Miscellaneous development areas: photographs, 1950s
Scope and Contents
109 mixed black and white photographic prints (20cm x 25cm) from the London County Council Architect's Department's collection. These relate to housing development areas within London County Council's jurisdiction, which were not designated Comprehensive Development Areas. The photographs show a range of housing developments built by London County Council during the 1950s.
A number of photographs of plans and architectural models are also included.
Housing Estates portrayed in the photographs include: Ackroydon Estate, Putney; Alton Estate and Argyle Estate, Wandsworth; Roehampton Estate; Rockmount Road and Walpole Place, Woolwich; Shooters Hill Road, Greenwich; St Matthew's Road, Lambeth; Warwick Crescent, Paddington; Picton Street and St George's Road, Southwark; Loughborough Estate, Brixton; Silwood Estate, Bermondsey.
Dates
- Creation: 1950s
Creator
Language of Materials
This material is in English
Physical Description
1 file
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Sub-Fonds: 3.5 metres
Physical Description
1 file
Archivist's Note
None
Sarah Higgins 8 March 2004
- Architectural Models
- Bermondsey (London, England)
- Brixton (London, England)
- Greenwich (London, England)
- Housing
- Housing Development
- Lambeth (London, England)
- Local Government
- London (England)
- Maps
- Paddington (London, England)
- Photographs
- Putney (London, England)
- Roehampton (London, England)
- Southwark (London, England)
- Wandsworth (London, England)
- Woolwich (London, England)
Creator
Subject
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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