IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/295
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: CORPORATION OF LONDON: HOLBORN VALLEY IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE
Date(s): 1869
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 1 production unit.
Name of creator(s): Corporation of London
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Holborn Viaduct was begun in 1863 and finished in 1869; designed by William Heywood, the City Surveyor. It bridged the valley of the Fleet river and connected Holborn with Newgate Street. As part of the construction, Holborn Circus, Charterhouse Street and St Andrew's Street were also built.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
A descriptive account of the Holborn Valley Viaduct, opened by the Queen on the 6th November 1869, and carried out under the direction of the Corporation of London by the Improvements Committee.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
The account is divided over 3 folios.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
For the Improvements Committee see COL/CC/IMP; for plans relating to the Holborn Valley Improvements see COL/TSD/PL/04, and for Court of Aldermen's papers relating to the works see COL/AC/17.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: August to October 2010.