ROBINSON, Samuel (fl 1741)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 LMA/4458
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: ROBINSON, Samuel (fl 1741)
Date(s)	: 1741
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 0.30 linear metres.
Name of creator(s)	: Robinson | Samuel | fl 1741 | surveyor

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Samuel Robinson, surveyor, was active circa 1741 and based at Cockhill, Shadwell. The plan in this collection relating to Saint Dunstan and All Saints church, Stepney states that he 'surveys land and buildings, draws out plans and maps of estates, and carefully calculates all sorts of measurements' (LMA/4458/01/001).

For a history of Stratford Abbey, West Ham, see 'West Ham: Stratford Abbey', A History of the County of Essex: Volume 6 (1973), pp. 112-114 (available online).

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

This collection contains two plans drawn by Samuel Robinson relating to Saint Dunstan and All Saints' Church, Stepney and West Ham Abbey, West Ham. Both give detailed depictions and descriptions of the buildings and landscape features in their immediate area.

The West Ham Abbey plan (LMA/4458/01/002) gives very detailed views and notes of garden furniture and planting schemes in the adjacent Spring Gardens. For example the plan refers to: 'a square piece fenc'd with reeds wherein cucumbers are nurished' and 'Beds of tulips, pinks and carnations, French marigolds and sweet williams and other flowers. There are several plots of cabbages and colewerts, carrots and parsnips among the trees'.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

The records are arranged as follows: Plans LMA/4456/01.

Conditions governing access:

These records are open to public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to closure periods.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records rests with the Corporation 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 purchased in August 2000.

Allied Materials

Related material:

For parish records relating to Saint Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney see P93/DUN.

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:
Records prepared May to September 2011.