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- 1679-1974 (Creation)
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3.5 linear metres
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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.
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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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Corporation of London Records Office
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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.
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Accruals
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In sections according to catalogue.
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Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright: City of London
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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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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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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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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- English