Description:The Hordern family of Newcastle-under-Lyme were candle makers, or tallow chandlers. The Sutherland Papers feature documents relating to the family’s business and its development over a century between 1681 and 1790. The Hordern’s story tells us about one North Staffordshire family’s business on the Trentham estate and about the politics of trade in the eighteenth century.
Click on the images on the left to learn more about the Hordern family.
The image above shows a letter written by Thomas Hordern, April 1681.
The Hordern Family pages are based on research undertaken by Andrew Dobraszczyc and his Newcastle Local History Class, the Department of Continuing & Professional Education at Keele University.