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Postwar Reconstruction

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

Found in 85 Collections and/or Records:

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
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

Papers, photographs and plans from Coventry City Architect's Department, 1939-1944

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Identifier: PJM/CCC/A
Scope and Contents

Papers, photographs and plans from Coventry City Architect's Department consists of:


  1. general papers, photographs, press-clippings and plans, 1939-1945
  2. photographs, press-clippings and plans concerning housing development in Coventry, c1940-1944
  3. personal material concerning Percy Johnson-Marshall's employment, 15 March 1941
Dates: 1939-1944
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Coventry City Council

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
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: general papers and photographs / General papers: photographs of Stepney / Poplar

Photographs of Stepney / Poplar: east end before and after reconstruction, c1947-1961

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.1.4b
Scope and Contents Mixed collection of black and white photographic prints. 53 of the prints (max 24cm x 30cm, min 11cm x 17cm) show old or derelict buildings and waste land before reconstruction, some of which have a location, date or London County Council Architect's Town Planning Division stamp on the reverse. The remainder (21cm x 25) are of completed building projects by London County Council Architect's Department, including flats and housing in Stepney / Poplar, a children's play area, Lansbury market,...
Dates: c1947-1961
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: Stepney / Poplar / Stepney / Poplar: general papers and photographs / General papers: photographs of Stepney / Poplar

Plans from Coventry City Architectural and Planning Department, 1931-1956

 Sub-Series
Identifier: PJM/CCC/B/2
Scope and Contents

Plans from Coventry City Architectural and Planning Department consists of:


  1. The Coventry No 1 Town Planning Scheme, Map No 2, 1931
  2. City and Borough of Coventry, Development Plan 1951 - town map, 1951
  3. thematic maps of central Coventry, unknown
  4. Bell Green District Centre: general layout, 4 January 1956
Dates: 1931-1956
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Coventry City Council / Collected reports and plansregarding Coventry's redevelopment

Plans: South Bank assorted perspective drawings, c1953

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/4.8.7
Scope and Contents 4 perspective drawings of the South Bank in London: pencil manuscript drawing, on transparency, (61cm x 87cm) showing the Reconstruction Areas Group of the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department's vision for the area. printed drawing (17cm x 50cm) showing the area to the west of Waterloo Bridge showing the Queen Elizabeth Hall and Royal Festival...
Dates: c1953
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: plans

Plans: Stepney / Poplar perspective drawing, April 1950

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.4.10
Scope and Contents

Manuscript perspective architectural drawing (29cm x 34cm) by J Newel Lewis of Norman & Dawbarn Ltd of a street corner in proposed housing development in Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar.

Dates: April 1950
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: plans

Redevelopment of Coventry - general material, 1939-1945

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

Redevelopment of Coventry - general material consists of:


  1. general papers, c1945
  2. general photographs, 1939
  3. press clippings and articles, 1940-1944
  4. plans,c1941-1943
Dates: 1939-1945
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Coventry City Council / Papers, photographs and plans from Coventry City Architect's Department

Redevelopment of Coventry - general papers, c1945

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Identifier: PJM/CCC/A/1/1
Scope and Contents File of papers relating to the redevelopment of Coventry. Includes an application under section I of the Town and Country Planning Act ( 1944) for the redevelopment of Coventry city centre, proceedings of the local public enquiry concerning this application for 25 June 1945 and captions to some missing photographs. There are also 2 pamphlets concerning Coventry's redevelopment and a contemporary street...
Dates: c1945
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Coventry City Council / Papers, photographs and plans from Coventry City Architect's Department / Redevelopment of Coventry - general material

Redevelopment of Coventry - general photographs, 1939

 File
Identifier: PJM/CCC/A/1/2
Scope and Contents Redevelopment of Coventry - general photographs consists of: 22 black and white photographic prints (9cm x 11.5cm) showing the first architectural model for the proposed redevelopment of the city centre. It was built by members of the Coventry City Architect's Department, under the direction of the City Architect Donald Gibson, during their spare time in, 1939 4 black and white...
Dates: 1939
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Coventry City Council / Papers, photographs and plans from Coventry City Architect's Department / Redevelopment of Coventry - general material

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