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G.W. Lazenby and Company (building contractors)

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Covering Dates: 20th century

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G.W. Lazenby and Company Limited, of Ferryhill, building contractors

The company was incorporated in 1922, taking over the business of builders and contractors carried on by George William Lazenby at Back Eldon Terrace, Great Chilton, Ferryhill. The earliest surviving record of the construction business commences in 1903, and the earliest reference to the business appears in Kelly's Directory, 1902, in the listing for Chilton. There are also records of a funeral undertaking business which commenced in 1908 (D/Laz 13-15). The business was more recently known as Lazenby and Wilson, and is now part of Kier Northern, based in West Cornforth. The founder of the business, George William Lazenby, died on 27 December 1925.

The company has undertaken numerous construction projects throughout the county. These include the building of Durham City Baths, the extension to Durham University Library on Palace Green, approximately 100 schools in the county (including schools of the CLASP construction type), churches, cinemas, and colliery buildings for the National Coal Board. The company has also carried out restoration work, including the new roof on St. Margaret's church, Durham.

The range of projects undertaken can best be studied by reference to the cost books (D/Laz 43-55), which are indexed by contract name.

The construction projects are illustrated by the large number of photographs comprised in the second deposit of records (Acc: 2614(D)).

Catalogue Contents

G.W. Lazenby and Company (building contractors) (Ref: D/Laz)Directors and Shareholders (Ref: D/Laz 1-12)

Minute book of directors' meetings and annual meetings, signed, 11 March 1922 - 13 July 1942
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Memorandum and articles of association of G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited, 20 February 1922
(1 file)


Copy certificate of incorporation of G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited, 20 February 1922
(1 paper)


Memorandum and new articles of association of G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited, adopted by a special resolution, passed on 10 April 1969
(1 file, printed)


Annual report of the directors and statement of accounts, year ending 31 December 1975
(1 file)


Copy forms of notification of change of directors or secretary, 9 October 1951 - 7 December 1973
(5 papers and 1 file)


Share certificate counterfoil book, 6 April 1922 - 18 September 1949
(1 volume, card bound)


Share certificate counterfoil book, 9 February 1950 - 2 January 1965
(1 volume, card bound)


Cancelled share certificates, 2 January 1965 - 19 March 1969
(17 papers)


Share transfer forms, notices of resolutions to be considered at extraordinary general meetings, notices of resignation of directors, and related correspondence between the company secretary and shareholders and their representatives, 8 September 1949 - 3 July 1981
(1 file and 19 papers)


Register of directors' share and debenture interests, 27 July 1967 - 13 November 1975
(1 file)


Copy forms of annual return of a company having a share capital, as required by part IV of the Companies Act, 1948, 1950-1951, 1970-1975
(8 files)

Financial records (Ref: D/Laz 13-66)Funeral Undertaking Business (Ref: D/Laz 13-15)

Funeral undertaker's sales ledger, 22 January 1908 - 5 December 1922 Includes: at front, ledger accounts for house construction and estimates for building work, 22 January 1903 - December 1904
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Funeral undertaker's sales ledger, 21 January 1923 - 18 December 1944
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)


Funeral undertaker's sales ledger, indexed, 17 January 1945 - 8 May 1965
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Building Construction business (Ref: D/Laz 16-66)

The day books D/Laz 39-40 overlap the series of day books D/Laz 33-36. There is no apparent distinction between the types of construction work covered by each series of volumes


Copy balance sheet and profit and loss account, year ending 30 June 1970
(2 papers)


Cash book 'No. 3', 1 August 1931 - September 1935
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Cash book, 1 October 1935 - 31 August 1939
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Cash book, 31 August 1939 - 31 December 1944
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Cash book 'No. 5', 1 January 1945 - 30 April 1950
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Cash book 'No. 6', 1 May 1950 - 31 May 1955
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Cash book, 1 June 1955 - 31 May 1958
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Sundry purchase and sales journal, 23 March 1906 - 31 December 1928
(1 volume, card bound)


Purchase journal, 31 January 1939 - 19 March 1948
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Purchase journal, 5 February 1948 - 31 December 1954
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Purchase journal, 4 January 1955 - 31 December 1959
(1 volume, leather, half-bound)


Purchase journal, 4 January - 31 December 1960
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)


Purchase journal, 31 January - 31 December 1961
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)


Purchase journal, 2 January - 31 December 1962
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)


Purchase ledger, indexed, 31 January 1933 - 31 December 1937
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Purchase ledger, indexed, 31 January 1938 - 31 December 1943
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Purchase ledger 'No. 5', indexed, 31 January 1944 - 31 January 1950
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Day book [sales], 12 June 1935 - 8 March 1939
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Day book [sales], 4 January 1939 - 28 May 1942
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Day book [sales], 31 January 1942 - 16 January 1945
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Day book [sales], indexed, 8 April 1944 - 20 April 1946
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Index to D/Laz 33
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Index to D/Laz 35
(1 booklet)


Day book, indexed, 21 July 1937 - January 1940
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Day book indexed, October 1939 - 31 October 1953
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Sales ledger 'No. 2', indexed, 1 January 1933 - 31 December 1937
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Sales ledger, indexed, 1 January 1938 - 31 December 1945
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Cost book, indexed, 5 June 1931 - February 1936
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Cost book, indexed, 1 May 1935 - 31 March 1939
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Cost book, indexed, 4 January 1939 - 1 April 1942
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Cost book, indexed, 31 July 1942 - 31 December 1946
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Cost book, indexed, 31 May 1946 - 31 May 1953
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Cost book, indexed, 1 May 1952 - 30 March 1954
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Cost book, indexed, 25 March 1954 - 23 December 1955
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Cost book, indexed by contract name, 3 January 1956 - 11 December 1957
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Cost book, indexed, 2 January 1958 - 13 July 1960
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Cost book, indexed, 27 May 1960 - 29 December 1962
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Cost book, indexed, 14 October 1961 - 31 December 1964
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Cost book, indexed, 20 September 1952 - 31 December 1961 This is a larger volume than the main series of cost books, but appears to cover a similar range of contract work
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Cost book for Durham Technical College, 8 June 1957 - 28 February 1966
(1 volume, card bound)


Materials book, 2 January - 30 December 1939 Includes: at end, cost book entries, indexed, 3 September 1951 - 30 April 1952
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Wages abstract book, containing a summary of wages charged against individual contracts, 4 January - 27 December 1939
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Salaries book, 29 March 1941 - 31 March 1948
(1 volume, card bound)


Wages book, 9 October 1931 - 1 September 1932
(1 volume, card bound)


Wages book, 30 June 1937 - 20 April 1938
(1 volume, card bound)


Wages book, 27 April 1938 - 21 February 1940
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Wages book, 28 February 1940 - 14 July 1943
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Wages book 'No. 2', 21 July 1943 - 13 September 1947
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Wages book 'No. 3', 20 September 1947 - 30 December 1950
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Wages book 'No. 4', 6 January 1951 - 26 December 1953
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Employees' bonus payments book, 25 November 1950 - December 1980
(1 volume, card bound)

Premises and Plant (Ref: D/Laz 67-76)

Copy application, on behalf of John, Fourth Earl of Eldon, for the registration of a restrictive covenant on land fronting Eldon Terrace, near Ferryhill Railway Station, owned by G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited, 3 February 1932
(2 papers)


Copy application, on behalf of the Dean and Chapter of Durham, for the registration of a restrictive covenant on land at Back Eldon Terrace, Chilton Lane, Ferryhill, owned by G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited, 2 September 1936
(2 papers)


Copy application, on behalf of Herbert Dent Wilson and seven others, for the registration of a restrictive covenent on a joiner's workshop, formerly known as the Ferryhill Station (Central) Methodist Chapel, owned by G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited, 5 February 1959
(2 papers)


Letter from Messrs. Dowling and Hewitt, solicitors, 12 Market Place, Bishop Auckland, to G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited, acknowledging receipt of the sealed conveyance of Ferryhill Station Methodist Chapel, 9 February 1959
(1 paper)


Plan of a plot of land (600 sq. yds.) at Back Eldon Terrace, Ferryhill Station, n.d. [1930s] Scale: 1:500
(1 plan, 34 cm. x 48 cm., waxed linen)


Plan of Back Eldon Terrace, Ferryhill Station, showing the offices and yards of G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited, 12 March 1937 Scale: 1:500
(1 plan, 25 cm. x 36 cm., waxed linen, coloured)


Sketch plans of Ferryhill Station Methodist Chapel site and adjacent property, n.d. [1959] No scale
(2 plans, 28 cm. x 25 cm., and 28 cm. x 20 cm., tracing paper)


16 November 1955 (1) G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited, Back Eldon Terrace, Ferryhill (2) George Alfred Johnson of 1, South View, Hett, Croxdale, workman Copy agreement for the occupation by (2) of No. 10 Kitchener Terrace, Ferryhill, during the term of his employment by (1) Rent: 15s. 6d. per week
(1 paper)


Insurance policy of G. W. Lazenby and Company, Cragg House, Ferryhill, with the Scottish Boiler and General Insurance Company Limited, for a Mann's patent steam wagon, registration number J 6243, and accompanying report of boiler examination, 15 & 18 November 1921
(2 papers)


Contract of G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited with the Federated Employers' Insurance Association Limited, for the inspection of a manual derrick crane, 14 October 1936
(1 paper)

Construction and Sales (Ref: D/Laz 77-106)Ferryhill (Ref: D/Laz 77-101)

Abstract of title of the Dean and Chapter of Durham to East Field, High Chilton Field and Meadow Field in Ferryhill, in the parish of Merrington, reciting an order in Council dated 27 November 1872, n.d. [c.1936]
(1 file)


Additional abstract of title, 18 August 1936, of G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited to 5308 sq. yds. of land (parts of fields no. 331, 377 & 378) at Ferryhill, 1936 Includes: plan of property
(1 file)


29 July 1937 (1) G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited (2) Thomas Henry Gleghorn of 10 Watt Street, Ferryhill, insurance agent Draft conveyance to (2) of freehold No. 6 Windsor Gardens, Ferryhill Consideration: £500
(1 file)


5 August 1937 (1) G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited (2) Marshall Dawson Parker of 5 Westcott Terrace, Dean Bank, Ferryhill Draft conveyance to (2) of No. 2 Windsor Gardens, Ferryhill Consideration: £510 Includes: plan of property
(1 file)


21 August 1937 (1) G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited (2) George Edward Blanch of 11, Bede Terrace, The Broom, Ferryhill, furniture salesman, and Annie his wife Draft conveyance to (2) of freehold No. 3 Windsor Gardens, Ferryhill Consideration: £510
(1 file)


21 August 1937 (1) G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited (2) James Eden Dodd, formerly of 17 Helmington Terrace, Hunwick, foreman joiner Draft conveyance to (2) of freehold No. 4 Windsor Gardens, Ferryhill Consideration: £500
(1 file)


21 August 1937 (1) G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited (2) Arthur Bulman of 2 Osborne Terrace, Broom, Ferryhill, woodwork machinist Draft conveyance to (2) of No. 5 Windsor Gardens, Ferryhill Consideration: £498
(1 file)


4 October 1937 (1) G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited (2) Robert Albert Welch of 6 South View, Ferryhill Draft conveyance to (2) of No. 1 Windsor Gardens, Ferryhill Consideration: £510 Includes: plan of property
(1 file)


Statutory declaration of Robert McKechnie Shields, director of G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited, concerning land at East End, Ferryhill, belonging to the company, 22 June 1948 Includes: plan of property
(1 file)


Statutory declaration of Ernest Leslie Proud, solicitor, 12 Market Place, Bishop Auckland, as in D/Laz 85, 1948
(1 paper)


29 July 1948 (1) G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited (2) Vincent Robinson of 1 Conyers Terrace, Broom, Ferryhill, Co-operative Stores manager Copy draft conveyance to (2) of freehold No. 11 Stratford Gardens, Ferryhill Consideration: £1,300 Includes: plan of property
(1 file)


29 July 1948 (1) G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited (2) George Henry Marshall of 5 Dorman Terrace, East Howle, coalminer, and Ann, his wife Copy draft conveyance to (2) of freehold No. 14 Stratford Gardens, Ferryhill Consideration: £1,300 Includes: plan of property
(1 file)


29 July 1948 (1) G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited (2) John William Davison of 63 Darlington Road, Ferryhill, coalminer, and Olive his wife Copy draft conveyance to (2) of freehold No. 15 Stratford Gardens, Ferryhill Consideration: £1,300 Includes: plan of property
(1 file)


4 August 1948 (1) G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited (2) Neelands Limited, registered office No. 4 Palladium Buildings, Eastbourne Road, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire Draft conveyance to (2) of No. 10 Stratford Gardens, East End, Ferryhill Consideration: £1,300 Includes: plan of property
(1 file)


15 September 1948 (1) G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited (2) Douglas Guthrie of 52 Whitworth Terrace, Spennymoor, and Dorothy his wife Draft conveyance to (2) of freehold No. 12 Stratford Gardens, East End, Ferryhill Consideration: £1,300 Includes: plan of property
(1 file)


17 September 1948 (1) G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited (2) Michael Joseph Lowery of 13 Stratford Gardens, East End, Ferryhill, builder's clerk Draft conveyance to (2) of freehold No. 13 Stratford Gardens, East End, Ferryhill Consideration: £1,300
(1 file)


Elevations, section and plans of proposed houses at Ferryhill Station, for G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited, by George Bell, architect, June 1933 Scale: 1/ 8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
(1 plan, 63 cm. x 38 cm., waxed linen, coloured)


Letter from R. H. Scrope, Eldon Estate Office, Great Stainton, Stockton, to G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited, approving the plan (D/Laz 93) submitted for proposed houses opposite Eldon Terrace, Ferryhill Station, 18 July 1933
(1 paper)


Elevations, section and plans of a proposed pair of houses at Ferryhill, for G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited, by George J. Bell, architect, Central Chambers, Whitby Street, West Hartlepool, 13 December 1935 Endorsed: approved by the Dean & Chapter, 17 January 1936 Scale: 1/ 8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
(1 plan, 62 cm. x 43 cm., coloured)


Elevations, section and plans of proposed terrace houses at Ferryhill village, for G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited, by Messrs. Bell & Bell, architects, Central Chambers, Whitby Street, West Hartlepool, June 1936 Endorsed: approved by the Dean & Chapter, 7 July 1936 No scale [1:96]
(1 plan, 66 cm. x 39 cm., coloured)


Elevations, section and plans of a proposed pair of houses at Ferryhill, for G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited, by Messrs. Bell and Bell, architects, Central Chambers, Whitby Street, West Hartlepool, March 1936 Endorsed: approved by Dean & Chapter, 7 July 1936 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
(1 plan, 56 cm. x 44 cm., coloured)


Letter from the Chapter Office, The College, Durham to G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited, returning plans approved by the Dean and Chapter for houses at East End, Ferryhill, 7 July 1936
(1 paper)


16 July 1974 (1) G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited (2) Paul McAleese and Joan, his wife, of 3 Mills Buildings, Ferryhill Station Copy conveyance to (2) of No. 3 Mills Buildings, Ferryhill Includes: plan of property
(1 file)


9 July 1975 (1) G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited (2) Paul Outhwaite of Lough House Farm, Ferryhill and another Copy conveyance to (2) of No. 2 Mills Buildings, Ferryhill Station Consideration: £1,650 Includes: plan of property
(1 file)


18 May 1983 (1) G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited (2) Joseph William Stobbart and Joyce, his wife, of 4 Mills Buildings, Ferryhill Station Copy conveyance to (2) of No. 4 Mills Buildings, Ferryhill Station Consideration: £1,500 Includes: plan of property
(1 file)

Thrislington (Ref: D/Laz 102)

20 June 1927 (1) Cottages Limited, 92 Northgate, Darlington (2) G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited, Ferryhill Station Agreement and schedule of conditions of building contract for the erection by (2) of a colliery manager's house at Stobcross Farm, Thrislington Consideration: £975
(1 file)

Sedgefield (Ref: D/Laz 103-104)

27 May 1954 (1) G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited (2) Rev. John A. Cullum of 4 Stanhope Road, Darlington Agreement for the sale to (2) of freehold land at Sedgefield, for the erection of a Methodist church Consideration: £10
(1 paper)


Letters from S. M. Gibson of 3 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, to R. M. Shields, of G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited, concerning the sale by the latter of land at Sedgefield to the Methodist Church Authority, and referring to an obligation for the award of the church building contract to Lazenby and Company, 17 August and 11 October 1954
(2 papers)

Durham University Library extension (Ref: D/Laz 105, 327)

Breakdown of tender rates for the construction of Durham University Library extension, Palace Green, Durham, and plans of store yard on Palace Green, and gantry from the same through Windy Gap to the site, April - July 1964
(5 files and 5 papers)


Contract copy of the tender documents for the extension to the library at Palace Green, Durham, for the University of Durham, by G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited, March 1964 Consideration: £215,980 17s. 11d. [£215,980 80p.] Includes: site plans
(1 volume, card bound)

Other (Ref: D/Laz 106)

Breakdown of tender rates for contracts at Durham University Maiden Hall Playing Fields Sports Hall; Windlestone Hall School; Newton Aycliffe Sports Club; proposed sports pavilion at Hartlepool; Darlington Training College; Egglescliffe Secondary Modern School; Redworth Hall School; superstore for Maypole at Ferryhill; factory at Brenda Road, Hartlepool; Whitburn Secondary Modern School; Houghall School of Agriculture, Durham; West Hartlepool R.A.O.B. Club; extensions to Reed's Cartons factory at West Hartlepool; and a CLASP school, August 1963 - April 1964
(17 files and 7 papers)

Photographs of building construction projects (Ref: D/Laz 107-318)Photograph albums (Ref: D/Laz 107-108)

Album of photographs of building construction projects, including the town centre, Seaham Harbour; completed exterior of a CLASP school for Durham County Council; factory, Hartlepool; Yorkshire Bank, Hartlepool, 1974; St. Wilfrid's Roman Catholic Church, Bishop Auckland; Sherburn telephone [exchange]; Ferryhill telephone [exchange]; Hetton H[ealth] C[entre]; Framwellgate [Moor] School and sports hall, 1970 & 1972; Sedgefield School; Houghton-le-Spring School; flats for the North Eastern Housing Association at Spennymoor, 1974; outdoor pool at Peterlee; factory at West Auckland, 1975; flats for Sedgefield Council, Ferryhill, 1974; Jarrow School 1976; Greenfield School, Aycliffe, for Durham County Council, 1974-1975; Easington Adult Training Centre, 1975; Tanfield School, 1975; St. Patrick's Church, Stockton, including views of interior, 1974; and Murton School, 1975, c.1970-1976 (1 volume of 97 photographs, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white, and 4 photographs, 12 cm. x 8 cm., colour)


Album of photographs of building construction projects, including the United Reformed Church, Stockton-on-Tees 1976; housing association flats at Providence Row, Sedgefield; Ushaw Moor Secondary School, 1979; houses for the Three Rivers Housing Association, Kerr Crescent, Sedgefield; Aycliffe Special Unit Approved School, Aycliffe, 1975-1976; Easington Secondary School; Belmont Sports Hall; steelwork of a CLASP school for Durham County Council; houses at Keswick Terrace [ ], and unidentified, c.1975-1979
(1 volume of 75 photographs, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)

Public, commercial, industrial and utilities premises (Ref: D/Laz 109-298)

Photograph of the exterior of Shafto House, Aycliffe, n.d. [1970s]
(1 photograph, 25 cm. x 18 cm., black and white)


Exterior views of the Robert Richardson Convalescent Home, Barnard Castle, c.1938-1939 (2 photographs, 12 cm. x 16.5 cm., 2 photographs 16.5 cm. x 12 cm., 2 photographs, 10 cm. x 8 cm., and 1 photograph, 8 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the exterior of the King James Grammar School, Bishop Auckland, c.1935
(1 photograph, 21 cm. x 16 cm., black and white)


Photographs of roofing repairs to St. Bartholomew's Church, Sunderland Bridge, Croxdale, n.d. [1980s]
(2 photographs, 30 cm. x 20 cm., black and white)


Photographs of stages in the construction of Durham City Baths, showing the steelwork, chimney, brickwork and pool area, 20 November 1931
(12 photographs, 8 cm. x 6 cm., black and white)


Photograph of Durham City Swimming Baths under construction, showing steelwork and chimney, viewed from across the River Wear, n.d. [1931-1932]
(1 photograph, 21.5 cm. x 15.5 cm., black and white)


Photographs of Durham City Swimming Baths interior and entrance hall, n.d. [1932]
(3 photographs, 30 cm. x 23 cm., and 1 photograph, 19.5 cm. x 12.5 cm., black and white)


Photographs of the re-roofing of St. Margaret's Church, Durham, 1949 (3 photographs, 21 cm. x 16 cm.; 2 photographs 16 cm. x 21 cm., and 1 photograph, 21 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)


Photographs of ornamental leadwork to the chimney stack on Jevons House, Hatfield College, Durham City, 1950
(2 photographs, 16 cm. x 20.5 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the exterior of the library extension for the University of Durham at Palace Green, Durham City, n.d. [c.1966]
(1 photograph, 23 cm. x 19 cm., black and white, card mounted)


Photograph of the exterior of Durham University Library extension, Palace Green, Durham, n.d. [c.1966]
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 9 cm., colour)


Photograph of Windy Gap, Palace Green, Durham City, used as a builders' storage area during the construction of the University Library extension, n.d. [c.1964]
(1 photograph, 15.5 cm. x 11 cm., black and white)


Photographs of the exterior of Belmont Sports Hall, Durham City, n.d. [1970s]
(2 photographs, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the exterior of Mainsforth Colliery Welfare Institute, Ferryhill, 1927
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 11 cm., black and white)


Photographs of the re-roofing of Peterlee Health Centre, c.1979
(19 photographs, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Exterior and interior views of Sunnydale Sports Complex, Shildon, n.d. [1970s]
(5 photographs, 12.5 cm. x 9 cm., colour)


Photographs of the exterior of Conishead Priory, Ulverston, Lancashire, taken at the time of its conversion to a convalescent home for the Durham County Miners' Welfare Committee, c.1930
(8 photographs, 16 cm. x 11.5 cm., and 2 photographs, 10 cm. x 8 cm., black and white)


Photographs of a sitting room interior in Conishead Priory Miners' Rehabilitation Home, Ulverston, Lancashire, c.1930
(2 photographs, 16 cm. x 11.5 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the committee room interior in Conishead Priory Miners' Rehabilitation Home, Ulverston, Lancashire, 31 March 1995
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colour)


Photograph of the exterior of an unidentified public building, possibly swimming baths, n.d., c.1920-1939
(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 7.5 cm., black and white)


Photograph of an unidentified single storey public building, featuring three projecting bay windows, n.d. [1970s]
(1 photograph, 25 cm. x 17 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the frontage of Messrs. Doggarts' Ltd. Grand Arcade store, Bishop Auckland, n.d. [1930s]
(1 photograph, 29 cm. x 24 cm., black and white, card mounted)


Photograph of the shop frontage of the Robert Sinclair Tobacco Company Limited, Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland, n.d. [1970s]
(1 photograph, 20 cm. x 15 cm., black and white, card mounted)


Photograph of the interior of Martin's Bank, Ferryhill, n.d. [c.1930]
(1 photograph, 21 cm. x 16 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the frontage of the Yorkshire Bank, York Road, Hartlepool, 1975
(1 photograph, 25 cm. x 20 cm., black and white)


Photographs of the exterior and interior of the Yorkshire Bank, York Road, Hartlepool, 1975
(6 photographs, 8.5 cm. x 9 cm., colour, paper mounted)


Photograph of steelwork for new stores for Messrs. Doggarts, Stockton-on-Tees, 26 June 1930
(1 photograph, 15.5 cm. x 20 cm., black and white)


Photographs of the construction of new stores for Messrs. Doggarts, Stockton-on-Tees, 17 July 1930
(2 photographs, 20.5 cm. x 16 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the shop frontage of Doggarts Ltd. fashion store, Stockton-on-Tees, n.d. [1930]
(1 photograph, 16.5 cm. x 20 cm., black and white)


Photographs of the warehouse premises of Messrs. Turners, at the rear of Messrs. Doggarts' shop, Stockton-on-Tees, taken prior to demolition, 25 January 1937
(2 photographs, 15 cm. x 20 cm., black and white)


Aerial photograph of the Regent Cinema, Darlington, December 1957
(1 photograph, 16 cm. x 12 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the exterior of the Regal Cinema, West Hartlepool, surrounded by scaffolding, n.d. [1936]
(1 photograph, 21 cm. x 16 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the exterior of the Regal Cinema, West Hartlepool, n.d. [1936]
(1 photograph, 30 cm. x 25 cm., black and white)


Photographs of the interior and foyer of the Regal Cinema, West Hartlepool, n.d. [1936]
(4 photographs, 30 cm. x 25 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the exterior of the Moderne Cinema, Norton-on-Tees, n.d. [1937]
(1 photograph, 23 cm. x 19 cm., black and white, card mounted)


Photograph of the exterior of the Moderne Cinema, Norton-on-Tees, n.d. [1937]
(1 photograph, 30 cm. x 25 cm., black and white)


Photographs of the interior and foyer of the Moderne Cinema, Norton-on-Tees, n.d. [1937]
(4 photographs, 29 cm. x 25 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the exterior of the Regent Cinema, Grange Town, Sunderland, n.d. [1936]
(1 photograph, 20.5 cm. x 15.5 cm., black and white, card mounted)


Photograph of the interior of the Empire Cinema, Moorends, near Doncaster, Yorkshire, n.d. [1930s]
(1 photograph, 21 cm. x 15 cm., black and white)


Photograph of a cinema interior, possibly the Empire, Moorends, near Doncaster, Yorkshire, n.d. [1930s]
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 10.5 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the opening ceremony of the Majestic Cinema, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire featuring the presentation of flowers to the Lady Mayoress, in the company of unidentified onlookers, 8 August 1955
(1 photograph, 21 cm. x 15 cm., black and white)


Photographs of the exterior of the Regent Cinema, Redcar, Yorkshire, n.d. [1934]
(3 photographs, 9 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the exterior of the Regent Cinema, Redcar, Yorkshire, November, n.y. [1935]
(1 photograph, 29 cm. x 25 cm., black and white)


Photographs of the interior of the Regent Cinema, Redcar, Yorkshire, n.d. [1935]
(3 photographs, 29 cm. x 25 cm., black and white)


Photograph of a cinema interior, York, n.d. [1930s]
(1 photograph, 21 cm. x 16 cm., black and white)


Photograph of an unidentified cinema exterior, and adjacent disused shop premises, n.d., c.1920-1939
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 8 cm., black and white)


Photograph of an unidentified cinema box office n.d. [1930s]
(1 photograph, 12 cm. x 16.5 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the exterior of the factory premises of Ramar Dresses Limited, Crook, 1947
(1 photograph, 20 cm. x 14.5 cm., black and white)


Photographs of the factory interior of Ramar Dresses Limited, Crook, showing the main factory area, the office corridor, the main entrance and hall, canteen, kitchen, surgery and the ladies' washroom, 1947
(5 photographs 17 cm. x 13 cm.; 2 photographs, 16 cm. x 12 cm. and 1 photograph, 11 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)


Photograph album of the construction of Langley Bridge Dairy, Durham City, for the Milk Marketing Board, by G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited, contractors, and Edwin M. Lawson, architect, Barras Buildings, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; opened by Tom Williams, M.P., Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, on 4 June 1948, and including views of the construction of the main building, office section, garage and staff cottages and interior views of the bottling hall and plant installations, all captioned, 1946-1948
(1 volume of 51 photographs, 29 cm. x 22 cm., black and white)


Photographs of the construction of Langley Bridge Dairy, Durham City, c. July - August 1946
(11 photographs, 21 cm. x 16 cm., black and white)


Photographs of unidentified industrial construction projects, including the demolition of a derelict chimney, and steelwork for winding gear at an unspecified colliery, n.d. [1920s-1960s] 2 photographs, 8 cm. x 6 cm.; 5 photographs, 7.5 cm. x 10 cm.; 3 photographs, 10 cm. x 7.5 cm.; 1 photograph, 16 cm. x 11.5 cm.; and 6 photographs, 15.5 cm. x 21 cm.
(17 photographs, black and white)


Photograph of an unidentified washroom interior, possibly in industrial premises, n.d. [20th c.]
(1 photograph, 16 cm. x 12 cm., black and white)


Photograph of the exterior of the automatic telephone exchange building, Bowburn, n.d. [1970s]
(1 photograph, 25 cm. x 20 cm., black and white)


Photographs of stages in the construction of Loud Hill Reservoir, Consett, 30 May - 1 September 1933
(16 photographs, 16.5 cm. x 12 cm., black and white)


Photographs of the construction of a rectangular tower water reservoir at Sherburn for Durham County Water Board, n.d. [mid 20th c.]
(2 photographs, 11 cm. x 15 cm., card mounted, and 10 photographs, 8 cm. x 13 cm., black and white)


Photographs of the construction of an unidentified circular water reservoir, raised on concrete piers, n.d. [1920s]
(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 7 cm., and 2 photographs, 5 cm. x 8 cm., black and white)

Housing (Ref: D/Laz 299-304)

Photograph of three pairs of semi-detached houses, possibly at Ferryhill, n.d. [1930s]
(1 photograph, 20.5 cm. x 16 cm., black and white)


Photographs of the kitchen interior of one of the houses in D/Laz 299 above, showing the fireplace and fitted cupboards, n.d. [1930s]
(1 photograph, 20.5 cm. x 16 cm., black and white)


Photographs of housing association flats at Providence Row, Sedgefield, n.d. [1970s]
(2 photographs, 12 cm. x 9 cm., colour)


Photograph of the rear of houses for the Three Rivers Housing Association at Kerr Crescent, Sedgefield, n.d. [1970s]
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 9 cm., colour)


Photograph of an unidentified housing development, n.d. [1970s]
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 9 cm., colour)

Company premises, workforce and vehicles (Ref: D/Laz 305-318)

Views of the joinery shop interior of G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited, Ferryhill, and employees at work, n.d. [1940s]
(6 photographs, 9 cm. x 14 cm., and 2 photographs, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photographs of a Second World War rescue squad, comprising members of the Lazenby workforce, dressed in protective clothing and steel helmets, standing on and beside a company lorry, n.d. [1940-1945]
(3 photographs, 9 cm. x 6.5 cm., black and white)


Photograph portrait of an unidentified male, seated, possibly a member of the staff of Lazenby and Company Limited, n.d. [20th c.]
(1 photograph, 8.5 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)


Copy photograph of Mann's patent steam wagon, registration number J 6243, belonging to G. W. Lazenby and Company, and two workmen seated in the cab, n.d. [c.1921]
(1 photocopy, 19 cm. x 13 cm., card mounted)


Photograph of a Leyland motor truck, registration number LT 9652, belonging to G. W. Lazenby and Company Limited, and two workmen standing in foreground, n.d. [1920s] Endorsed: H. Elsdon
(1 photograph, 5 cm. x 8 cm., black and white)

Records of construction project official opening ceremonies (Ref: D/Laz 319-326)

Conishead Priory, illustrated commemorative booklet to mark the opening of Conishead Priory Convalescent Home, Ulverston, Lancashire, for the Durham County Miners' Welfare Committee, including photograph views and portraits of G. W. Lazenby, R. M. Shields and J. Bowen, directors of Lazenby and Company Limited, printed by J. H. Veitch & Sons Limited, 24-25 North Road, Durham, 23 August 1930
(1 booklet, printed)


Programme of the official opening by Lord Barnard of the new baths and washhouses, Durham City, 28 September 1932
(1 paper, printed)


Photocopy of the souvenir booklet of the official opening by Lord Barnard of Durham City new baths and washhouses including photographs of the exterior and interior, plans, and description of the engineering plant, 28 September 1932
(20 papers)


Souvenir programme, illustrated, of the opening swimming gala at the new baths, Elvet Waterside, Durham City, n.d. [28 September 1932]
(1 booklet, printed)


Souvenir brochure to commemorate the opening of the Regal Cinema, West Hartlepool, 14 December 1936
(1 booklet, printed)


Copy site plan, details of pump house, and section of drain, of proposed milk depot, Langley Bridge, by Edwin M. Lawson, architect, Barras Buildings, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 24 May 1946 Scale: 1:500 and 1:96
(1 plan, 69 cm. x 62 cm., duplicated)


Architecture Illustrated magazine, featuring the work of Edwin M. Lawson, architect, including the milk bottling factory at Neville's Cross, Durham City, April 1953
(1 booklet, printed)


Programme for the inauguration of the Mainsforth Supply Works, Durham County Water Board, and location plan, 14 April 1959 Scale: 1 inch to 1 mile [1:63360]
(1 booklet, printed, and 1 paper)