The Railway at Lane End and Controversy over the Waterworks
Amongst Estate Correspondence for the 1840s are a number of documents relating to Lane End Waterworks. One letter from Mrs T. H. Walker, the Chief Bailiff of Longton, informs the Duke of Sutherland about ...
Trouble at the Manor Court: Potters and Illegal Dogs
The Court Papers for Longton include the Court Verdict for 'the Court Baron of Obadiah Lane' held on 17th April 1733. The document provides an insight into the type of local matters debated at the Manor ...
Urban Development in Longton
One plan in the Sutherland Papers from 1867 shows ‘Property Adjoining the Town of Longton in the Parish of Trentham as Laid out for Building Purposes’. The property belonged to George Granville William ...