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Poplar (London, England)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 70 Collections and/or Records:

Lansbury Neighbourhood: press articles, 1950-1951

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.2.3
Scope and Contents

Public relations file concerning the development of Lansbury, Neighbourhood no 9 in London County Council Comprehensive Redevelopment Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar. There is also a number of press clippings: an article from the Manchester Guardian dated 11 September 1951, a Festival of Britain supplement from The Times, and part of a reprint from the Architect and Building News, 9 June 1950.

Dates: 1950-1951

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

London County Council Architect's Department: exhibitions, 1951-1959

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

London County Council Architect's Department: exhibitions consists of:


  1. exhibition papers and photographs, (1951-1959)
  2. exhibition poster and plan, (c1951)
Dates: 1951-1959

London County Council: Comprehensive Development Areas, 1944-c1960

 Series
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E
Scope and Contents London County Council: Comprehensive development areas consists of: City of London, (1947-1959) Stepney / Poplar, ( 1940-1961 ) Bermondsey, ( 1944-1959 ) South Bank, (1949-c1960) Elephant and Castle, (1951-c1956 ) Bunhill Fields, ( 1950s ) Lewisham Clock Tower, ( 1950s ) Woolwich, (...
Dates: 1944-c1960

Other areas of Stepney / Poplar: Clive Street, 1956

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.3.5
Scope and Contents

Information relating to the Clive Street Neighbourhood of Stepney / Poplar, within the London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar. This consists of black and white photographic prints: 3 prints (18cm x 24cm) of an architectural model at 1" to 32' scale of the area and 3 variant prints of an architectural drawing of a tower block in the street; and a report concerning responsibilities for the scheme.

Dates: 1956

Other areas of Stepney / Poplar: Poplar, 1956-1959

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.3.2
Scope and Contents Black and white photographic prints (19cm x 24cm) of architectural models of the Poplar area of the London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar. There are 10 photographs of a small-scale model of the whole Poplar area. One of these shows the model in an exhibition concerning the reconstruction of the area being inspected by Percy Johnson-Marshall, Hubert Bennet, and LW Lane in 1955. There is also a photograph of an architectural...
Dates: 1956-1959

Other areas of Stepney / Poplar: St Anne's Neighbourhood, 1950s

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.3.4
Scope and Contents Information relating to the St Anne's Neighbourhood of Stepney / Poplar, which was designated Neighbourhood Number 4a, within the London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar. This consists of: papers and photographs, (1955-1956) plans - perspectives of Dora Street, (1950s) plans - perspectives of St Anne's Neighbourhood, (1956) ...
Dates: 1950s

Other areas of Stepney / Poplar: Stepney, 1950s

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.3.1
Scope and Contents

Information relating to individual areas of Stepney, within the London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar, which are distinct from the Lansbury Neighbourhood (Neighbourhood no 9) of the reconstruction area:


  1. papers and architectural model photographs, ( 1950s )
  2. plans, ( c1954 )
Dates: 1950s

Other areas of Stepney / Poplar: Tidey Street, 1956

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.3.3
Scope and Contents

Information relating to the Tidey Street development of Stepney / Poplar, which was designated Neighbourhood Number 7, within the London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar. This consists of:


  1. papers and photographs, (1956)
  2. layout plans, ( April 1955 )
Dates: 1956

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

 File
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