Fonds GB 0372 SPITALFIELDS INVENTORY - Spitalfields Inventory

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0372 SPITALFIELDS INVENTORY

Title

Spitalfields Inventory

Date(s)

  • 1990-1991 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

7 large boxes and 5 small boxes

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The Spitalfields Inventory was a project to detail the features of buildings in the Spitalfields area conducted by a group of researchers between 1990 and 1991. The area was divided into 8 blocks and surveys were conducted on a select number of buildings in that area recorded on a survey form and colour transparency of the building. No further information on the origins of the project is currently known.

Archival history

GB 0372 SPITALFIELDS INVENTORY 1990-1991 Fonds 7 large boxes and 5 small boxes Spitalfields Inventory

The Spitalfields Inventory was a project to detail the features of buildings in the Spitalfields area conducted by a group of researchers between 1990 and 1991. The area was divided into 8 blocks and surveys were conducted on a select number of buildings in that area recorded on a survey form and colour transparency of the building. No further information on the origins of the project is currently known.

No further information is known at present.

Files compiled by researchers on the Spitalfields Inventory including forms detailing the architectural features and structure of a building or small group of buildings in the Spitalfields area with one or more colour transparencies 1990-1991; five boxes of slides of buildings reviewed by the Spitalfields Inventory, 1990-1991.

The collection was divided into 8 blocks by the survey researchers and each section within the collection relates to a block surveyed. Each section with the hard-copy catalogue is accompanied by a map giving the precise location of the building described in the files.
Section 1: Block 1
Section 2: Block 2
Section 3: Block 3
Section 4: Block 4
Section 5: Block 5
Section 6: Block 6
Section 7: Block 7
Section 8: Block 8

Open

Documents cannot be photocopied at present. Digital photography (without flash) is permitted for research purposes on completion of the Library's Copyright Declaration form and with respect to current UK copyright law.
English

Handlist available in the Library Reading Room.

The Bishopsgate Institute also holds a wealth of material including photographs, maps and documents relating to the Spitalfields area in its London Collection.

Entry compiled by Stefan Dickers.
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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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

No further information is known at present.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Files compiled by researchers on the Spitalfields Inventory including forms detailing the architectural features and structure of a building or small group of buildings in the Spitalfields area with one or more colour transparencies 1990-1991; five boxes of slides of buildings reviewed by the Spitalfields Inventory, 1990-1991.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

The collection was divided into 8 blocks by the survey researchers and each section within the collection relates to a block surveyed. Each section with the hard-copy catalogue is accompanied by a map giving the precise location of the building described in the files.
Section 1: Block 1
Section 2: Block 2
Section 3: Block 3
Section 4: Block 4
Section 5: Block 5
Section 6: Block 6
Section 7: Block 7
Section 8: Block 8

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Open

Conditions governing reproduction

Documents cannot be photocopied at present. Digital photography (without flash) is permitted for research purposes on completion of the Library's Copyright Declaration form and with respect to current UK copyright law.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

The Bishopsgate Institute also holds a wealth of material including photographs, maps and documents relating to the Spitalfields area in its London Collection.

Finding aids

Handlist available in the Library Reading Room.

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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Notes area

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

Bishopsgate Institute

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.

Status

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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