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London County Council (1887-1965)

 Organization

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Comprehensive Development Areas: City of London, 1947-1959

 Sub-Series
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/1
Scope and Contents

Material relating to different areas of London County Council's Comprehensive Development Area no 1: City of London:


  1. general, (1947-1958)
  2. New Barbican, (c1953-1959)
  3. Saint Paul's Cathedral Precinct, (c1950-1959)
  4. Tower of London Precinct, (c1957-c1959)
  5. City of London river frontages and skylines, (1955)
Dates: 1947-1959
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London County Council: Comprehensive Development Areas

London County Council, 1937-1968

 Sub-Fonds
Identifier: PJM/LCC
Scope and Contents The papers related to London County Council consist of: committee reports and agenda, (1949-1959) public relations, (1950-1968) Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London, (1937-1960) Architect's Department, (1940s-1964) Comprehensive Development Areas, (1944-c1960) miscellaneous Development Areas,...
Dates: 1937-1968
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection

London County Council: Architect's Department, 1940s-1964

 Series
Identifier: PJM/LCC/D
Scope and Contents

London County Council: Architect's Department consists of:


  1. Administrative County of London Development Plan, 1951, (1945-1958)
  2. planning manuals and methodologies, (1940s-1959)
  3. staffing issues, (1945-1959)
  4. general work, (1944-1964)
  5. exhibitions, (1951-1959)
  6. sociological reports, (1951-1957)
Dates: 1940s-1964
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council

Planning manuals and methodologies: memos, 1955-1958

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/2.2
Scope and Contents

Percy Johnson-Marshall's file of memoranda issued by the London County Council's Architect's Department to the Town Planning Division during his employment there. These memoranda cover a number of professional issues which staff needed to be kept abreast of including standards, procedures and the work of other divisions of the council.

Dates: 1955-1958
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London County Council: Architect's Department / London County Council Architect's Department: planning manuals and methodologies

Planning manuals and methodologies: research materials, 1947-1955

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/2.5
Scope and Contents

File of research materials kept by Percy Johnson-Marshall while employed in London County Council Architect's Department. The file contains papers and research notes on a number of planning methodologies including, daylight, building density, development in central London, child population statistics and planning controls.

In addition the file contains related typescript notes of visits, meetings and talks, memoranda on departmental procedures and notes on legislative change.

Dates: 1947-1955
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London County Council: Architect's Department / London County Council Architect's Department: planning manuals and methodologies

Planning manuals and methodologies: sample forms and notifications, 1940s and 1950s

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/2.4
Scope and Contents File of sample forms and notifications, for enforcement of various planning legislation, used by London County Council's Architect's Department. These forms cover the following legislation London Buildings Acts, 1930-1939 Restriction of Ribbon Development (Provision of Means of Entrance and Egress to Buildings) London Order, 1936 Thermal Insulation (Industrial Buildings)...
Dates: 1940s and 1950s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London County Council: Architect's Department / London County Council Architect's Department: planning manuals and methodologies

Planning manuals and methodologies: Town and Country Planning Act circulars, 1947-1959

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/2.3
Scope and Contents

Percy Johnson-Marshall's incomplete file of Town and Country Planning Act, 1947 and Town and Country Planning Act, 1959 circulars published by Her Majesty's Stationary Office during his employment at London County Council. In addition there is a minute of evidence from the Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London.

Dates: 1947-1959
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London County Council: Architect's Department / London County Council Architect's Department: planning manuals and methodologies

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  • Subject: Architects X
  • Subject: City Planning and Redevelopment Law X

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Subject
Local Government 6
Building Laws 5
City Planning 5
Administration 4
Architecture, Designs and Plans 2
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City of London (England) 2
Housing 2
Architectural Drawing 1
Barbican (London, England) 1
Business Communication 1
City Planners 1
Committees 1
Exhibitions 1
Finsbury (London, England) 1
Housing Development 1
Memorandums 1
Panoramas 1
Pedestrian Facilities Design 1
Photographs 1
Postwar Reconstruction 1
Public Relations 1
Public Squares 1
Regional Planning 1
School Buildings 1
Social Surveys 1
Sociology 1
Staff Management 1
Statistics 1
Stepney (London, England) 1
Tower of London (London, England) 1
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