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London Metropolitan Archives

DISTRICT SURVEYORS ASSOCIATION


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 LMA/4069

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: DISTRICT SURVEYORS ASSOCIATION

Date(s): 1844-1987

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 4.26 linear metres

Name of creator(s): District Surveyors Association

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Association of District Surveyors of Buildings was appointed under the Metropolitan Building Acts subsequent to 1844. In 1845 the first meeting of the Association was called at a London Coffee house, Mr John White being the first Chair.

Acts of Parliament regulating the construction of buildings had been in existence since 1667 giving the Corporation of the City power to appoint surveyors. Building control in inner London was administered at a local level by district surveyors from the mid nineteenth century to 1986. District Surveyors were a statutory, independent body responsible for surveying and supervising all construction work in their districts. They inspected plans and buildings to ensure quality of construction and compliance with statutory requirements under London Building Acts and bye laws. Reports were made to the relevant central administrative authority. In latter years, together with the Building Regulations Division of the Greater London Council's Department of Architecture and Civic Design, district surveyors were responsible for executing the Council's statutory duties under the London Building Acts.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the District Surveyors Association, consisting of committee minutes dating from 1845, correspondence and subject files dating from 1907. There are also series of membership records, finance material, a large series of Parliamentary Acts and Bills and a series of court cases.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

The records have been arranged in the following order:
Administration - LMA/4069/A;
Membership Records - LMA/4069/B;
Finance - LMA/4069/C;
Parliamentary Acts + Bills - LMA/4069/D;
Court cases - LMA/4069/E.

Conditions governing access:

The records are open and available for consultation.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.

Physical characteristics:

Fit

Finding aids:

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

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Gifted to the Archive in August 1998.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

See also the Assistant District Surveyors Association, ACC/2281.

Publication note:

Some Account of the District Surveyors' Association of London by Henry Lovegrove, 1915.

The History of Building Regulation in London 1189-1972 by C.C. Knowles and P.H. Pitt, 1972.

DESCRIPTION NOTES Rules or conventions: 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.

Date(s) of descriptions: June to August 2010.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Building regulations | Planning control | Town and country planning | Urban development
Building surveyors | Surveyors | People by occupation | People
Local government personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People
Parliamentary bills | Legislation | Law
Professional associations | Associations | Organizations

Personal names

Corporate names
District Surveyors Association

Places
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe