Lichfield and the Civil War
Lichfield was strategically important in the Civil War. A Royalist garrison at the start of the conflict, the Parliamentarians overthrew the City in 1643 for a short period before it was regained by the ...
Lichfield in the Early Nineteenth Century
Property in Lichfield was extremely important to the Leveson-Gower family. In addition to the political potential of owning property in the area, Lichfield formed a considerable part of the family's estates ...
Lilleshall Cottage and Garden Inspection Report, 1848
The image above shows a report made following an inspection of cottages and gardens on the Duke of Sutherland's Shropshire estates in 1848. The inspection was made in order to award prizes to cottagers ...
Lilleshall Elections, 1832
The document above is a printed list of men from the Parish of Kinnerlsey who were eligible to vote in the Parliamentary Elections in 1832.
The document tells us that William and Thomas Hooper were ...
Lilleshall Savings Bank
The document above shows the ‘Rules of the Lilleshall Bank for Savings’. This printed volume details the ‘Rules, Orders, and Regulations, of the Lilleshall Savings Bank’ which was established under the ...
Local Communities and Controversy: Life in Oulton and the Stone and Lane-End Road
In January 1847 the Trustees of the Stone and Lane-End Road in Longton called a meeting at the Trentham Inn to consider Orders which had been passed ‘for stopping up certain portions of the Turnpike Road, ...
Longsdon Church, Leek, 1902
Wall Grange was purchased by James Leveson in 1540 and remained in the Leveson-Gower family until 1911. The family's strong association with Leek is evident in their involvement in the development of ...
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 ...
Longton People: Samuel Woolley: A tale of one family’s battle against adversity
Amongst the many letters written to the Leveson-Gower family appealing for financial assistance is a detailed letter by a man named Samuel Woolley. Woolley’s letter describes the suffering of his family ...
Map of the City & Borough of Lichfield, 1838
The Sutherland Papers contain a wide variety of maps and surveys relating to Lichfield during the nineteenth century. The map featured above was produced in 1838 and shows the different parishes in the ...
Medieval Cheddleton
The document above dates back to 1328. A transcription and translation of the document features below:
"This is the agreement made between John, by the grace of God Abbot of Lilleshall and the religious ...
Medieval Leek
One of the earliest documents relating to Leek in the Sutherland Papers is a deed made before 1232 between Ralph Earl of Chester and a man who was being granted land in Wall Grange in return for his military ...
Mickle House Farm, Stone
This plan shows farm buildings at Mickle House in Stone with proposed alterations, additions and repairs. The drawing includes a plan of the outbuildings at the farm for pigs, cows and bulls and also ...
Mickle House Farm, Stone 1820
This plan of ‘The Mickle House Farm’ tells us that the farm in Stone was occupied by a man named John Brett. The farm was situated along the road between Eccleshall and Stone and included a number of ...
Mining in Caverswall
The Sutherland Papers contain a huge number of documents relating to mining in North Staffordshire throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Amongst these documents is a volume of mining memoranda ...
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 ...
Mining in Longton: Florence Colliery
Mining had begun in Longton before the end of the seventeenth century. By 1775 there were numerous coal workings in the area and the economical availability of coal in Longton encouraged the rise of the ...
More about Mickle House Farm, 1820-1821
The Sutherland Papers include a survey of Mickle House farm made in 1820. The numbers listed in the survey relate directly to the numbered sections on the plan of Mickle House from 1820.
The survey ...