Major accessions to repositories in 2020 relating to Building and Construction

Local

Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service

• C A White, builders of Bedford: records, incl company accounts, ledgers, deeds, wage books; deeds to 18 Lansdowne Road, Bedford 1919-2015 (X1033)

Essex Record Office

• William Parmenter of Bocking, builder: ledger giving accounts of work undertaken with details of payment 1852-1873 (A15342)

Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

• Barrow Brothers of Ringwood, builders, contractors and funeral directors: financial records and architect's plans 1897-1970 (46A20)

Herefordshire Archive and Records Centre

• John Slater (fl1976-1987), bell restorer: church bell restoration records 1976-1987 (DE59)

Hull History Centre (Hull City Archives)

• Hull City Council, Construction Procurement Unit: records rel to potential site contamination investigation work for buildings in Hull 1965-2005 (C TIG/2)

Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

• W F Stone Ltd, builders, Stratford-upon-Avon: account books c1940 (SBT Arch 2020.9)

National

Island Archives, Guernsey

• Plan of the town of St Peter Port, showing buildings, roads, streams, the harbour and other features 1759 (2020-002)