Collection COL/SVD/AD - SURVEYOR'S DEPARTMENT: ADMINISTRATION

Identity area

Reference code

COL/SVD/AD

Title

SURVEYOR'S DEPARTMENT: ADMINISTRATION

Date(s)

  • 1679-1974 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

3.5 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The City Surveyor is responsible for the construction and management of various City non-residential properties, including those properties belonging to Bridge House estates and City Lands estates.

Archival history

COL/SVD/AD 1679-1974 Collection 3.5 linear metres Corporation of London

The City Surveyor is responsible for the construction and management of various City non-residential properties, including those properties belonging to Bridge House estates and City Lands estates.

Corporation of London Records Office

Administrative records of the Surveyor's Department, Corporation of London, including papers on Bridge House assignments, 1937-1972; reports to various Committees, 1941-1962; site histories, providing details of architects, costs, chronology of the planning process and progress of the construction of the buildings, [1951-1964]; day book providing costs of acquisition of properties, 1947; compulsory purchase order day book, 1960s-1970s; redevelopment units record book, 1950s; valuation book for properties purchased under the Town and Country Planning Act, 1947; compulsory purchase orders (highways), 1971-1974; compulsory purchase orders, 1965-1968; details of Bridge House rentals and leases, [1921-1956]; City and counties rentals, [19410s-1956]; markets rentals, [1941-1964]; City Lands rentals, [1932-1956]; tenders for contracts, 1958-1972; orders for payment to John Oliver and Robert Hooke, City Surveyors, 1679-1680 and article Robert Hooke's Work as Surveyor for the City of London in the aftermath of the Great Five. Part One: Robert Hooke's First Surveys for the City of London by M.A.R. Cooper, 1997.

In sections according to catalogue.

Available for general access.

Copyright: City of London
English

Fit

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

See also COL/PL: plans, COL/PLD/TP: Planning Department: Town Planning, CLA/007: Bridge House Estates and CLA/008: City Lands Estates.

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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Corporation of London Records Office

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Administrative records of the Surveyor's Department, Corporation of London, including papers on Bridge House assignments, 1937-1972; reports to various Committees, 1941-1962; site histories, providing details of architects, costs, chronology of the planning process and progress of the construction of the buildings, [1951-1964]; day book providing costs of acquisition of properties, 1947; compulsory purchase order day book, 1960s-1970s; redevelopment units record book, 1950s; valuation book for properties purchased under the Town and Country Planning Act, 1947; compulsory purchase orders (highways), 1971-1974; compulsory purchase orders, 1965-1968; details of Bridge House rentals and leases, [1921-1956]; City and counties rentals, [19410s-1956]; markets rentals, [1941-1964]; City Lands rentals, [1932-1956]; tenders for contracts, 1958-1972; orders for payment to John Oliver and Robert Hooke, City Surveyors, 1679-1680 and article Robert Hooke's Work as Surveyor for the City of London in the aftermath of the Great Five. Part One: Robert Hooke's First Surveys for the City of London by M.A.R. Cooper, 1997.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

In sections according to catalogue.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright: City of London

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

See also COL/PL: plans, COL/PLD/TP: Planning Department: Town Planning, CLA/007: Bridge House Estates and CLA/008: City Lands Estates.

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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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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