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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = England

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General Comprehensive Development Areas files: plans - Research Group Area plans, c1950

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/9.3
Scope and Contents

3 copy plans (83cm x113cm) by the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department showing the location of London County Council administered property overdrawn on an Ordnance Survey Plan at 1:25000 scale. 1 shows the Reconstruction Areas, 1 shows housing estates with grid references and 1 shows fire stations.

Dates: c1950
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: general comprehensive development areas files

General papers: lectures concerning the reconstruction of Stepney, c1950-1954

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.1.3
Scope and Contents

File of typescript and manuscript drafts for talks and articles concerning the redevelopment of London County Council's Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar. Most are authored by Percy Johnson-Marshall, but other authors are represented including the Architect to the Council, Sir Robert Hogg Matthew.

Dates: c1950-1954
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: Stepney / Poplar / Stepney / Poplar: general papers and photographs

General papers: photographs of Stepney / Poplar, 1940-1961

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.1.4
Scope and Contents Photographs of London County Council Comprehensive development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar: east end 1940s, (1940s) east end after reconstruction, (c1955-1961) aerial views, (1937-1951) basic house layouts, (1956) London County Council Housing Department visit, (c1958) historic map of the area, (1950s) ...
Dates: 1940-1961
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: planning reports, 1949-1958

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.1.2
Scope and Contents File of completed planning application reports - form TP5, submitted under the Town and Country Planning Act, ( 1947) to London County Council Architect's Department Town Planning Division. These give details of a large number of proposed developments in the Comprehensive Development Areas of City of London, Stepney / Poplar and Bermondsey. There is also an index to the applications and a complete list of...
Dates: 1949-1958
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: Stepney / Poplar / Stepney / Poplar: general papers and photographs

General papers: Stepney / Poplar Comprehensive Development Area programming papers, 1946-1959

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.1.1
Scope and Contents General files relating to London County Council Comprehensive Redevelopment Area no 2: Stepney and Poplar. The files concern research into the area as a whole, and the work schedules for the Reconstruction Areas Group of the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department, in relation to their work in the Stepney / Poplar area. There are: statistics for the area ...
Dates: 1946-1959
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 work: files - North East Group, 1957-1958

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/4.2
Scope and Contents

General work file, compiled by Percy Johnson-Marshall. This relates to the work of the North East Group of the Town Planning Division of London County Council Architect's Department. The file is very mixed, with no discernible theme. It contains reports, copies of memoranda, notes of discussions and visits and conferences, correspondence and planning application statistics.

Dates: 1957-1958
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 Architect's Department: general work

General work: files - Reconstruction Areas Group, 1944-1950

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/4.1
Scope and Contents General work file, compiled by Percy Johnson-Marshall, entitled "Policy reports - to be read before filing". This relates to the work of the Reconstruction Areas Group of the Town Planning Division of London County Council Architect's Department. The file is very mixed, with no discernible theme. It contains copies of memoranda, committee reports for the Town Planning Committee and associated sub-committees, correspondence, work plans and some sections of the London Building Acts (Amendment)...
Dates: 1944-1950
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 Architect's Department: general work

General work: Housing Division, 1946-1957

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/4.3
Scope and Contents

Files relating to the general work of the Housing Division of London County Council's Architect's Department:


  1. housing estate reports, (1955-1957)
  2. Housing Studies Group, (1946-1950)
Dates: 1946-1957
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 Architect's Department: general work

General work: plans - open space deficiency maps, 1964

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/4.6
Scope and Contents 3 printed plans (84cm x117cm) by the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department. 1 plan is a proof entitled "Revised open space deficiency" and covers the whole of central London in colour at 1:2500 scale. This plan is based on the 1947 Ward Population Figures. The 2 other plans are entitled "Open space deficiency: maps 1 and 2". These are very similar. They cover central London in colour at 1:2500 scale and are based on the interim standard of 2.5 acres per...
Dates: 1964
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 Architect's Department: general work

General work: proofs of evidence, 1950-1957

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/4.5
Scope and Contents

File of proofs of evidence, presented by Percy Johnson-Marshall on behalf of London County Council, for planning appeals under the Town and Country Planning Act, 1947. The file includes the legal documentation for a number of proofs of evidence for Stepney, London and the City of London. It also contains correspondence concerning these, and typescript and manuscript drafts. There are also 2 maps, one of the Barbican area of London and one of the centre of Toronto, Canada.

Dates: 1950-1957
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 Architect's Department: general work

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