Ground and Chamber Plan of Lilleshall Lodge, 1908
The image above shows a ground and chamber plan of Lilleshall Lodge made in April 1908. Pencil annotations on the plan show proposed alterations to the property made in the early twentieth century.
The ...
Ground and Chamber Plan of the Sutherland Cottage, Tittensor
The image above shows the ground and chamber plan of the Sutherland Cottage in Tittensor.
The ground plan shows many of the facilities which featured in the cottage, including a large kitchen which ...
Hanford School, 1889
During the late 1880s George Granville William Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1828-1892), the third Duke of Sutherland, was involved in the development of Hanford School. The Duke donated land for the expansion ...
Hill Chorlton Farm
The Sutherland Papers contain many detailed plans of properties in Staffordshire from the nineteenth century.
This plan of Hill Chorlton Farm shows how the farmhouse and working buildings on the farm ...
Hill Chorlton Farm Wind Engine
The Sutherland Papers Collection contains a huge variety of documents relating to technological developments on the Leveson-Gower family’s estates in Staffordshire. A number of intriguing papers amongst ...
Hill Chorlton, 1791
Amongst the estate documents relating to Eccleshall is a list of ‘Freeholders and Incroachments at Hill Chorlton’ made in 1791. The document lists tenants of Sir Thomas Broughton and George Granville ...
Hill Chorlton, 1914
The Sutherland Papers contain a huge number of papers relating to the sale of lands on the Leveson-Gower family's estates in the early twentieth century. These papers, many from 1914, include a variety ...
Hooks Green Farm in 1820
This plan of Hooks Green Farm was made in 1820 and names the tenant of Hooks Green as Robert Tildesley. The farm was situated on the Old Road running between Stone and Cheadle, and adjoining the Meaford ...
Hooks Green Farm, Stone
This is a plan of the Hooks Green Estate in Stone, made in 1811. The plan divided into lots shows the location of the Hooks Green Estate on the road from Stone to Lane end and adjoining roads from Meaford ...
Incomes Tax and Riots in Leek, 1797
On 10th September 1797 Granville Leveson-Gower (1721-1803), the Marquis of Stafford, received a letter from the Duke of Portland, reporting that there had been riots in Leek against taxation.
In 1797 ...
Industry in Longton
J. H. Y. Briggs suggests that mining was important in Longton from the late seventeenth century onwards. By the 1720s the Leveson-Gower family were exploiting the mineral resources on their lands in Priorsfield.
By ...
James Leveson & Wolverhampton
James Leveson was the son of Richard Leveson of Prestwood. His brother Nicholas was a successful wool merchant who moved from Wolverhampton to London and became a Merchant of the Staple. James shared ...
John Leveson of London & Wolverhampton
The Sutherland Papers contain many rentals relating to the lands owned by the Leveson family. One particularly intriguing rental dates back to 1545-50 and details the lands owned by John Leveson of London ...
Land and Property in Lichfield: The Royal Oak, 1815
The Sutherland Papers include a number of deeds to properties in Lichfield, including ‘An Agreement made the Twenty eighth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifteen ...
Land Disputes in the Manor of Longton: William Fowler and Longton Boundary Deeds
One of the most intriguing documents amongst the Manor Court Papers for Longton (1696-1733) is a letter written to Obadiah Lane, Lord of the Manor of Longton by a man called William Fowler.
Fowler, ...
Lane End Cholera Hospital, 1833
The Sutherland Papers contain a number of documents relating to municipal facilities which were established in Longton.
Dated 6th December 1833, the document above is signed by ‘the Churchwardens ...
Letter from George Cookes, Stone to Isaac Brisbane, Trentham, 1719
George Cookes of Stone wrote to Isaac Brisbane of Trentham on 31st March 1719 concerning the number of cattle that had been purchased from Trentham.
Cookes refers to a visit to Stone and a letter ...
Letters from Michael Johnson to George Plaxton
Lichfield is famous for being the birthplace of Dr. Samuel Johnson, and has attracted visitors for this reason from as early as 1801. Johnson was born in Lichfield in 1709 and was the son of a man named ...