock to Warwick Section. Inspector's Report. Public Inquiry 9/82 to 6/83. | L.G. Vincent | Mar-84 |
| 19 | Waterstock to Warwick Section. Inquiry Assessor's Report. | E.R. Emery | Mar-84 |
| 20 | Wendlebury to Gaydon Section. Side Roads Order (As Made). | DTp (WM) | Jun-85 |
| 21 | Warwick Section. Draft Line and Side Roads Orders. Statement of Case. | MRCU | Mar-86 |
| 22 | Warwick Section. Landscape Statement. | D.J. Dyke (DTp) | Mar-86 |
| 23 | Gaydon to Warwick Section Side Roads Orders. | DTp (WM) | Apr-86 |
| 24 | Wendlebury to Gaydon Section. Side Roads Order, No. 2. | DTp (WM) | Apr-86 |
| 25 | Warwick Section. A34 De-Trunking Order. | DTp (WM) | Jun-86 |
| 26 | Warwick Section. Inquiry 1986. Inspector's Report. | Air Vice Marshall C. Maughan | Jul-86 |
| 27 | Umberslade to Warwick Section. Decision Letter (on Orders). | DoE and DTp | Sep-86 |
| 28 | Umberslade to Warwick Section. Stratford Canal Made Order. | H Ellis-Rees (WM Region) | Nov-86 |
| 29 | Umberslade to Warwick Section. A34 Junction Orders. | WM Regional Office | Dec-86 |
| 30 | Umberslade to Warwick Section. Side Road Orders (As Made). | DTp (WM) | Dec-86 |
| 31 | Umberslade to Warwick Section. Side Road Order Modifications. | DTp (WM) | Dec-86 |
| 32 | Warwick Section. South Contract. Earthworks Certification. | DTp (WM) | Dec-86 |
| 33 | Gaydon to Warwick Section. Home Farm Footbridge. Draft Order. | DTp (WM) | Dec-86 |
| 34 | Gaydon to Warwick Section. Barford Road. Variation Order. | DTp (WM) | Dec-86 |
| 35 | Gaydon to Warwick Section. Side Road Orders (As Made) | DTp (WM) | Mar-87 |
| 36 | Waterstock to Warwick Sections. Decision Letter on various Draft Orders. | DoE and DTp (WM) | Apr-87 |
| 37 | Umberslade to Warwick Section. Opening of Route Brochure. | DTp (WM) | Dec-89 |
| 38 | Route Construction Report. Contractors meet the Challenge. | Highways Journal | Oct-89 |
| 39 | Banbury ByPass Contract. Concrete Plant. | Balfour Beatty Co. Ltd. | Jan-90 |
| 40 | Banbury IV Contract. Lime Stabilisation. | Snedker & Temporal | Dec-90 |
| 41 | Banbury IV Contract. Construction. | Balfour Beatty Co. Ltd. | Jan-90 |
| 42 | Design and Construction of M40. | D. Bradley | Oct-90 |
| 43 | Report of Use of Lime Stabilisation on M40. | NCE Roads Supplement | May-90 |
| 44 | M40 Potted History | Anon | Mar-91 |
| 45 | Waterstock to Warwick. Report of Opening Ceremony (Ove Arup). | D. Bradley & W. Haynes | Mar-91 |
| 46 | Waterstock to Warwick. Opening of Route Brochure (2 copies). | DTp (WM) | Jan-91 |
| 47 | Design and Construction of Oxford to Birmingham Motorway (Bradley, Drew & Boyle). | Highways & Transportation | Mar-91 |
| 48 | Motorway Memories. | J. Blood | Apr-91 |
| 49 | Oxford to Birmingham Motorway. Design of Route, Landscape and Bridges. ICE Proceedings. | ICE | Feb-93 |
| 50 | Reminiscencies of a Resident Engineer. Gaydon Section. | J. Bevan | Apr-99 |
| 51 | Memories from a Midlands County | G.Cameron (Warks CC) | Mar-99 |
| 52 | Site Control. Personal Recollections. | D. Bradley | Apr-99 |
| 53 | Oxford to Birmingham Route. The Story of the Motorway. | J. Blood | Jan-99 |
| 54 | Gaydon Section. Design Period Recollections. Landowner Matters. | J. Henderson | Jun-99 |
| 55 | Legal Challenges to the M40 Route. A Brief Note. | N. Firkins DTp | Jun-99 |
| 56 | Legal Challenges. Court Decisions. Various. | Various | Jun-85 |
| 57 | M40 Support Group. | David Morris | 1976 - |
| 58 | Public Consultation Documents, Statement, Various Correspondence. | DoE | May-05 |