Plans and Elevations of Hanford Sunday School
The Sutherland Papers contain a number of plans and elevations of buildings located on the Duke of Sutherland's lands in Hanford. Many of these buildings were constructed for philanthropic purposes, to ...
Poultry Scandal in the Lodge Porter's Books!
In addition to the record of bread and beer distributed to the poor, the Lodge Porter kept a record of any unusual activity which occured after hours at Trentham.
On 10th-11th September 1810 an incident ...
The Closure of Lilleshall Savings Bank
John Ferguson, Secretary of Lilleshall Savings Bank wrote a letter to the National Debt Commissioners on 30th August 1892 telling the Commissioners that the Trustees and Managers of Lilleshall Savings ...
The Closure of Trentham Savings Bank
Encouraging the industrious working classes to save became a national concern with the establishment of the Post Office Savings Bank following the Savings Bank Act of 1863. The Trentham and Lilleshall ...
The Duke of Sutherland and Staffordshire Hospitals
The Sutherland Papers contain a number of documents relating to the North Staffordshire Infirmary. George Granville Leveson-Gower (1758-1833), the second Marquis of Stafford, was patron of the hospital ...
The Fourth Duke of Sutherland's Subscriptions to Charities
The image above shows a list of subscriptions made by Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1851-1913), the fourth Duke of Sutherland to local and national charities and societies in 1910.
The Duke ...
The Foxley Charity in Trentham, 1670
In her will, made in 1670, Lady Katherine Leveson, the wife of Sir Richard Leveson (1698-1661), established the Foxley Charity. This charity provided money for the maintenance of widows and poor children ...
The Lodge Porter's Book, 1810-1811
There are hundreds of documents in the Sutherland Papers that tell us about the important philanthropic role of the Leveson-Gower family in Staffordshire. Amongst gifts of land for public use and records ...
The Mansion House Committee & Ireland
In addition to his involvement with the Stafford House Committee, George Granville William Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1828-1892), the third Duke of Sutherland, was president of a number of committees formed ...
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 ...
Trentham Savings Bank
Amongst the Estate and Agency Records surviving in the Sutherland Papers are many documents relating to the Savings Banks founded on the Trentham and Lilleshall estates in the nineteenth century. These ...
Trentham Savings Bank Depositors’ Check Books
Similar to a modern day paying in book, the Trentham Savings Bank issued Depositors’ Check Books to all its customers. These small books had a brown or blue cover which read:
‘Trentham Savings Bank, ...