Trentham Gardens: Sir Richard Leveson's Gardens, 1633

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Date:1633

Description:Work in the gardens is listed throughout the accounts for 1633. Payments appear frequently for work on the gates and the walls in the garden. The ‘poole’ is also referred to. Six shillings were paid to John Bradwall in 1633 ‘for 6 dayes worke at the Cowhouse & making a grate for ye poole’.

Contextual Information featured on pages relating to Trentham Gardens has been provided by Sue Gregory who has been instrumental in the research and selection of documents for this section. Sue has been part of the management team of Staffordshire Gardens & Parks Trust since its creation in 1992 and has over fourteen years of experience researching Trentham Gardens in the Sutherland Papers.