IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/0234
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: BROWN, GEORGE J. {SURVEYOR}
Date(s): 1894-1900
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.5 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Brown | George James | fl 1899 | surveyor
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
George James Brown was a Victorian surveyor and land agent, based at 34 Great George Street, Westminster, to the north of Parliament Square.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers and maps of George James Brown, land agent and surveyor, relating to premises in Ealing, Hanworth, Hampton and South Mimms, 1894-1900; including report, with plan, presenting case for damages to value of Mr. Wood's estate east of Hangar Lane, Ealing, caused by construction of Ealing and South Harrow Railway, 1899; papers relating to a dispute between The New River Company and The Gye Process Fresh Foods Co. Ltd over the purchase of land in Hanworth, with plan of the disputed premises, 1899-1900; particulars, plan and illustrations of building land for sale on the Marling Park Estate, Hampton, 1900; and Ordnance Survey maps, with annotations.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
The papers are arranged by location: Ealing, Hanworth, Hampton and South Mimms.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright rests with the City of London.
Physical characteristics:
Fit, some maps fragile.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Received in 1943 (ACC/0234).
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
Ordnance Survey maps of Middlesex are available on microfiche in the Reference Room. Records of The New River Company are also held at the LMA, see ACC/1262, ACC/1953, ACC/2246, ACC/2643, ACC/2919 and ACC/3645. Further material is held at The National Archives, Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies, the British Library and Berkshire Record Office.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: July to October 2009