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

Found in 755 Collections and/or Records:

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

Mounted Policemen at Play, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1970
Scope and Contents

Photograph of police Sergeant P.S. Thorp on a horse jumping over a gate during the Metropolitan Police mounted branch sports at Wanstead. Sergeant Thorp was the winner of the individual jumping competition on 21 May, 1921.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

New Barbican: photographs, 1954

 File
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

 undefined
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

New Barbican: public enquiry file, 1955

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/1.2.4
Scope and Contents

File of papers and notes related to the public enquiry into the "New Barbican" development scheme proposed by the New Barbican Committee for the redevelopment of the Barbican area of London. The file includes proofs of evidence submitted to the enquiry, London County Council Architect's Department memoranda and handwritten notes taken during the enquiry.

Dates: 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: City of London / City of London: New Barbican

New Barbican: redevelopment plans, 1954-1958

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/1.2.2
Scope and Contents 2 reports with accompanying photographs and plans concerning the redevelopment of the Barbican area, part of London County Council's Comprehensive Redevelopment Area no 1: City of London. The first; New Barbican ( 29 September 1954) is by Kadleigh, Whitfield & Horsburgh, and was commissioned by the New Barbican Committee who presented it to London County Council. This outlines a comprehensive...
Dates: 1954-1958
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

New Barbican: reports and the public enquiry, 1953-1959

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/1.2.1
Scope and Contents File of papers relating to the redevelopment of the Barbican area of London as part of London County Council's Comprehensive Development Area no 1: City of London. The file consists of a number of reports concerning the scheme by either London County Council's Architect's Department, the Corporation of London Improvements and Town Planning Committee or Chamberlin, Powell & Bon, the architects commissioned to create the scheme. There are also a number of proofs of evidence and related...
Dates: 1953-1959
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: City of London / City of London: New Barbican

Northumberland Avenue, Trafalgar Square, London and the Mauretania, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2970
Scope and Contents

Photograph comparing the size of the steamship, Mauretania to Northumberland Avenue, Trafalgar Square, London in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

Notebook No.108, 23 May 1843 - 13 June 1843

 Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 4: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/108
Scope and Contents This notebook contains Lyell's observations while traveling from Shoreham, to Paris, to Angers, while visiting notable geological sites displaying "faluns", a stratum particular to France of shell beds from the Cenozoic period. He makes note of interactions with geologists Jules Desnoyers, Alexandre Brongniart, and Stokes, who is likely to be Charles Stokes. The notebook is mostly written in pencil, with illustrations by Lyell and Desnoyers. Locations: London - Shoreham -...
Dates: 23 May 1843 - 13 June 1843
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Scientific Notebooks

Notes of lectures on 'Physiology for Ladies' given by Edward Henry Sieveking at Stamford Hill

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1918
Scope and Contents

Notes of lectures on 'Physiology for Ladies' given by Edward Henry Sieveking at Stamford Hill, taken by an unknown person in 1848.

Dates: 1848
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections