The Duke of Sutherland & Aeroplanes
Following developments in the engineering of automobiles, many inventors and engineers of the late nineteenth century became involved in aeronautical experiments focussed on creating a functional aircraft. ...
The Duke of Sutherland & Motorcars
Author Ruth Brandon writes that from its first appearance in the late nineteenth century, the car became ‘the ultimate consumer good’. Brandon remarks that the car was the perfect vehicle for exhibiting ...
The Duke of Sutherland versus J. E. Heathcote, Esq: Controversy over Mining Rights in Longton
In the 1890s George Granville William Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1828-1892), the third Duke of Sutherland, brought a case against Mr. J. E. Heathcote concerning the Duke's rights to mine for coal and ironstone ...
The Duke of Sutherland’s Bicycle
The 1890s witnessed a huge enthusiasm for the bicycle in England. Many cycle companies were established manufacturing bicycles for men and women and, in some cases, unisex bicycles. The bicycle was extremely ...
The Gold Edged Letter by John Burston and Joyce Wilson
John and Joyce from the North Staffordshire Mining History Group were intrigued by a gold edged letter which they discovered amongst mining documents in the Sutherland Papers. Their article 'The Gold ...
The Leveson-Gower family's Yachts
The Leveson-Gower family owned a number of yachts from the late 1840s onwards, including yachts called the Ondine and the Catania which they took on many foreign voyages and a new yacht which they were ...
The Michael Gammow Letters by John Burston & Joyce Wilson
The Sutherland Papers include two letters from Michael Gammow, Cleveland House, to Joseph Burgess, Foley Coal Office, circa September 1823.
These letters are an exchange of correspondence between Michael ...
The North Staffordshire Mining History Group
The North Staffordshire Mining History Group was established in 2004 born out of an idea by local historian Ian Bailey supported by Stoke-on-Trent City Archivist Chris Latimer. The aim of the group was ...
The Ondine
Buying the Ondine, 1847
In 1847 the second Duke of Sutherland George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1786-1861) purchased a ‘Schooner Yacht’ called the Ondine from Mr. W. B. Ponsonby. The Sutherland ...
The Theft of Canal at the Marquis of Stafford's Collieries
This letter from November 1798 refers to a case involving five people who had been 'detected stealing canal from the Marquis of Stafford's Works at Meirheath'.
The letter written by Thomas Heath deliberates ...
Thomas Brundred Ash Mine Agreement, 1792
A transcription of this document features below:
Mearheath colliery
Thomas Burndred agrees with Thomas Heath to finish ash mine sinking pit in the Mearhay ( colliery ...
Thomas Burndred Wage Agreement, Meirheath Colliery, 1799
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Meirheath colliery Dec. 3rd 1799
T, Burndred to have five shillings and sixpence per cart load for getting drawing and selling the coals ...
Thomas Colclough Receipt of Payment for Drawing Dirt from the Limestone Pit, 1798
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Mearheath Colliery
Recd June 2nd 1798 of the Marquis of Stafford by Thomas Heath five shillings being an allowance for drawing dirt out of the limestone ...
Thomas Colclough Receipt of Payment for Sinking a Limestone Pit, 1798
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Mearheath colliery Received May 5th 1798 of the Marquis of Stafford by W. Heath Two pounds five shillings and fourpence for sinking a limestone pit ...
Thomas Heath's Accounts, 1783-1792
This document concerns payments made to various people in the Hanley, Cobridge, and Shelton area by Granville Leveson-Gower (1721-1803) Marquis of Stafford for roadways driven to get coal from Hanley ...
Thomas Heath's Accounts: Account of Coal got at Hanley Colliery
This document is dated January to June 1796, and concerns coal got at different mines at Hanley Colliery.
Seams were, Top coal, New Coal, Peacock, Spencroft, Great Row, Cannel Row, Rowhurst, Burnwood, ...
Thomas Heath's Character in Disrepute: Heath versus the Gentlemen Potters
This letter dated the 16th September 1790 tells us about a disagreement between the Marquis of Stafford's Colliery Superintendent Thomas Heath and a number of Gentleman Potters at Hanley.
The letter ...
Thomas Heath's Correspondence
Thomas Heath worked for the Leveson-Gower family as a mining Superintendent, overseeing Granville Leveson-Gower (1721-1803), Marquis of Stafford's collieries in North Staffordshire.
This letter from ...