The Third Duke of Sutherland: Social Life and Leisure
The Sutherland Papers include many vouchers and receipts for purchases made by the third Duke and his family. These documents tell us about Sutherland family life and the type of products available in ...
The Third Duke of Sutherland's Foreign Travels
In 1875 the Duke accompanied the Prince of Wales on his Official Visit to India.
Documents in the Sutherland Collection notably refer to the locations of Her Majesty's Indian Dominions, Agra and Benares. ...
The Trentham Estate and Neighbouring Towns, 1861
The letter above was written by George Flemming at Trentham to the third Duke of Sutherland on the 13th December 1861. Flemming tells the Duke about sums of money which the second Duke of Sutherland had ...
Thomas Webster’s Complaint
Thomas Webster wrote to the Duke of Sutherland in 1851 claiming to be suffering from ‘great difficulty and distress combined with a damaged reputation’.
Webster attributed his distress to ‘the arbitary ...
Tittensor Church, 1880
M. M. B. Higham tells us that there was no church in Tittensor until the end of the nineteenth century when Duchess Millicent established St. Luke’s in the village. The foundation stone of the church ...
Trentham Gardens
The Sutherland Papers contain an enormous wealth of documents relating to Trentham Gardens. Accounts, correspondence, maps, plans and advertisements provide a fascinating insight into this famous local ...
Trentham Home Farm
The statement featured above relates to the management of ‘Trentham Home Farm’ on the Duke of Sutherland’s Trentham Estate. The statement was produced to examine the management of the farm and provides ...
Trentham Park in the 1890s
One of the most intriguing documents relating to Trentham is the large notice featured above. This is the draft of a notice which was printed to provide information to people visiting Trentham Park in ...
Urban Development in Longton
One plan in the Sutherland Papers from 1867 shows ‘Property Adjoining the Town of Longton in the Parish of Trentham as Laid out for Building Purposes’. The property belonged to George Granville William ...