IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 Q/STB
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: PEPPER, George
Date(s): 1661-1889
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.19 linear metres.
Name of creator(s): Various.
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
No biographical detail has been found for George Pepper.
Vauxhall Bridge was begun in 1811 to a design by Rennie, but two years later the Vauxhall Bridge Company decided to adopt James Walker's cast iron design as it was cheaper. The bridge was opened in 1816 and was at first called Regent's Bridge. It was the first iron bridge over the Thames. In 1895 to 1906 a new bridge was constructed designed by Sir Alexander Binnie.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of George Pepper, surveyor, comprising notebooks detailing measured work for masons, carpenters and joiners, bricklayers, plasterers, painters, glaziers at houses in London and elsewhere, with occasional sketches; 1 notebook detailing costing of such work, 1780-1806. Also other papers relating to building work including accounts, bills, plans for building work in London and elsewhere, 1661/2-1889; carpenter and cabinet-makers' bills, 1781-1802; bills for horse hire, saddlery, carriage of goods, etc., with occasional letters, 1774-1828 and accounts relating to building Vauxhall Bridge, 1810-1822.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Q/STB/001-010: Pepper's notebooks; Q/STB/011-145: Other papers.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection 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:
Donated to the Archive in December 1966.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
See Bridge Companie (reference BC) for papers relating to Vauxhall Bridge.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: Records prepared May to September 2011.