Collection LCC/VA/GEN - VALUATION DEPARTMENT: GENERAL

Identity area

Reference code

LCC/VA/GEN

Title

VALUATION DEPARTMENT: GENERAL

Date(s)

  • 1891-1965 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

3.25 linear metres

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Name of creator

Biographical history

The London County Council's housing work was administered by the Housing and Public Health Committee. The Valuer, with the Valuation Department, was responsible for the acquisition of property and maintenance and management of the Council's dwellings.

Archival history

Registers and returns of council properties (LCC/VA/GEN/01) returned to Valuation Department GLC
LCC/VA/GEN 1891-1965 Collection 3.25 linear metres LCC , London County Council x London County Council

The London County Council's housing work was administered by the Housing and Public Health Committee. The Valuer, with the Valuation Department, was responsible for the acquisition of property and maintenance and management of the Council's dwellings.

Registers and returns of council properties (LCC/VA/GEN/01) returned to Valuation Department GLC

Acquired with the records of its parent body, the London County Council.

Records of the London County Council Valuation Department, 1891-1965, including papers on the assessment of railways in London; press cuttings and other papers relating to transport organisation including fares and facilities, River Thames passenger services, canals, policy, railways, parking, congestion, air fares, the British Transport Commission, the London Transport Executive, pay and working conditions, bus services, arterial roads, the London Traffic Act, 1924; papers relating to town planning schemes; legislation affecting London and papers relating to road improvement schemes.

Registers of applications for mortgages and housing loans under the Small Dwellings Acquisition Acts and the Housing Acts. Returns of gross and rateable value of properties by locality; pamphlets, articles and posters relating to street and road improvements; site plans of LCC hospital properties transferred to the Ministry of Health in July 1948 under the National Health Service Act, 1946.

LCC/VA/GEN/02: General; LCC/VA/GEN/03: Registers; LCC/VA/GEN/04: Returns and correspondence; LCC/VA/GEN/05: Miscellaneous.

Available for general access.

Copyright: City of London.
English

Fit

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

For LCC/VA/GEN/01/001-126 see reference LRB/PS/ROP/07/001-126. For more records relating to transport and road improvements, see Chief Engineer's Department reference LCC/CE/RB and Clerk's Department papers of the Highways Committee, reference LCC/CL/HIG.

For further information on the history of the LCC please see Achievement: A Short History of the London County Council by W Eric Jackson (1965), LMA Library reference 18.0 1965, The London County Council 1938, LMA Library reference 18.7 SER 4, and The Youngest County: A description of London as a county and its public services, 1951, LMA Library reference 18.0 1951.

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. April to June 2009 Transport infrastructure Roads Fiscal policy Taxation Local taxation Construction engineering Building design Building standards Accommodation Housing Urban transport Finance Financing Loans Mortgages (loans) Transport economics Fares Health services Medical institutions Urban development Urban planning Transport Public transport Visual materials Plans Building plans Hospitals Valuation Accounting Financial administration Traffic congestion Traffic LCC , London County Council x London County Council Valuation Department , London County Council British Transport Commission London Transport Executive Ministry of Health London England UK Western Europe Thames, river Europe Town and country planning

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Acquired with the records of its parent body, the London County Council.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the London County Council Valuation Department, 1891-1965, including papers on the assessment of railways in London; press cuttings and other papers relating to transport organisation including fares and facilities, River Thames passenger services, canals, policy, railways, parking, congestion, air fares, the British Transport Commission, the London Transport Executive, pay and working conditions, bus services, arterial roads, the London Traffic Act, 1924; papers relating to town planning schemes; legislation affecting London and papers relating to road improvement schemes.

Registers of applications for mortgages and housing loans under the Small Dwellings Acquisition Acts and the Housing Acts. Returns of gross and rateable value of properties by locality; pamphlets, articles and posters relating to street and road improvements; site plans of LCC hospital properties transferred to the Ministry of Health in July 1948 under the National Health Service Act, 1946.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

LCC/VA/GEN/02: General; LCC/VA/GEN/03: Registers; LCC/VA/GEN/04: Returns and correspondence; LCC/VA/GEN/05: Miscellaneous.

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

For LCC/VA/GEN/01/001-126 see reference LRB/PS/ROP/07/001-126. For more records relating to transport and road improvements, see Chief Engineer's Department reference LCC/CE/RB and Clerk's Department papers of the Highways Committee, reference LCC/CL/HIG.

Finding aids

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

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Description identifier

Institution identifier

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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