BROWN, GEORGE J. {SURVEYOR}

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 ACC/0234
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full 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 & 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.

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.

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:

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:
July to October 2009