CORPORATION OF LONDON: HOLBORN VALLEY IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/295
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: CORPORATION OF LONDON: HOLBORN VALLEY IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE
Date(s)	: 1869
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 1 production unit.
Name of creator(s)	: Corporation of London

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Holborn Viaduct was begun in 1863 and finished in 1869; designed by William Heywood, the City Surveyor. It bridged the valley of the Fleet river and connected Holborn with Newgate Street. As part of the construction, Holborn Circus, Charterhouse Street and St Andrew's Street were also built.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

A descriptive account of the Holborn Valley Viaduct, opened by the Queen on the 6th November 1869, and carried out under the direction of the Corporation of London by the Improvements Committee.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

The account is divided over 3 folios.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection 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:

Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Allied Materials

Related material:

For the Improvements Committee see COL/CC/IMP; for plans relating to the Holborn Valley Improvements see COL/TSD/PL/04, and for Court of Aldermen's papers relating to the works see COL/AC/17.

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:
August to October 2010.