Map Collection
Allied 1920s
FA2002.518:-	Road book, with itineraries, maps, etc, The Open Road, published by Allied Newspapers, Withy Grove, Manchester, Lancashire, 1920s.
	Issued with the Sunday Chronicle and the Daily Dispatch.
	Maps in the road book are documented individually. The road book includes notes on rules of the road and the Highway Code, getting out of London, list of routes, itineraries with regional maps, index to places, lighting up times, touring suggestions, list of vehicle registration marks, motor law, and a general map.
	The routes that involve Hampshire are:-
	Route 11 London to Portsmouth: from London on the A3, through Godalming, Surrey; Petersfield, Cosham, to Portsmouth, Hampshire.
	Route 12 London to Southampton: from London on the A31 through Guildford and Farnham, Surrey; then Alton, New Alresford, Winchester, then A33 to Southampton, Hampshire.
	Route 13 London to Bournemouth: from Winchester on A31 through Romsey, Ringwood, Hampshire; A3548 and A347 to Bournemouth, Dorset.
	Route 14 London to Weymouth: from London on A4 to Staines, Middlesex; then A30 to Bagshot, Surrey; Basingstoke, Whitchurch, Andover, Hampshire; Salisbury, Wiltshire; then A354 and A37 to Weymouth, Dorset.
	Route 20 London to Ilfracombe: on A342 from Andover, Hampshire; through Amesbury, Wiltshire; then A344, B3090, A359, A361, A39, to Ilfracombe, Devon.
	Route 21 London to Aldershot: from Bagshot on A30, then A325 from the Jolly Farmer, Surrey; to Farnborough and Aldershot, Hampshire.|br
	Route 57 Margate to Southampton: on A256 from Ramsgate, Kent; then A258, A259, B2105, A26, A27 to Chichester, Sussex; then Havant, Cosham, Fareham to Southampton, Hampshire.
	Route 60 Southampton to Bournemouth and Exeter: from Totton on A35, through Lyndhurst, Hampshire; then Christchurch to Bournemouth, Dorset; then A352 and A35 to Exeter, Devon.
	Route 61 Southampton to Birmingham: from Winchester on A34 through Whitchurch, Hampshire; then Newbury, Berkshire; and A423 and A41 to Birmingham, Warwickshire.
	Route 62 Southampton to Liverpool: from Warwick to Liverpool.
inscription:-	printed -on- cover NEW EDITION / Motor Law: Road Code: 700 Routes / UP-TO-DATE COLOURED ROAD MAP WITH KEY / THE OPEN ROAD / 16 SECTIONAL MAPS of TOURING CENTRES / REVISED BY A.A. / Issued by the SUNDAY CHRONICLE and DAILY DISPATCH / 2/- / ALLIED NEWSPAPERS LIMITED, Withy Grove, Manchester 4. -- black and red on green; lady studying a map by a motor car on the road
dimension:-	wxh = 10x15cm
	Map Group -- Allied 1920s
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	MN: 22.10.2002

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