Political Interest in Staffordshire: Letter from William Fitzherbert to Earl Gower, 1723
Found within the personal papers of Sir John Leveson-Gower, first Earl Gower (1694-1754), this letter dated 20th April 1723 is signed by William Fitzherbert of Swynnerton.
The Fitzherbert family, Lords ...
Pot Works in Longton
Amongst the many plans of properties on Granville Leveson-Gower (1721-1803), the Marquis of Stafford’s estates is a plan made in 1797 of ‘the Potwork and Premises of Mr Robert Garner at Lane End’. The ...
Property in Newcastle: Houses and a Smithy, 1734
Throughout the eighteenth century the Leveson-Gowers purchased property in Newcastle-under-Lyme. The Sutherland Collection contains many deeds and leases telling us about the type of property which was ...
Property in Newcastle: The Will of Randall Podmore, 1652
Many of the property deeds in the Sutherland Collection contain the wills and copies of wills made by the original owners of land which the Leveson-Gowers had acquired in Staffordshire. Amongst property ...
Proposals for a Railway at Lane End
In March 1815 James Loch, the Duke of Sutherland's Chief Estate Agent, wrote to estate agent Mr. Burgess about the 'projected railway' at Lane End. He asked Burgess to investigate the proposal, especially ...
Railways and Roads: The North Staffordshire Railway Company and the Longton to Trentham Turnpike Road
Many documents in the Sutherland Papers from the middle of the nineteenth century reflect the growth of communications, industry, transport, and trade in Longton during this period.
As extensive landowners ...
Read All About It: The Wolverhampton Chronicle 1848-1849
Printed and published by the proprietors, Thomas Wood and W. B. Upcott, 7 Queen Street, Wolverhampton, the Wolverhampton Chronicle and General Advertiser for Staffordshire and the Midland Counties featured ...
Report of Cottages on the Lilleshall Estate, 1826
The document above is taken from a report of cottages on the Lilleshall Estate in the early nineteenth century. The page above shows listings for tenants in Wombridge, Leegomery and Paynes Lane and provides ...
Reverend R. C. Atkins and the Poor and Unemployed in Hanley
As a prominent public figure and extensive local landowner in North Staffordshire, George Granville Leveson-Gower (1758-1833), the Marquis of Stafford, received many appeals from local people seeking ...
Rioting in Newcastle
A number of letters were found amongst the papers of Sir John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower (1694-1754) relating to the family’s estates and associates in Staffordshire and Shropshire written during the ...
Scandal in Perton: John Lougher and Perton Manor House
The Sutherland Papers contain many legal papers concerning land and property in Staffordshire. Amongst these are papers relating to a case between the Leveson family and a man named John Lougher of Perton. ...
Schooling in Wolverhampton through the Ages
Educational provision in Wolverhampton was greatly improved by Sir Stephen Jenyns in the early sixteenth century. Born in Wolverhampton, Sir Stephen was a very important Merchant of the Staple who rose ...
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, ...
Seventeenth Century Shops in Wolverhampton
The Sutherland Papers contain many documents relating to land and property acquisition from as early as the fourteenth century. Amongst these is an intriguing document from 1615 relating to a butcher's ...
Sir Charles Barry's Trentham Hall, 1834
In 1834 George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1758-1833), the second Duke of Sutherland, employed Charles Barry to remodel Trentham Hall and its gardens. Sir Charles Barry (1795-1860) had grown in ...
Stafford House of Correction
This document, dated 31st January 1716-1717, is addressed to ‘ye Constable of Trentham’and ‘ye Keeper of ye House of Correction at Stafford’.
Signed by E. Mainwaring, the document is a warrant committing ...
Stafford Militia and the Saracen's Head
The document above signed by Granville Leveson-Gower (1721-1803), the Marquis of Stafford, refers to an Act passed by Parliament for the raising of military forces. The document describes the act which ...
Staffordshire Potteries Water Works
Staffordshire’s successful pottery industry required a continual supply of natural resources such as coal and water. In the middle of the nineteenth century the Staffordshire Potteries Water Works Company ...