Major Accessions to Repositories in 1995 relating to Building

Bedfordshire Record Office

• T & E Neville Ltd, builders, Luton: records c1880-1960 (X 843)

Birmingham Central Library

• Empire Stone Ltd, artifical stone casting manufacturers, Narborough: plans and stone casting details for buildings in Birmingham 1929-79 (MS 1889)

British Architectural Library

• Sir Thomas Edwin Cooper, architect: designs (11) for stone work for Lloyds, Post Office Building, Lady Margaret Hall Chapel, Oxford and Methodist Chapel, Byfleet c1928-38
• Michael A Newberry, architect: designs (23) for steel-frame houses, Port Navas Creek, Cornwall and Capel, Surrey 1962

Cleveland County Archives

• Dorman, Long & Co Ltd, steel mfrs, Middlesbrough: records rel to construction work c1920-80

Coventry City Record Office

• Ward Brothers & Co Ltd, builders merchants, Coventry: records incl financial records, photographs 1913-83 (Acc 1807)

Cumbria Record Office, Kendal

• Torbock family of Crossrigg Hall (addnl): corresp and plans rel to building 1913-43 (WDX/1105)

Derbyshire Record Office

• Butterley Co Ltd and predecessors: minutes, financial and administrative records 1887-79 (D503)
• Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians and predecessors, New Mills branch (addnl): minutes, corresp, membership, financial and welfare records 1913-94 (D1709)
• Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers, Whaley Bridge branch: corresp, membership and welfare records 1925-71

Devon Record Office

• Bowker family of Egland: deeds, leases and associated papers 1689-1931, incl contract and specification for building Egland House 1804 (D 5333)

Dudley Archives and Local History Service

• Stourbridge Firebrick Association (addnl): records 19th-20th cents (ACC 8985)
• John Hall Refractories Ltd, firebrick mfrs, Amblecote and Cradley Heath: order books 1925-78 (ACC 8986)

Hampshire Record Office

• Conder Group plc, building contractors, Winchester: administrative, financial and contractual records, incl papers of Conder Developments and papers of a former chairman c1950-90 (42M95, 67M95, 88M95, 78M95)

Humberside County Archive Service

• Rewins & Goodhand Ltd, builder and contractor, Grimsby: wage books and annual returns 1929-67 (1036)

Institution of Civil Engineers

• Thomas Brassey, engineer: corresp rel to a tender for the construction of the Taw Vale railway 1850
• Empire Stone Ltd, artifical stone casting manufacturers, Narborough: records and drawings of five projects incl the tunnels with which they were associated 1920-60
• Mouchel: drawings and calculations rel to projects undertaken
• Frank Smith: research papers rel to railway contractors
• Francis Trevithick: drawings of Great Western Railway structures c1830-39

Lancashire Record Office

• Kenyon family of Peel, Little Hulton: records incl photographs, builders quotes and legal papers rel to Kenyon Hall 1930-35 (DDKE)
• Thomas Spiby & Sons, plasterers, Preston: daily work and account books, wages books and annual trading accounts 1914-60 (DDSPB)

University of London

• M K Holland: drawings of architectural features c1845-48 (ULL MS 962)

Manx Museum Library

• Quiggin & Co Ltd, timber merchants, Douglas: business records (ACC 9338)

Norfolk Record Office

• Robert Herbert Flood, stonemason and antiquary, Norwich: drawings, rubbings and notes especially rel to masons marks, medieval graffiti and seven sacrament fonts c1870-1939 (MC 627)

Somerset Record Office

• Lethbridge family of Sandhill Park, Bishops Lydeard: family and estate papers, incl account book for building of Sandhill Park c1730-1930 (A/ARW)

Surrey Record Office

• Charles Henry Runnell, builder and developer, Ewell: papers 1932-39 (6286)

Guildford Muniment Room

• R W King Ltd, builders, Abinger: records incl building records c1879-1904 (5328)

Tyne and Wear Archive Services

• Sunderland County Borough: building control plans 1890-1930
• Alexander Pringle Ltd, builders, Gateshead: contract for the erection of Gateshead Public Library 1923 (DX729)