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Date(s)
- 1891-1965 (Creation)
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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.
Repository
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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- Transport infrastructure
- Transport infrastructure » Roads
- Finance » Fiscal policy
- Finance » Fiscal policy » Taxation
- Construction engineering
- Construction engineering » Building design
- Construction engineering » Building design » Building standards
- Housing
- Transport » Urban transport
- Finance
- Finance » Financing
- Finance » Financing » Loans
- Transport » Transport economics
- Health services
- Urban development
- Urban development » Urban planning
- Transport
- Transport » Public transport
- Visual materials
- Health services » Hospitals
- Finance » Financial administration » Accounting
- Finance » Financial administration
- Transport » Traffic
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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