Collection GB 0074 LMA/4458 - ROBINSON, Samuel (fl 1741)

0.30 linear metres.

GB 0074 LMA/4458 1741 Collection 0.30 linear metres. Robinson , Samuel , fl 1741 , surveyor

Samuel Robinson, surveyor, was active circa 1741 and based at Cockhill, Shadwell. The plan in this collection relating to Saint Dunstan and All Saints church, Stepney states that he 'surveys land and buildings, draws out plans and maps of estates, and carefully calculates all sorts of measurements' (LMA/4458/01/001).

For a history of Stratford Abbey, West Ham, see 'West Ham: Stratford Abbey', A History of the County of Essex: Volume 6 (1973), pp. 112-114 (available online).

Records purchased in August 2000.

This collection contains two plans drawn by Samuel Robinson relating to Saint Dunstan and All Saints' Church, Stepney and West Ham Abbey, West Ham. Both give detailed depictions and descriptions of the buildings and landscape features in their immediate area.

The West Ham Abbey plan (LMA/4458/01/002) gives very detailed views and notes of garden furniture and planting schemes in the adjacent Spring Gardens. For example the plan refers to: 'a square piece fenc'd with reeds wherein cucumbers are nurished' and 'Beds of tulips, pinks and carnations, French marigolds and sweet williams and other flowers. There are several plots of cabbages and colewerts, carrots and parsnips among the trees'.

The records are arranged as follows: Plans LMA/4456/01.

These records are open to public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to closure periods.

Copyright to these records rests with the Corporation of London.

English

Fit

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

For parish records relating to Saint Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney see P93/DUN.

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.

Records prepared May to September 2011. West Ham Abbey Robinson , Samuel , fl 1741 , surveyor People Surveyors People by occupation Architectural plans Information sources Documents Surveyors records Visual materials Plans Building plans Parish of St Dunstan and All Saints , Stepney , Church of England Tower Hamlets London England UK Western Europe Europe Newham Essex Stepney West Ham

Records purchased in August 2000.

This collection contains two plans drawn by Samuel Robinson relating to Saint Dunstan and All Saints' Church, Stepney and West Ham Abbey, West Ham. Both give detailed depictions and descriptions of the buildings and landscape features in their immediate area.

The West Ham Abbey plan (LMA/4458/01/002) gives very detailed views and notes of garden furniture and planting schemes in the adjacent Spring Gardens. For example the plan refers to: 'a square piece fenc'd with reeds wherein cucumbers are nurished' and 'Beds of tulips, pinks and carnations, French marigolds and sweet williams and other flowers. There are several plots of cabbages and colewerts, carrots and parsnips among the trees'.

The records are arranged as follows: Plans LMA/4456/01.

These records are open to public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to closure periods.

Copyright to these records rests with the Corporation of London.

• anglais

• latin

English

For parish records relating to Saint Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney see P93/DUN.

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

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.

• anglais