CHISWICK RESIDENTS' COMMITTEE

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 ACC/1333
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: CHISWICK RESIDENTS' COMMITTEE
Date(s)	: 1918
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 0.04 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Chiswick Residents' Committee

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

In 1914 the Brentford Gas Company proposed to erect gas works on part of Duke's Meadows but their application was rejected by Parliament. The company applied again to Parliament in 1918 for further land for manufacturing purposes, pointing out the suitability of the Chiswick site for their needs. There was much local opposition and the company's plans were refused again.

Chiswick Residents' Committee was succeeded in 1922 by the Chiswick Civic Association as an unofficial society of residents and rate payers formed to foster and promote local interest in good causes. One of its main objects was the preservation of Duke's Meadows from industrial development and their profitable use for sports grounds and public purposes.

In 1923 Duke's Meadows, over 150 acres of orchard land bordering the Thames, was purchased by Chiswick Urban District Council from the Duke of Devonshire.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Publication by the Chiswick Residents' Committee, protesting against the proposed construction of gas works on a riverside area of Chiswick. Including map of area, panoramic view of site, plan of meadows showing proposed town planning development and sketch of proposed development.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

One item catalogued as ACC/1333/001.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records 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:

Records deposited in September 1976.

Allied Materials

Related material:

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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:
June to August 2010.