Normacot Grange Farm, 1851
The Sutherland Papers contains a number of papers relating to a dispute involving Normacot Grange Farm in the North of Stone Parish. The dispute concerned a man named Thomas Webster and the Duke of Sutherland’s ...
Ovens, Kilns and Cost: Objections to the Court House Site
Mr. Dalton, another Assistant Secretary from the Local Government Board wrote to George Kent informing him that considering the ‘scientific evidence’ of ‘subsidence’ on the Stone Road site that the Board ...
Patronage in the Sutherland Papers
The wealth and social status of the Leveson-Gower family meant that they were in a position to influence many professional appointments and increase the profile of local and national projects. Many people ...
Pet Dogs in the Household Accounts
Amongst the many volumes and bundles of household accounts is a huge volume which contains the household accounts for Trentham Hall from 1874 to 1875. The ‘Housekeeping Account’ includes a heading ‘Dogs’ ...
Philanthropy in the Sutherland Estate Account Books
The Estate Accounts in the Sutherland Papers provide details about the local charities, societies and institutions that the Leveson-Gower family supported financially.
A list of 'Subscriptions' in ...
Plan of Lilleshall Parish Church
The image above shows a ground plan and elevations of the Church and Vestry at Lilleshall Parish Church. The drawings include details of doors, windows and brickwork on the Church with elevations of the ...
Plans and Elevations of Hanchurch Holiday Home
The Sutherland Papers contain plans and elevations of Hanchurch Holiday Home which were produced in November 1897 by Bolton & Paul, a Manufacturing Company based in Norwich. Estate Accounts reveal that ...
Plans and Elevations of Hanford Children's Home
During the nineteenth century the Leveson-Gower family were involved in the development of a Children's Home for boys and girls in Hanford.
The Sutherland Papers include a number of detailed plans ...
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 ...
Plans of the Manor House, Tittensor
This is a chamber plan of the Manor House, Tittensor. The plan shows seven bedrooms including a room for servants. The housemaid’s closet was situated on the first floor of the house. A laundry also features ...
Richard Rhead: Tracing our Ancestors in the Sutherland Papers
Margaret Heath from the William Salt Library has traced her family history back to a man named Richard Rhead (1756-1813). Richard Rhead’s will made in 1813 tells us that he was a farmer in Hanchurch in ...
Servants at Lilleshall Hall
The image above shows an extract from a list of servants who were employed at establishments owned by the Duke of Sutherland. The printed document lists servants who were employed at the family's London, ...
Staffordshire Potteries Waterworks Company in Caverswall
The letter above was written by Mr. Harrison at the Staffordshire Potteries Water Works Company, Albion Street, Hanley in 1883. The letter was sent to the third Duke of Sutherland’s Agent George Menzies ...
The Accounts of William Steward for Lilleshall and Wolverhampton, 1855-1856
The Estate Accounts in the Sutherland Papers contain a wealth of information about life on the Sutherland estates in Staffordshire and Shropshire from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries. The image ...
The Brighton Museum, New York
The document featured above is an advertisement for the Brighton Museum of New York. The article was published in 1880 and details the attractions to be seen during the third Duke of Sutherland’s visit ...
The Catania
The Catania was Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1851-1913), the fourth Duke of Sutherland’s yacht in the mid 1890s before he purchased his new yacht in 1899.
The Sutherland Papers contain correspondence ...
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 ...