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London County Council (1887-1965)

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Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:

Plans of Lansbury Neighbourhood: Peking Close, 1950s

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.2.6j
Scope and Contents 5 copy architectural plans (52cm x 57cm) for a housing development at Peking Close off East India Dock Road, Lansbury, London. This was the part of Lansbury Neighbourhood, (neighbourhood no 9) of London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney and Poplar, which became the subject of the "Live Architecture Exhibition" at the Festival of Britain, 1951.The plans consist of miscellanous plans and elevations, at 2 different scales, by London County Council Architect's...
Dates: 1950s

Plans of Lansbury Neighbourhood: secondary school plans, 1950s

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.2.6m
Scope and Contents

3 copy architectural plans (39cm x 68cm) for a secondary school in Lansbury, London. This was the part of Lansbury Neighbourhood, (Neighbourhood no 9) of London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney and Poplar, which became the subject of the "Live Architecture Exhibition" at the Festival of Britain, 1951The plans consist of a small scale plan and elevation for a school.

Dates: 1950s

Plans of Lansbury Neighbourhood: Susan Lawrence Primary School, 1950s

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.2.6h
Scope and Contents 3 copy perspective drawings (26cm x 45cm) for a Susan Lawrence Primary School and Elizabeth Lansbury Nursery School, Lansbury, London (now amalgamated as the Lansbury Lawrence Primary School). This was the part of London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney and Poplar which became the subject of the "Live Architecture Exhibition" at the Festival of Britain, 1951. The drawings show different angles of this school, designed by Yorke, Rosenberg & Mardall....
Dates: 1950s

Press: press releases, 1950-1962

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/B/1
Scope and Contents Incomplete file of press releases issued by London County Council. These relate to the Council's housing, architecture and town planning functions. The subjects encompass housing policy, housing developments areas, Comprehensive Redevelopment Areas and provision of public buildings. Individual projects featured include: housing developments in Wandsworth; construction of a number of new schools; redevelopment of Stepney / Poplar, Elephant and Castle and Deptford; and the South Bank...
Dates: 1950-1962

St Anne's Neighbourhood: papers and photographs, 1955-1956

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.3.4a
Scope and Contents File of papers and photographs relating to the development of the St Anne's Neighbourhood housing scheme in Stepney. This was Neighbourhood Number 4a of the London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar. The black and white photographic prints consist of: 1 print (15cm x 20cm) showing the official naming ceremony for the development on 28 February 1956; 9 prints of a large scale architectural model for the reconstruction of the area; 3 photomontages...
Dates: 1955-1956

Stepney: papers and architectural model photographs, 1950s

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.3.1a
Scope and Contents Photographs of architectural models of neighbourhoods 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar. The models are at a small scale and show the entire neighbourhoods. One photograph shows one of the models on display in an exhibition concerning the reconstruction of the area. The file also contains 2 variant programmes for the official opening of the King George's Field housing estate in Stepney, by His Royal Highness the Duke...
Dates: 1950s

Stepney / Poplar: general papers and photographs, 1940-1961

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.1
Scope and Contents General papers and photographs relating to London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar: Stepney / Poplar Comprehensive Development Area programming papers , (1946-1959) planning reports, (1949-1958) lectures concerning the reconstruction of Stepney, ( c1950-1954 ) photographs of Stepney / Poplar, (1940-1961) ...
Dates: 1940-1961

Stepney / Poplar: Lansbury Neighbourhood, 1950s-1984

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.2
Scope and Contents Papers relating to the Lansbury Neighbourhood (Neighbourhood no 9) of the London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar: paperwork, (1950s) Festival of Britain Exhibition, (1951) press articles, (1950-1951) official invitations, (1952-1984) photographs, (1940s) plans of Lansbury...
Dates: 1950s-1984

Stepney / Poplar: other areas, 1950s

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.3
Scope and Contents

Material concerning the redevelopment of areas of London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar, excluding the Lansbury Neighbourhood (Neighbourhood no 9):


  1. Stepney, ( 1950s )
  2. Poplar, ( 1956-1959 )
  3. Tidey Street, ( 1956 )
  4. St Anne's Neighbourhood, ( 1950s )
  5. Clive Street, ( 1956 )
Dates: 1950s

Sub-committee papers: Town Planning (Architectural and Historical Buildings etc) Sub-committee, 1952-1958

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/A/1.5.4
Scope and Contents Incomplete set of agenda for the London County Council Town Planning Committee, Architectural and Historical Buildings etc Sub-committee. Agenda items are very complete, containing full details for decisions which the council has taken and the reasons for these. They also give details of the reports which are going to be discussed, their authors and the reference number for these. There is also a copy of a report to the Sub-committee, by the Architect to the Council, concerning the a chapel...
Dates: 1952-1958

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Poplar (London, England) 38
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