Johnny Cordingley joins York-based Stephensons Rural A YOUNG surveyor has become the seventh generation of his family to join a York firm. Johnny Cordingley has become the seventh generation of his family to join Stephensons Rural, who have their offices in the York village of Murton. Yorkshire-born Johnny joins the business after seven years at a national firm of chartered surveyors in Leicestershire, where he worked his way up to senior associate. Johnny is a fully qualified Chartered Surveyor and RICS Valuer, having studied Real Estate at Reading University. At 28 years old, his experience spans a variety of rural work including estate management, valuations, land sales, renewables, landlord and tenant matters, and finance applications.