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Comprehensive Development Areas: Bunhill Fields, 1950s

 Sub-Series
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/6
Scope and Contents

Comprehensive development areas: Bunhill Fields consists of:


  1. papers and photographs, ( 1950s )
  2. plans, ( 1950s )
Dates: 1950s

Comprehensive Development Areas: Elephant and Castle, 1951-1956

 Sub-Series
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/5
Scope and Contents

Comprehensive development areas: Elephant and Castle consists of:


  1. assorted photographs and reports, (1955-1956)
  2. plans, (1951-c1955)
Dates: 1951-1956

Comprehensive Development Areas: Lewisham Clock Tower, 1950s

 Sub-Series
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/7
Scope and Contents

Comprehensive development areas: Lewisham Clock Tower consists of:


  1. papers, (7 September 1953)
  2. plans - Lewisham Clock Tower CDA, (1950s)
Dates: 1950s

Comprehensive Development Areas: Stepney / Poplar, 1940-1961

 Sub-Series
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2
Scope and Contents

Comprehensive development areas: Stepney / Poplar consists of:


  1. general papers, (1940-1961)
  2. Lansbury Comprehensive Development Area, (1940s-1950s)
  3. other areas, (1950s)
  4. plans, (1946-1950s)
Dates: 1940-1961

Comprehensive Development Areas: Woolwich, 1950s

 Sub-Series
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/8
Scope and Contents

Comprehensive development areas: Woolwich consists of:


  1. Woolwich Industrial Estate, ( 1950s )
  2. plans - St Mary's Woolwich Redevelopment Area reused layout 1955 - with suggestions by the Borough Engineer, ( 1955 )
Dates: 1950s

Festival of Britain Exhibition: posters, 1951

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.2.2b
Scope and Contents 2 posters (77cm x 102cm) advertising entry to, and the publicly open buildings in the reconstructed Lansbury Neighbourhood (Neighbouhood no 9) of the London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar. This was organised as the "Live Architecture Exhibition" in the Festival of Britain 1951. 1 poster, in full colour, graphically displays the idea of new homes rising from the rubble of post World War II destruction. The other poster in black and green gives general...
Dates: 1951

General papers: photographs of Stepney / Poplar, 1940-1961

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.1.4
Scope and Contents Photographs of London County Council Comprehensive development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar: east end 1940s, (1940s) east end after reconstruction, (c1955-1961) aerial views, (1937-1951) basic house layouts, (1956) London County Council Housing Department visit, (c1958) historic map of the area, (1950s) ...
Dates: 1940-1961

Lansbury Neighbourhood: Trinity Congregational Church, 1950s

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.2.7
Scope and Contents

Papers, plans and architectural model photographs relating to Trinity Congregational Church, constructed as as part of the Lansbury Neighbourhood of London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar. The original church at this location had been completely destroyed by bomb damage in World War II. The architects were Cecil Charles Handisyde and DR Stark

Dates: 1950s

Letter to Sophie Weisse from Karl Bluth, 12 February 1941

 Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2043
Scope and Contents

Letter, 12 February 1941, London, Karl Bluth to Sophie Weisse. Discussing bombings and invasions, discussing the final months of Tovey's life and his death. Typescript signed.

Dates: 12 February 1941

Photographs of Stepney / Poplar: aerial views, 1937-1951

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.1.4c
Scope and Contents

Oblique and vertical aerial black and white photographic prints of the Stepney / Poplar area of London. The vertical photographs (20cm x 24cm) were taken between 1945-1947 and are all stamped London County Council Architect's Department Town Planning Division on the reverse. The oblique photographs (max 30cm x 38cm, min 12cm x 16cm) are by Aerofilms Ltd and show the area before and after reconstruction following the aerial bombing of the area during World War II.

Dates: 1937-1951

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Names
Johnson-Marshall, Percy, 1915-1993 (professor of urban design and regional planning, University of Edinburgh) 11
London County Council (1887-1965) 9
London County Council. Architect's Department, Town Planning Division 4
Festival of Britain (1951) 2
London County Council. Architect's Department, Schools Division 2
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Aerofilms Ltd (1919-1997) 1
Association for Planning and Regional Reconstruction (1940-1954) 1
Association of Building Technicians (1942-1970) 1
Bluth, Karl, 1892-19?? 1
Boissevain and Osmond (fl1960s) 1
Bureau of Current Affairs (fl1946-1951) 1
Chatterjee, SC, fl1943 (Indian architect and town planner) 1
Church of England, St Paul's Cathedral. St Paul's Cathedral (604-:) 1
Corporation of London, Court of Common Council. Court of Common Council 1
Corporation of London, Improvements and Town Planning Committee. Improvements and Town Planning Committee 1
Goldfinger, Erno, 1902-1987 (architect) 1
Handisyde, Cecil Charles, 1908-: (architect) 1
Holford, Sir William Graham, 1907-1975 (architect and town planner) 1
Ling, Arthur, 1913-? (architect and town planner) 1
Logie, Gordon, fl1960-1989 (architect) 1
London College of Printing (1962 -:) 1
London County Council, Housing Department. Housing Department 1
Northampton College of Advanced Technology (1957-1963) 1
Ordnance Survey (1790-:) 1
Peabody Trust (1862-:) 1
Royal Institute of British Architects (1837-:) 1
School of Planning and Research for Regional Development (1940-1953) 1
Service Arts and Technical Organization (1943-1946) 1
Stark, DR, fl1950s (architect) 1
Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940 (Reid Professor of Music, University of Edinburgh) 1
University of Calcutta, School of Indian Architecture and Regional Planning. School of Indian Architecture and Regional Planning (fl1946) 1
Weisse, Sophie, 1852-1945 (Scottish music teacher) 1
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