List of abbreviations

Survey of London: Volume 40, the Grosvenor Estate in Mayfair, Part 2 (The Buildings). Originally published by London County Council, London, 1980.

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'List of abbreviations', in Survey of London: Volume 40, the Grosvenor Estate in Mayfair, Part 2 (The Buildings), (London, 1980) pp. 345. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol40/pt2/p345 [accessed 17 March 2024]

ABBREVIATIONS

B. The Builder.
B.A. Building Act case, Greater London Council.
B.L. British Library, Reference Division.
B.M. British Museum.
B.N. The Building News.
Boase Frederick Boase, Modern English Biography, 1965 ed.
B.R. Building Regulations case, Greater London Council.
C.C. Archives of the Church Commissioners.
Colvin Howard Colvin, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600–1840, 1978.
Dasent A. I. Dasent, A History of Grosvenor Square, 1935.
D.N.B. Dictionary of National Biography.
D.S.R. District Surveyors' Returns for St. George's, Hanover Square, in Greater London Record Office. The year and number of each return is given.
E.H.P. Eaton Hall Papers, archives of the Grosvenor family at Eaton Hall, Cheshire.
GA Grosvenor Archives, archives of the Grosvenor estate in Westminster City Library, Buckingham Palace Road.
GBA Grosvenor Building Agreements in Grosvenor Office (fn. 1) (numbered sequence, 1–92).
GBM Grosvenor Board Minutes, 46 volumes, 1789–c. 1920, in Grosvenor Office. (fn. 1)
G.E.C. The Complete Peerage, ed. G.E.C., 1910–59.
GLB Grosvenor Lease Books, 45 volumes, 1721–1834, in Grosvenor Office. (fn. 1)
G.L.C. Greater London Council.
G.L.R.O.(L) Greater London Record Office (London Records).
G.L.R.O.(M) Greater London Record Office (Middlesex Records).
G.O. Grosvenor Office, 53 Davies Street. (fn. 1)
Gunnis Rupert Gunnis, Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660–1851, rev. ed., n.d.
H.B. Historic Buildings Division of the Department of Architecture and Civic Design of the Greater London Council.
H.M.C. Historical Manuscripts Commission.
L.C.C. London County Council.
M.B.W. Archives of the Metropolitan Board of Works in Greater London Record Office.
M.C.S. Archives of the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers in Greater London Record Office.
M.D.R. Middlesex Deeds Register (in previous volumes cited as Middlesex Land Register) in Greater London Record Office.
N.M.R. National Monuments Record, Fortress House, 23 Savile Row.
P.O.D. Post Office Directories.
P.P. Parliamentary Papers.
P.P.R. Principal Probate Registry, Somerset House.
P.R.O. Public Record Office.
R.B. Ratebooks of the parish of St. George, Hanover Square, in Westminster City Library, Buckingham Palace Road.
R.I.B.A. Royal Institute of British Architects.
R.O. Record Office.
S.M. Sir John Soane's Museum, 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields.
W.C.L. Westminster City Library, Buckingham Palace Road.
W.C.S. Archives of the Westminster Commissioners of Sewers in Greater London Record Office.

Footnotes

  • 1. Since the completion of this volume most of the historical records of the Grosvenor estate have been transferred from the Grosvenor Office to Westminster City Library, Buckingham Palace Road.