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Coventry City Council

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Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

Bell Green District Centre: general layout, 4 January 1956

 Item
Identifier: PJM/CCC/B/2/4
Scope and Contents

Copy of a neighbourhood layout plan (54cm x 76cm), at 1:1250 scale by city architect and planning officer Arthur Ling for a district centre in the Bell Green area of Coventry

Dates: 4 January 1956

City and Borough of Coventry, Development Plan 1951 - town map, 1951

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Identifier: PJM/CCC/B/2/2
Scope and Contents

Brown and black overprinted Ordnance Survey map (102cm x 145cm), at a scale of 6 inches to 1 mile, by city architect and planning officer Sir Donald Evelyn Edward Gibson. The map is shows land use and accompanies the Coventry Development Plan 1952.

This plan is very fragile.

Dates: 1951

Collected reports and plansregarding Coventry's redevelopment, 1931-1959

 Series
Identifier: PJM/CCC/B
Scope and Contents

Research regarding Coventry series consists of:


  1. reports from Coventry City Architectural and Planning Department, 1955-1959
  2. City Centre development plans from Coventry City Architectural and Planning Department, 1931-1956
Dates: 1931-1959

Coventry City Council, 1939-1959

 Sub-Fonds
Identifier: PJM/CCC
Scope and Contents

Papers and plans relating to the Coventry City Council


  1. papers, photographs and plans from Coventry City Architect's Department ,1939-1944
  2. collected reports and plans regarding Coventry's redevelopment, 1931-1959
Dates: 1939-1959

Coventry City Council - Percy Johnson-Marshall's employment, 15 March 1941

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Identifier: PJM/CCC/A/3
Scope and Contents

Letter to Sir John Charles Walsham Reith, Lord Reith, from Sir Donald Evelyn Edward Gibson asking for help in an attempt to have Percy Johnson-Marshall excused active service in World War II, so that he could continue to work on reconstruction for Coventry City Architect's Department .

Dates: 15 March 1941

Coventry housing - house type plans, c1940

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Identifier: PJM/CCC/A/2/4/1
Scope and Contents 6 copy plans showing different house types for Coventry. 3 plans (22cm x 76cm) are by housing director AF Underhill, show small scale floor plans, reduced from 8 inches = 1 foot scale, for 3 different houses and are hand labelled Type A, Type B and Type C. 3 plans (71cm x 71cm) are by city architect Sir Donald Evelyn Edward Gibson, show complete plans for the "three bedroom type" house at 1/8th and 1/12th scale. One of the floor plans was drafted by Percy...
Dates: c1940

Coventry housing - opening of the Canley Estate houses, 18 December 1941

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Identifier: PJM/CCC/A/2/1
Scope and Contents

Programme for the opening of the houses on the Canley Estate, Coventry on 18 December 1941 which was attended by the City of Coventry Housing Committee and the City Architect Sir Donald Evelyn Edward Gibson, representing the Coventry City Architect's Department.

Dates: 18 December 1941

Coventry housing - panoramic view of Coventry, c1940

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Identifier: PJM/CCC/A/2/4/3
Scope and Contents

1 copy of 3 small panoramic views of Coventry city centre showing proposed new buildings: police and law courts, chapter house and civic buildings. These are shown in relation to existing buildings and in particular the Cathedral.

Dates: c1940

Coventry housing - photographs of the Canley Estate houses, c1941

 File
Identifier: PJM/CCC/A/2/2
Scope and Contents

This file contains a set of 8 labelled black and white photographic prints (15.5cm x 18.5cm) of the housing scheme at Canley Estate, Coventry, and some of the associated negatives on one sheet. There is also a photograph (11.5cm x 12cm) of a planning drawing, probably of the Canley Estate, and 2 black and white photographic print (16cm x 21cm) showing a block of flats under construction.

Dates: c1941

Coventry housing - plans, c1940

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Identifier: PJM/CCC/A/2/4
Scope and Contents

Coventry housing - plans consists of:


  1. house type plans, c1940
  2. proposed nursery plans,4 June 1940
  3. panoramic view of Coventry,c1940
Dates: c1940

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Urban Renewal 20
Postwar Reconstruction 19
City Planning 14
Housing 8
Land Use, Planning 8