The History of Barlaston Curacy
Reverend George Plaxton was closely associated with the Leveson-Gower family throughout his life. After resigning his curacy at Sheriffhales in Shropshire, he was granted the curacy of Barwick in Elmet ...
The History of Lilleshall
The image above shows an extract from George Plaxton’s A History of Lilleshall.
Clergyman and antiquary George Plaxton was a beneficiary and close associate of the Leveson–Gower family during the ...
The History of Local Buildings: Shops on Darlington & North Street, Wolverhampton
The Sutherland Papers contain many plans relating to lands in Wolverhampton. These include a particularly interesting plan from 1838 which shows a number of buildings which were used as shops at the junction ...
The John Lougher Case & People Living in Perton
Amongst the legal papers concerning the Leveson versus Lougher case are a number of ‘Depositions’ which were given by people living in Perton during the 1630s. These depositions tell us more about the ...
The Leveson Family & Trentham Priory
The Leveson family first became associated with Trentham in 1540. In 1536 Trentham Priory was dissolved during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. A successful wool merchant from Wolverhampton, James ...
The Lichfield Races
During the eighteenth century, the nobility were attracted to Lichfield to attend the race meetings which were an important feature of the City's social calendar at this time. Lasting between two and ...
The Manor of Longton and the Court Baron of Obadiah Lane
The Manor of Longton was owned by a number of wealthy Landowners between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. J. H. Y. Briggs writes about the Foley family who were ironmasters from Birmingham. The ...
The Marquis of Stafford and Land for Lane End Chapel
A letter from John Bishton dated 1st April 1809 to Reverend Thomas Butt describes land 'that the Marquis of Stafford has given to Lane End Chapel'.
After the Act of Parliament made in 1792 for enlarging ...
The New House at Trentham, 1630-1639
Trentham Hall was passed down through generations of the Leveson family to Sir Richard Leveson (1598-1661) who built a new house at Trentham in 1630. Work on this new property took just under nine years ...
The Newcastle to Eccleshall Road, 1829-1831
Amongst papers relating to Eccleshall in the Sutherland Papers is a ‘General Statement of the Income and Expenditure of the turnpike Road from Newcastle-under-Lyme to Eccleshall’. The document forms an ...
The North Staffordshire Tramways Company: Plan of North Staffordshire Towns
This map shows the authorised and projected lines of the North Staffordshire Tramways Company in North Staffordshire. The plan demonstrates the development of the transport network across Hanley, Tunstall, ...
The Pines at Codsall
The Sutherland Papers include a ‘Plan of Property at Codsall’ which was sold by the Duke of Sutherland at Auction in 1891.
Dated 24th June 1891, the plan shows the land in Codsall in lots, including ...
The Railway at Lane End and Controversy over the Waterworks
Amongst Estate Correspondence for the 1840s are a number of documents relating to Lane End Waterworks. One letter from Mrs T. H. Walker, the Chief Bailiff of Longton, informs the Duke of Sutherland about ...
The Sale of the Ketley Estate, 1894
The image above shows a poster advertising the sale of the Duke of Sutherland’s lands in Ketley in 1894. Ketley formed part of the Duke’s Lilleshall Estate comprising of 834 acres of lands, farms and ...
The Sutherland Papers and the Churnet Valley Railway Line
The Railway first arrived in Leek with the opening of the Churnet Valley Line from Macclesfield to Uttoxeter in 1849. Initially, there were stations at Rushton Spencer, Rudyard and Leek. In 1867 the Railway ...
The Trentham Estate: The Chief Agent’s Cash Book, 1778-1785
The image above shows a page taken from the Chief Agent’s Cash Book dating from 1778-1785. Thomas Horwood, Earl Gower’s Chief Agent during this period was responsible for keeping this account of payments ...
The Will of Randall’s youngest son, Randall Podmore of Namptwich
The Sutherland Collection also contains copies of the will of Randall Podmore’s youngest son, ‘Randle Podmore of Namptwich’ who was a ‘feltmaker’. Randle’s will reveals that he left the property he owned ...
The Williamson Family and Stafford
The Williamson family of Stafford played an important role in the local politics of the Borough. Owning substantial lands in Staffordshire, Ralph, John, Thomas, Gervais and William Williamson all served ...