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Life on the Sutherland Estates

The Sutherland family were extensive landowners with estates in Staffordshire, Shropshire and Sutherlandshire in the Scottish Highlands. Many people wrote to the family about life on the estates. Their ...

Women’s Lives in the Sutherland Papers

Click on the images on the left to learn more about the women below: Sarah Eccleston: A Working Mother's Struggle, Liverpool 1846 Once a resident on the Leveson-Gower family estates in Shropshire, ...

Anne Chinn

In July 1847 Anne Chinn wrote to Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1806-1861), the second Duchess of Sutherland, describing herself as ‘a young person of good family’ who had been ‘reduced by circumstances ...

Local Lives, Local People: Staffordshire Life

Click on the images on the left to learn more about the people below: Sarah Wedgwood, Stafford, 1836 Sarah was a school teacher in Stafford. Read about her plans to sell her school and cottages. John ...

The Savings Bank Circular

The document above is the November 1844 edition of the monthly journal ‘The Savings Bank Circular’. The journal reported news relating to savings banks during their development and proliferation in the ...

Concerns about the Condition of the Alms Houses

Elliot’s report was commissioned by the Duke of Sutherland to investigate the condition of the Alms Houses in Newcastle. The Duke was evidently concerned that the buildings were kept in a good state and ...

Mr Lowndes’ Observations: Treating, Alcohol and Expense in the Newcastle Election, 1790

At the 1790 local election in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Granville Leveson-Gower (1721-1808), Lord Stafford’s Trentham party stood for the Parliamentary seat for Newcastle with their candidate Admiral John ...

What Happened at the Scrutiny?

The image above shows an extract from a volume of notes which was produced by a man named Mr. Goodiwn concerning events at the Lichfield Election in 1761. Mr. Goodwin’s notes include a section describing ...

Events at the Poll: The General Election at Lichfield, 1761

Was the Poll Fair? The image above shows an extract taken from a volume of notes produced by a man named Mr. Goodwin concerning the Lichfield Election of 1761. Mr. Goodwin's notes include comments ...

What was West Hill like in 1824?

Amongst papers relating to West Hill is a volume entitled ‘Inventory of the Elegant Furniture Farming Stock, Garden Implements and Tools etc the Property of the Most Noble Marquis of Stafford at his Mansion ...

Thomas Webster’s Complaint

Thomas Webster wrote to the Duke of Sutherland in 1851 claiming to be suffering from ‘great difficulty and distress combined with a damaged reputation’. Webster attributed his distress to ‘the arbitary ...

Normacot Grange Farm Buildings

This photograph taken in the late nineteenth century shows the farm buildings at Normacot Grange Farm in the Parish of Stone. The stables can be seen on the left of the photograph opposite the barn area ...

A New House at Cotes

A brief letter from John J. Chapman at Stone Rural District Council dated 21st November 1907 survives amongst the Eccleshall papers. Chapman writes that the ‘New House’ to be built at Cotes ‘will be reported ...

Election News

During the 1820 County Election, Lord Gower’s election agents corresponded daily about events in their election campaign. Their letters provide detailed and atmospheric accounts of how election campaigns ...

Penn Poor House, 1846

In April 1846 the Poor Law Commission wrote to George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1786-1861) the second Duke of Sutherland, as 'Lord of the Manor' of Penn concerning the sale of Parish property ...

Rejected Votes and Rejected Voters

The Sutherland Papers include a report produced by Mr. Lowndes entitled ‘Cases of Persons who Tendered their Votes for Gower & Macdonald and were Rejected’. The document details specific cases where people ...

Voters' Lives: Who Voted in the Newcastle Elections?

The Sutherland Papers contain a wide range of documents relating to the Newcastle local elections of the early 1790s, from printed poll books to reports on the treating of the electorate. However, these ...

Running an Election Campaign in the 1790s: Mr. Massey’s Accounts for the Newcastle Election, 1790

Mr. Massey was an election agent working for Gower and Macdonald in the Newcastle election campaign of 1790. His detailed accounts for the election expenses tell us how an election campaign was organised ...