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

Found in 77 Collections and/or Records:

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

Planning manuals and methodologies: filing system information, 1948

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/2.6
Scope and Contents

List of file classifications from London County Council. The lists consist of: index to planning technique files, planning technique files: new town files, planning technique files: miscellaneous , local authority files, library cuttings files and a set of rules for the map library.

Dates: 1948
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: planning manuals and methodologies

Planning manuals and methodologies: memos, 1955-1958

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/2.2
Scope and Contents

Percy Johnson-Marshall's file of memoranda issued by the London County Council's Architect's Department to the Town Planning Division during his employment there. These memoranda cover a number of professional issues which staff needed to be kept abreast of including standards, procedures and the work of other divisions of the council.

Dates: 1955-1958
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: planning manuals and methodologies

Planning manuals and methodologies: model house plans, 1952-1956

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/2.7
Scope and Contents

4 house type manuals from London County Council Architect's Department Town Planning Division and Housing Division. These show floor plans for the standard house types which London County Council built during the 1950s.

Dates: 1952-1956
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: planning manuals and methodologies

Planning manuals and methodologies: research materials, 1947-1955

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/2.5
Scope and Contents

File of research materials kept by Percy Johnson-Marshall while employed in London County Council Architect's Department. The file contains papers and research notes on a number of planning methodologies including, daylight, building density, development in central London, child population statistics and planning controls.

In addition the file contains related typescript notes of visits, meetings and talks, memoranda on departmental procedures and notes on legislative change.

Dates: 1947-1955
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: planning manuals and methodologies

Planning manuals and methodologies: sample forms and notifications, 1940s and 1950s

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/2.4
Scope and Contents File of sample forms and notifications, for enforcement of various planning legislation, used by London County Council's Architect's Department. These forms cover the following legislation London Buildings Acts, 1930-1939 Restriction of Ribbon Development (Provision of Means of Entrance and Egress to Buildings) London Order, 1936 Thermal Insulation (Industrial Buildings)...
Dates: 1940s and 1950s
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: planning manuals and methodologies

Planning manuals and methodologies: Town and Country Planning Act circulars, 1947-1959

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/2.3
Scope and Contents

Percy Johnson-Marshall's incomplete file of Town and Country Planning Act, 1947 and Town and Country Planning Act, 1959 circulars published by Her Majesty's Stationary Office during his employment at London County Council. In addition there is a minute of evidence from the Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London.

Dates: 1947-1959
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 Architect's Department: planning manuals and methodologies

Plans: Administrative County of London Development Plan 1951 - programme map, 1951

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/1.1.2d
Scope and Contents 10 printed plans (85cm x 116cm) by the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department. The plans were published as part of the Administrative County of London Development Plan ( 1951) and comprise the Programme Map showing London in 8 sheets at 6" to 1 mile scale. The sheets are coloured and have a complex legend which enables representation of residential density, land-use,...
Dates: 1951
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: Administrative County of London Development Plan, 1951 / Administrative County of London Development Plan, 1951: development plan / Development plan: plans

Plans: Administrative County of London Development Plan 1951 - Proposals for alterations and additions to the Town Map consequent upon a fresh survey of the area, c1951

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/1.1.2c
Scope and Contents 3 printed plans (57cm x 65cm) by the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department showing proposals for alterations and additions to the Town Map published as part of the Administrative County of London Development Plan ( 1951) . The plans are printed in greyscale and brown with an alphabetic code to depict land-use, land zoning and residential density. The maps are at 6" to...
Dates: c1951
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: Administrative County of London Development Plan, 1951 / Administrative County of London Development Plan, 1951: development plan / Development plan: plans

Plans: Administrative County of London Development Plan 1951 - town map, 1951

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/1.1.2a
Scope and Contents 8 printed plans (85cm x 115cm) by the Town Planning Division of the London County Council Architect's Department. The plans were published as part of the Administrative County of London Development Plan ( 1951) and comprise the Town Map showing London in 8 sheets at 6" to 1 mile scale. The sheets are coloured and have a complex legend which enables representation of residential density, land-use,...
Dates: 1951
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: Administrative County of London Development Plan, 1951 / Administrative County of London Development Plan, 1951: development plan / Development plan: plans

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