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Local Government

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Found in 196 Collections and/or Records:

Reports from Coventry City Architectural and Planning Department, 1955-1959

 Sub-Series
Identifier: PJM/CCC/B/1
Scope and Contents

This file contains a number of internal reports produced by the Coventry City Architectural and Planning Department. They include a history of the redevelopment of Coventry, reports to the Planning and Redevelopment Committee, a guide to architecture and planning in Coventry and a description of planned new housing at Willenhall Wood.

Dates: 1955-1959
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Coventry City Council / Collected reports and plansregarding Coventry's redevelopment

Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London: files, 1937-1959

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/C/1
Scope and Contents File of papers and press clippings relating to the Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London, 1957-1960. This was Percy Johnson-Marshall's own file and contains information directly relating to the Commission, as well as information relating to the governance of London generally. The file contains: evidence submitted to the Commission from a number of bodies including: the British Group of...
Dates: 1937-1959
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London County Council: Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London

Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London: plans, 1940-1960

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

Plans concerning London County Council Architect's Department's involvement in the Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London, 1957-1960.


  1. plan accompanying evidence by the Town Planning Institute, (1957-1960)
  2. 1" to 1 mile scale Ordnance Survey plans of Greater London with marginal annotations, (1940-1949)
Dates: 1940-1960
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London County Council: Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London

Scenic drawings of plans for Edinburgh's Grassmarket, 1963

 File
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/A/1.5
Scope and Contents

2 coloured architectural scenic drawings (46cm x 73cm) by Alexander Duncan Bell, for the City of Edinburgh Working Party on Major Highway Planning, showing a possible ring-road development and pedestrian areas in the Grassmarket in Edinburgh. The drawings depict traffic, pedestrians, current architecture and modern architecture coexisting. There are also 2 black and white photographic prints of each drawing (13cm x 21cm).

Dates: 1963
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Percy Johnson-Marshall Associates / University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area / Committee Papers / Papers of the City of Edinburgh Working Party on Major Highway Planning

South Bank: drawings, c1954

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/4.3
Scope and Contents

6 draft perspective drawings, on 3 sheets of rough paper, in pen and coloured pencil, for buildings and pedestrian walkways on London's South Bank. These relate to London County Council's Comprehensive Redevelopment Area no 4: South Bank.

Dates: c1954
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London County Council: Comprehensive Development Areas / Comprehensive Development Areas: South Bank

South Bank: hotel site particulars, 1954

 Item
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/4.5
Scope and Contents

Printed particulars for a hotel site available for development in London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 4: South Bank.

Dates: 1954
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London County Council: Comprehensive Development Areas / Comprehensive Development Areas: South Bank

South Bank: London County Council press clippings, 1953-1960

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/4.4
Scope and Contents

File of press clippings and journal articles concerning the redevelopment of London's South Bank by London County Council, under the Comprehensive Development Area no 4: South Bank.

Dates: 1953-1960
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London County Council: Comprehensive Development Areas / Comprehensive Development Areas: South Bank

South Bank: photographs, 1954-1961

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/4.6
Scope and Contents 3 files of black and white photographic prints relating to the redevelopment of London's South Bank through the London County Council Comprehensive Redevelopment Area no 4: South Bank. The photographs consist of: 15 prints (20cm x 25cm) of the Hayward Gallery and the National Film Theatre. The majority of these are of an architectural model. 3 show the interior of the National Film Theatre post...
Dates: 1954-1961
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London County Council: Comprehensive Development Areas / Comprehensive Development Areas: South Bank

South Bank: planning correspondence and papers, 1954-1955

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/4.1
Scope and Contents Contents of 3 files of planning correspondence and papers from London County Council Architect's Department relating to the development of the London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 4: South Bank. The first file is entitled "Redevelopment South Bank 1954" and statistics and a report relating to the development of "Upstream Offices" which was to be occupied by the Shell Group of Companies, a list of cases with their planning application reference numbers, a...
Dates: 1954-1955
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London County Council: Comprehensive Development Areas / Comprehensive Development Areas: South Bank

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

 File
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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London County Council: Comprehensive Development Areas / Comprehensive Development Areas: Stepney / Poplar / Stepney / Poplar: other areas / Other areas of Stepney / Poplar: St Anne's Neighbourhood

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