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London Metropolitan Archives

HEATHROW AIRPORT


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/0986

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: HEATHROW AIRPORT

Date(s): 1964-1967

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.07 linear metres

Name of creator(s): British Airports Authority

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

On 17th November 1967 the British Airports Authority unveiled a plaque at Heathrow Airport to commemorate the start of scientific mapping of Great Britain in 1784, the first baseline of the triangulation of Great Britain being situated close by.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Photograph and press release relating to the unveiling of a commemorative plaque at Heathrow Airport.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Two items.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

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:

Records deposited in November 1967.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

See MCC/CL/HA for records of the Middlesex County Council relating to Heathrow Airport.

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
Cartography | Surveying
Commemorative events | Cultural events | Leisure time activities | Leisure
Memorials | Decorative features | Building components

Personal names

Corporate names
British Airports Authority
Heathrow Airport

Places
Heathrow | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Hillingdon