The M5 in the South Western Region
List of material held by the Somerset Archive and Record Service.

A\BXB/2	M5 Motorway
A\BXB/2/1	Official papers and reports
A\BXB/2/1/1	1969	Copy of the South Western Road Construction Unit Programme issued December 1969. (1 document)
A\BXB/2/1/2	1977	Report of a working party of the Department of Transport entitled, 'Route Location with Regard to Environmental Issues'. (1 document)
A\BXB/2/1/3	1979	Pamphlet entitled, 'Trunk Road Proposals - A Comprehensive Framework for Appraisal'. Prepared by The Standing Advisory Committee on Trunk Road Assessment. (1 document)
A\BXB/2/1/4	1974-1975	Copy of the Department of the Environment South Western Road Construction Units 7th Annual Report. (1 document)
A\BXB/2/2	Pamphlets and opening brochures
A\BXB/2/2/1	1973	Pamphlets entitled, 'M5 Motorway in Gloucestershire and Somerset. Prepared by Consulting Engineers Freeman Fox and Partners to mark the completion of the M5 as far as Edithmead. Includes an earlier draft version. (6 documents)
A\BXIB/2/2/2	1971	Opening brochure for the Gloucester-Cheltenham section of the M5 in March 1971. (1 document)
A\BXB/2/2/3	1969	Opening brochure for the Avonmouth section of the M5 in August 1969. (1 document)
A\BXB/2/2/4	972	Opening brochures for the Avonmouth Bridge section of the M5 in August 1972. (2 documents)
A\BXB/2/2/5	1973	Opening brochures for the Dunball to Huntworth section of the M5. This was opened on the 18th Dec 1973 by the Rt. Hon. John Peyton, Minister for Transport Industries. (2 documents)
A\BXB/2/2/6	1976	Opening brochure for the Chelston to Willand section of the M5 in October 1976. (1 document)
A\BXB/2/2/7	1977.	Opening brochure marking the completion of the M5 upon the opening of the Exminster section by the Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. James Callaghan MP on 27th May 1977. The brochure contains information about the whole of the M5 from Strensham, Worcestershire to Pearces Hill, Devon and includes a separate sheet listing those who were presented to the Prime Minister. (1 document)
A\BXB/2/2/8	1970	Copies of a pamphlet issued to members of the South Western Association of the Institution of Civil Engineers, who attended a visit to view motorway construction in the South West on the 10th September 1970. One copy includes the address of welcome from the Director of the Southwestern Road Construction Unit, Mr P G Lyth. (2 documents)
A\BXB/2/2/9	1972	Pamphlet issued to members of the South Western branch of the Institution of Highway Engineers on the occasion of their visit to view construction works on the Edithmead to Dunball and Dunball to Huntworth sections of the M5 on the 27th September 1972. (1 document)
A\BXB/2/2/10	1973	Pamphlet issued to members of the South Western branch of the Institution of Highway Engineers on the occasion of their visit to view construction works on the Blackbrook to Chelston section of the M5 on the 25th July 1973. (1 document)
A\BXB/2/2/11	n.d [c.1974]	A pamphlet prepared for the proposed Pearces Hill to Pocombe Link Road A30. (1 document)
A\BXB/2/2/12	n.d	Copies of a paper entitled, M5 Motorway in Devon'. (4 documents)
A\BXB/2/2/13	n.d [c.1970s]	An extract from the magazine New Civil Engineer about the Avonmouth Bridge and a publicity paper by the contractor Fairfield Mabey. (2 documents)
A\BXB/2/2/14	c.1973	An article about the construction of the M5 from the Avonmouth Bridge to Dunball. (1 document)
A\BXB/2/2/15	1973	An article from Construction News about the construction of the M5 from the Avonmouth Bridge to Dunball. (1 document)
A\BXB/2/2/16	c.1973	Extract from a magazine concerning the Edithmead to Dunball section of the M5. (1 document)
A\BXB/2/2/17	1971	Copy of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers entitled, 'Design and construction of embankments on analluvial plain', by N J Dallard. (1 document)
A\BXB/2/2/18	1972	Copy of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers with a discussion on A\BXB/2/2/17. (1 document)
A\BXB/2/2/19	1972	A report prepared by Devon County Council entitled, 'The Motorway Into Devon: The Challenge'. (1 document)
A\BXB/2/2/20	c.1990s	Chapter 3 from a book by Michael Hawkins, the former County Engineer of Devon, which refers to the M5. (1 document)
A\BXB/2/2/21	n.d	Copies of a map of the M5 motorway from Strensharn to Edithmead, prepared by Freeman Fox and Partners. (2 documents)
A\BXB/2/2/22	n.d	Map of the M5 motorway from Avonmouth to Puriton. (1 document)
A\BXB/2/2/23	n.d	Map of the M5 motorway fromEdithmead to Willand. (1 document)
A\BXB/2/2/24	n.d	Map of the M5 motorway fromEdithmead to the West of Exeter alternative routes. (1 document)
A\BXB/2/3	Recollections andcorrespondence
ASXB/2/3/1	1999	Letter to F D J Johnson from Brigadier Stanley Baldwin containing his personal recollections. (1 document)
A\BXB/2/3/2	1994	A paper entitled, 'Bridging the Gaps', by Michael Clerk, a former section engineer in the RCU HQ. (1 document)
A\BXB/2/3/3	1998	Two letters from Professor R Bridle suggesting sources of material for the Motorway Archive project, together with anecdotal memories. (2 documents)
A\BXB/2/4	Newspaper cuttings
A\BXB/2/4/1	1967	Copy article on the M5 from the magazine Roads and Road Construction. (1 document)
A\BXB/2/4/2	1967	Newspaper cutting on the M5 from the Western Daily Press (1 document)
A\BXB/2/4/3	1967	Copy newspaper cutting on the M5 from the Cheddar Valley Gazette. (1 document)
A\BXB/2/4/4	1977	Newspaper cutting about the Exminster section of the M5. (1 document)
A\BXB/2/5	Photographs
A\BXB/2/5/1	1974 83	photographic prints (mostly black and white) of various sections of the M5 Motorway. (1 bundle)
A\BXB/2/5/2	1971-1972	11 mounted photographs of the M5 motorway under construction and once completed. (11 documents)
A\BXB/2/5/3	n.d [c. 1970]	4 photographs of artistic representations of proposed bridges on the M5 Motorway. (4 documents)
A\BXB/3	Papers of the Trust
A\BXB/3/1	2002	Executive summary report of the Motorway Archive Trust project. The report was compiled by F D J Johnson, former County Surveyor of Somerset and former President of the County Surveyors Society. It provides a history and context to the construction of a motorway network in South West England. (1 document)