Life on the Trentham Estate: Family Poverty in Trentham
Richard Watkin wrote to Lord Gower at the end of the eighteenth century concerning cottages which his family had owned in Trentham. Richard’s letter tells us that his father had absconded from Trentham ...
Life on the Trentham Estate: Local Tradesmen and Trentham Hall
Documents relating to life on the Trentham estate include accounts made by local tradesmen, such as butchers and grocers. In September 1776 ‘William Plant’, a miller from Trentham sent proposals to provide ...
Life on the Trentham Estate: Much Ado About Nothing
Amongst correspondence relating to life on the Trentham Estate is an intriguing letter sent to Lord Gower by a man named Richard Walklate. Richard’s letter tells us about his personal history and customs ...
Life on the Trentham Estate: Plate at Trentham Hall, 1793-1799
In 1793 agents at the Estate Office at Trentham Hall produced an inventory of plate at the Hall. The document, shown above, is annotated with writing which indicates that the inventory was correct in ...
Life on the Trentham Estate: The Stables at Trentham Hall, 1778
Papers relating to life at Trentham Hall include many documents telling us about the architectural design and layout of the Hall and its outbuildings during the late eighteenth century. The document above ...
Life on the Trentham Estate: The Steward’s Room at Trentham Hall
In 1779 renovations were made to the Steward’s accommodation at Trentham Hall. The document featured above outlines proposals for a new Steward’s room at the Hall, complaining that the present room was ...
Life on the Trentham Estate: Trentham Parish Church
Papers relating to life on the Trentham Estate include a ‘Proposal’ made by Freeholders and Parishioners from Trentham concerning ‘the Bells’ at Trentham Parish Church.
The Freeholders and Parishioners ...
Local Lives & Local People: Misfortune & Money
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Mary Brassington, Newcastle
Mary was a widow in Newcastle-under-Lyme. Read about her struggle to pay her rent.
Rachel ...
Local Lives & Local People: Patronage & Projects
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Simeon Shaw, Tunstall, 1835
A renowned Staffordshire author and teacher, Simeon wrote to the Duke of Sutherland asking for help ...
Local Lives, Local People: Staffordshire Life
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Sarah Wedgwood, Stafford, 1836
Sarah was a school teacher in Stafford. Read about her plans to sell her school and cottages.
John ...
Longton at the End of the Lane by Kate Box
Kate Box from the North Staffordshire Mining History Group has has examined documents in the Sutherland Papers which provide an insight into the life of North Staffordshire potters during the late eighteenth ...
Longton Chapels
In 1762 John Bourne, the Town Clerk of Newcastle, provided money for the building of a chapel at Lane End. By the 1790s the chapel and cemetery were in a dilapidated condition and too small to accommdate ...
Map of Mr Smith's Coal in Anchor Ground
This plan shows an area of Anchor coal removed by Mr Smith at Meir Hay. The plan tells us that there was a coal heading 83 feet long, x 4 foot by 4 foot square, driven north east partly through Mr Smith’s ...
Meirheath Colliery Coal Agreement, 1792
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Mearheath colliery
William Hickenbottam and Samuel Yates agree with Thomas ...
Mining Agreement
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April 4th 1791.
Meirheath colliery.
John German John Ball William Donkin and Richard Donkin agree with ...
Mining in Hanley: Jeremiah Smith's Lease
The document above is the draft of a lease made between Earl Gower and Jeremiah Smith for coal mines in Hanley and Shelton. The lease was made in the eighteenth century and this document shows the alterations ...
Misfortune and Money in the Sutherland Papers
As one of the country’s wealthiest and most prestigious families, the Leveson-Gowers often received letters from people in desperate need asking for financial assistance for themselves and their families. ...
Money, Deception and Alcohol: Bad Behaviour at the Trentham Wakes
This letter written by Thomas Heath in October 1797 reports an incident which occured at the Trentham Wakes. A man named William Hughes who was employed at the Hanley Colliery Office had borrowed sixteen ...