{"id":541863,"date":"2025-11-01T10:44:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T10:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/541863\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T10:44:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T10:44:32","slug":"the-work-of-the-survey-of-london-camden-history-society-at-holborn-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/541863\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The work of the Survey of London&#8217; &#8211; Camden History Society at Holborn Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"532\" data-attachment-id=\"127685\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fitzrovianews.com\/2025\/11\/01\/the-work-of-the-survey-of-london-camden-history-society-at-holborn-library\/survey-of-london-tottenham-court-road-2000px\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fitzrovianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/survey-of-london-tottenham-court-road-2000px.jpg?fit=2000%2C1365&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1365\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"survey-of-london-tottenham-court-road-2000px\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fitzrovianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/survey-of-london-tottenham-court-road-2000px.jpg?fit=300%2C205&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fitzrovianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/survey-of-london-tottenham-court-road-2000px.jpg?fit=780%2C532&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/survey-of-london-tottenham-court-road-2000px.jpg\" alt=\"View of the title page of the Survey of London volume 21.\" class=\"wp-image-127685\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>An event at Holborn Library this month explores the work of one of the most interesting and comprehensive local history projects ever undertaken in central London.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/bartlett\/architecture\/research\/histories-and-theories-architecture\/survey-london\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Survey of London<\/a> is often described as the closest thing to an \u201cofficial\u201d history of the capital, documenting its buildings past and present, area by area \u2014 their development, architecture, history and associations. <\/p>\n<p>The resulting volumes are the most detailed, reliable and illuminating accounts of London\u2019s built environment available \u2014 an invaluable resource for planners, historians, architects or anyone with an interest in the capital. <\/p>\n<p>The Fitzrovia News frequently refers to volumes of the Survey covering our neighbourhood for our <a href=\"https:\/\/fitzrovianews.com\/tag\/history-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">History Notes<\/a> series and other features.<\/p>\n<p>Organised by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.camdenhistorysociety.org\/events\/2025\/11\/6\/to-make-nobler-and-more-humanly-enjoyable-the-life-of-the-great-city-the-work-of-the-survey-of-london-an-illustrated-talk-by-colin-thom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Camden History Society<\/a>, this illustrated talk by Colin Thom, the current director of the Survey of London, looks at its origins in the 1890s and goes on to explore how the series has evolved and changed since then, as London itself has expanded and transformed. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.camdenhistorysociety.org\/events\/2025\/11\/6\/to-make-nobler-and-more-humanly-enjoyable-the-life-of-the-great-city-the-work-of-the-survey-of-london-an-illustrated-talk-by-colin-thom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Work of the Survey of London, 7.30pm, Thursday 6 November 2025 at Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre, 2nd Floor, Holborn Library, 32-38 Theobalds Road, London WC1X 8PA. Admission \u00a32 (free to members of the Camden History Society).<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"is-style-default has-light-gray-background-color has-background\"><strong>Please support The Fitzrovia News. 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