Thompson, William Harding

William Harding Thompson (1887-1976) was a British architect and President of the Royal Town Planning Institute, although his work on rural planning was perhaps of greater importance. He wrote a number of surveys of (and planning proposals for) English county authorities in the 1930s for the then newly created Council for the Preservation of Rural England (today known as the CPRE, The Countryside Charity), these included a number of delightful maps, mainly of counties and regions within southern England. The CPRE was formed in 1926 by Sir Patrick Abercrombie (q.v.) to limit urban sprawl and ribbon development; it has influenced public policy relating to town and country planning in England, most notably in the formation of the National Parks and AONBs in 1949, and of green belts in 1955. Thompson worked closely with John Gordon Dower, whose work led directly to the creation of National parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) after World War 2.

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Thompson, William Harding

Town plan of POLPERRO Cornwall by William Harding Thompson 1930 old map

CORNWALL. New building developments & bus routes. HARDING THOMPSON 1930 map

Town plan of LOOE Cornwall by William Harding Thompson 1930 old vintage map

Town plan of LAUNCESTON Cornwall by William Harding Thompson 1930 old map

Town plan of ST. IVES Cornwall by William Harding Thompson 1930 old map

Map of Devon. Contours. Dartmoor Exmoor. William Harding Thompson for CPRE 1932

Town plan of DARTMOUTH & KINGSWEAR Devon by William Harding Thompson 1932 map

Town plan of SALCOMBE Devon by William Harding Thompson 1932 old vintage map

Town plan of CLOVELLY Devon by William Harding Thompson 1932 old vintage map

Lynton & Watersmeet valley. Cleaves bought for National Trust. THOMPSON 1932 map

Town plan of CULLOMPTON Devon by William Harding Thompson 1932 old vintage map

Dartmoor shewing the forest by William Harding Thompson. Devon 1932 old map

Town plan of CHAGFORD Dartmoor Devon by William Harding Thompson 1932 old map

Town plan of BRADNINCH Devon by William Harding Thompson 1932 old vintage map

Town plan of SOUTH MOLTON Devon by William Harding Thompson 1932 old map

Devon antiquities. Prehistoric Roman Monastic castle ruins. THOMPSON 1932 map

Devon Landscape Survey for CPRE by William Harding Thompson 1932 old map

Devon regional & town planning schemes for CPRE by W. Harding Thompson 1932 map

Somerset showing through routes A Roads. Pre-motorways. THOMPSON 1934 old map

Somerset regional plan main A & B roads by William Harding Thompson 1934 map

Somerset regional plan road traffic tonnage diagram. HARDING THOMPSON 1934 map

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