Collection GB 0074 CLC/289 - OLIVER, John (fl 1666)

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/289

Title

OLIVER, John (fl 1666)

Date(s)

  • [1700-1750] (Creation)

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Collection

Extent and medium

5 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

After the Great Fire of London in 1666 rebuilding was forbidden until a Committee had considered redevelopment plans and all claims to plots of land had been settled. By November the Committee gave the City powers to control drainage, water supply, and street cleaning; and issued orders regulating the height of private houses.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/289 [1700-1750] Collection 5 production units. Unknown copyist.

After the Great Fire of London in 1666 rebuilding was forbidden until a Committee had considered redevelopment plans and all claims to plots of land had been settled. By November the Committee gave the City powers to control drainage, water supply, and street cleaning; and issued orders regulating the height of private houses.

These volumes were donated to Guildhall Library (date unknown). They were recatalogued in 1981 by a member of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Copies, possibly made in the first half of the 18th century and presented to the Court of Aldermen, of surveys and plans originally made 1667-1687 by John Oliver and Peter Mills, City Surveyors, after the 1666 Great Fire.

5 volumes, indexed in volume 5.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

For more papers of the City Surveyors see COL/SVD/AD and COL/SVD/PL.

Reproduced and indexed in The Survey of Building Sites in the City of London (London Topographical Society, 1962-7).

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

August to October 2010. Building surveyors People People by occupation Personnel Local government personnel Visual materials Plans Building plans Fires Great Fire of London (1666) Surveyors Disasters (events) City Surveyor , Corporation of London City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe Accidents Disasters

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

These volumes were donated to Guildhall Library (date unknown). They were recatalogued in 1981 by a member of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Copies, possibly made in the first half of the 18th century and presented to the Court of Aldermen, of surveys and plans originally made 1667-1687 by John Oliver and Peter Mills, City Surveyors, after the 1666 Great Fire.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

5 volumes, indexed in volume 5.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

For more papers of the City Surveyors see COL/SVD/AD and COL/SVD/PL.

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Language(s)

  • English

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