Skinners’ History Workshop – Documents 15-22

Eight documents relating to James Burton and the Skinners Estate in St Pancras

Dated between 1813 and 1819

• Five from James Burton to Gilbee
• One from Mr Gregg to James Burton
• Draft minutes of a meeting of the Skinners Company Building Committee
• One report from William Jupp on a complaint

All relate to the land left in his will by Andrew Judd to the Skinners Company north of the Foundling Hospital in what is now Bloomsbury.

The estate

• Attached maps showing the land between 1560 and 1945
• Attached comprehensive summary of history from British History Online
• 19^th C descriptions

The individuals

• James Burton
• Samuel Gilbee
• Major Frederick Howard
• John Gregg

Questions

What property does the Skinners Company still hold?

What were the economics of the estate development?

Further reading

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bloomsbury-project/index.htm

https://www.burtonsstleonardssociety.co.uk

The documents

15. 1 January 1813
16. 15 January 1813
17a
17b
18a
18b
19a page one
19b page two and three
20a. Outer Page
20b. Page one
21a. page one
21b. page two and notes
22. William Jupp March 1819
Document 16 transcript
Document 18 transcript
Document 19 transcript
Document 20 transcript
Document 21 transcript
Document 22 transcript
James Burton Notebook transcript
James Burton
Old St Pancras
Sand Hills Estate
Skinners estate in maps
Skinners.Misc. docs. 18c and 19c
The Builder 30th May 1908
The Skinners' Company Estate _ British History Online

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