<div dir="ltr"><div>Discussed as long ago as 2011 on Sabre: <a href="https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28139#p571505">https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28139#p571505</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>This discussion on Sabre highlights the fact that the Great North Road and current A1, A1(M) route may not always be identical. I know I might refer to older dual carriageway sections of the A1 as the GNR, but not newer motorway sections. The bypasses around Stamford, Grantham & Newark I think I would call A1.<br></div><div><br></div><div>The A52 between Nottingham & Derby was named "Brian Clough Way" and has name signs in several places. Parts which have no other name receive the Brian Clough Way name otherwise it goes in alt_name. Personally I think a relation might be better, but this is, nonetheless a precedent.</div><div><br></div><div>Jerry<br></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 25 June 2018 at 14:13, Stuart Reynolds <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stuart@travelinesoutheast.org.uk" target="_blank">stuart@travelinesoutheast.org.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>As the A1 passes Sandy in Central Bedfordshire, and further south, the road has local road names. For example, it is London Road past Sandy, and High Road as it passes Beeston to the south of Sandy. These names are verifiable from other sources,
and while I note that these are DEFRA’s OS-derived MAGIC map, and Google, I am only using these to confirm data that I have been given in other contexts. OSM here, though, has “Great North Road”. This is
<i>_not_</i> the name of the road. It is more of a colloquial name for the entire A1 than anything official … although it is still recognised as a name.</div>
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<div>So how should I tag this? I want to have the correct name for the sections of A1, yet I don’t know how far these extend (my data lists the street names at points, not over lengths), and equally I don’t want to lose the Great North Road tag - just
to demote it.</div>
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<div>Thoughts?</div>
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<div>Thanks</div>
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