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About John Lord
Our History

The current members of the John Lord family business have a colouful history to look back on and a bright future to look forward to, thanks to the hard work of previous generations that gave the business such solid foundations.

John Lord is certainly a company with a history to speak of... the tale begins in 1901.

1901 - John L Lord (the Founder of John L Lord & Son Ltd) started his working life as a technician in a textile mill near Burnley, Lancashire. It was in the Mill's bleaching and dyeing sheds that he began investigating ways to protect the floors from chemical attack, which resulted in the creation of a chemical resistant flooring system.  With this he made the decision to re-locate and set up his own business in Bury. Using the best available chemical resisting bricks and tiles, together with the specialist cements that he'd developed, his services were soon in demand throughout the textile mills of Lancashire and Yorkshire.

1920 - John's son Samuel joined the business and together they expanded their markets abroad. Both John and Samuel gave their time to local institutions with John standing as Mayor of Bury and Sam as Chairman of Bury Football Club.

1946 - Samuel's son Barry joined the business and John retired soon after.

1969 - Stephen Lord (the current Managing Director) joined the business alongside his father and grandfather. The Business began expanding into the Food, Brewing and Dairy industries with new ranges of resin-based seamless screeds and coatings.

2008 - Now comes the turn of fifth generation family members joining the business.