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Postwar Reconstruction

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Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Created For = PJM

Found in 163 Collections and/or Records:

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
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: Lansbury Neighbourhood

Lewisham Clock Tower: papers, 7 September 1953

 Item
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/7.1
Scope and Contents

Typescript note concerning a change of use, from office buildings to residential, for buildings planned as part of the London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 7: Lewisham Clock Tower.

Dates: 7 September 1953
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: Lewisham Clock Tower

Lewisham Clock Tower: plans - Lewisham Clock Tower CDA, 1950s

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/7.2
Scope and Contents

Copy plan (47cm x 53cm) probably by the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department. This is a sketch plan of Comprehensive Development Area no 7: Lewisham Clock Tower showing development progress within the area.

Dates: 1950s
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: Lewisham Clock Tower

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London County Council: Architect's Department

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council

London County Council: photographs, 1940s-1950s

 Series
Identifier: PJM/LCC/G
Scope and Contents Photographs consists of: office blocks, 1950s Gipsy Road, Lambeth, 1940s housing development models and archways, 1950s the south prospect of London, 1666, 1950s architectural models, 1950s architectural models (2), 1958-1961 miscellaneous, 1950s County of London Plan, 1940s ...
Dates: 1940s-1950s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council

Miscellaneous development areas: papers, 1950s

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/F/1
Scope and Contents

File of papers relating to housing development areas within London County Council's jurisdiction, which were not designated Comprehensive Development Areas. The papers concern Quadrant Estate, Islington; Highbury Corner, Islington; Caledonian Market; Brandon Estate, Southwark; Ackroydon Estate, Wandsworth and Bethnal Green.

Dates: 1950s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London county Council: miscellaneous development areas

Miscellaneous development areas: plans, 1950s-1964

 Sub-Series
Identifier: PJM/LCC/F/2
Scope and Contents Plans of miscellaneous London County Council Development Areas: Caledonian Market, (1958) Westminster Precinct, (1950s-1964) Fort Worth, (1950s) Brandon Estate Southwark, (1 May 1957) Regent's Park Terraces, (February 1959) London North East - Blackfriars proposed riverside development, (26 November 1957) ...
Dates: 1950s-1964
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London county Council: miscellaneous development areas

New Barbican: photographs, 1954

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/1.2.3
Scope and Contents Photographs relating to redevelopment of the Barbican area, as part of London County Council's Comprehensive Redevelopment Area no 1: City of London. The photographs consist of: 30 black and white photographic prints (20cm x 25cm) of the architectural models for the first scheme, and the extension to the first redevelopment scheme. This design was by the Reconstruction Areas Group of the Town Planning...
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: City of London / City of London: New Barbican

New Barbican: plans, c1953-1958

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/1.2.5
Scope and Contents

Plans of the New Barbican Development planned as part of London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 1: City of London:


  1. Barbican "appendix" plans, (1954)
  2. New Barbican accommodation, (c1955)
  3. mixed Barbican Development Plans, (1955-1958)
  4. annotated plan of the area, (c1953)
Dates: c1953-1958
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: City of London / City of London: New Barbican

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