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London County Council (1887-1965)

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Found in 181 Collections and/or Records:

Photographs of Stepney / Poplar: London County Council Housing Department visit, c1958

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.1.4e
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographic print (15cm x 21cm) showing members of the London County Council Planning and Housing Committees visiting housing in London's Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar.

Dates: c1958

Photographs: office blocks, 1950s

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/G/1
Scope and Contents

6 black and white photographic prints (20cm x 25cm) showing office blocks. 3 show an office block at 20 Albert Embankment, London, under construction; 2 show different architectural models of office blocks; 1 shows some flatted housing. These were part of the London County Council Architect's Department Collection.

Dates: 1950s

Photographs: the south prospect of London, 1666, 1950s

 Item
Identifier: PJM/LCC/G/4
Scope and Contents

1 black and white photographic print (21cm x 25cm) showing part of an historical drawing, from the Crace Collection, entitled "the South prospect of London as it appeared after that dreadfull (sic) fire in 1666". This print may be in negative and was part of the London County Council Architect's Department Collection.

Dates: 1950s

Planning manuals and methodologies: filing system information, 1948

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/2.6
Scope and Contents

List of file classifications from London County Council. The lists consist of: index to planning technique files, planning technique files: new town files, planning technique files: miscellaneous , local authority files, library cuttings files and a set of rules for the map library.

Dates: 1948

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

Planning manuals and methodologies: model house plans, 1952-1956

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/2.7
Scope and Contents

4 house type manuals from London County Council Architect's Department Town Planning Division and Housing Division. These show floor plans for the standard house types which London County Council built during the 1950s.

Dates: 1952-1956

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

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

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

Plans: Area of comprehensive development no 2 - Stepney / Poplar, 1950s

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.4.3
Scope and Contents 38 copy plans by the Reconstruction Areas Group of the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department comprising plans of the neighbourhoods of Comprehensive Development Area No 2: Stepney and Poplar. The plans comprise: 16 Ordnance Survey base plans (69cm x 102cm) at 1:1250 scale for each neighbourhood unit in Stepney / Poplar with a location plan indicating which neighbourhood...
Dates: 1950s

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Type
Archival Object 180
Collection 1
 
Subject
London (England) 180
Local Government 126
City Planning 120
Postwar Reconstruction 97
Stepney (London, England) 70
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Poplar (London, England) 65
Housing Development 55
Photographs 46
City Planning and Redevelopment Law 38
Architecture, Designs and Plans 34
Committees 33
Maps 31
Architectural Models 30
Technical Reports 21
Housing 18
Architectural Drawing 16
City of London (England) 16
Exhibitions 15
Administration 14
Flats 12
School Buildings 12
Zoning Maps 12
Office Buildings 11
Architects 10
Buildings, War Damage 10
Roads, Design and Construction 10
World War, 1939-1945 10
Barbican (London, England) 9
Building Laws 9
Land Use Maps 9
Public Relations 9
Tower Blocks 9
Bermondsey (London, England) 8
Shopping Centers 8
City Planners 7
England -- London -- Elephant and Castle 7
Maps, Outline and Base 7
Open Spaces 7
Transportation, Planning 7
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 6
Memorandums 6
Professional Associations 6
Staff Management 6
Statistics 6
Woolwich (London, England) 6
Aerial Photographs 5
Church Buildings 5
Letters 5
Markets 5
Parks 5
Regional Planning 5
Buildings 4
Pedestrian Facilities Design 4
Press Releases 4
Public Squares 4
Southwark (London, England) 4
Thames, River (England) 4
Wandsworth (London, England) 4
Architecture, Conservation and Restoration 3
Building 3
Business Communication 3
College Buildings 3
Compulsory Purchase Orders 3
Docks 3
Huntingdon (England) 3
Lewisham (London, England) 3
Old Age Homes 3
Panoramas 3
Play Environments 3
Posters 3
Scholarly Periodicals 3
Sociology 3
Administrative and Political Divisions 2
Architectural Design 2
Brixton (London, England) 2
Community Life 2
Congresses and Conventions 2
Deptford (London, England) 2
Education 2
Hotels 2
Hydroelectric Power Plants 2
Industry 2
Islington (London, England) 2
Lambeth (London, England) 2
Land Use, Planning 2
Lectures and Lecturing 2
Paddington (London, England) 2
Planners 2
Public Buildings 2
Public Utilities 2
Publicity 2
Putney (London, England) 2
Roehampton (London, England) 2
Rural Development 2
Scholarly Publishing 2
Schools 2
Social Surveys 2
Theatres 2
Thetford (England) 2
Urban History 2
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