The Correspondence of William Lambarde and John Leveson by Dr. Neil Younger
Dr. Neil Younger writes 'Were it not for his collection of papers, the modern scholar would find relatively little of interest in the life and career of Sir John Leveson. The same cannot be said, however, ...
Francis Coppinger's Secret Marriage, by Mary Partridge
On Friday 28th May 1596 Francis Coppinger married his cousin Elizabeth Randolph. The couple's clandestine marriage caused outrage and resulted in imprisonement and annullment. Mary Partridge, a PhD student ...
A Brief History of Trentham Gardens in the Sutherland Papers, by Sue Gregory
Sue Gregory writes that the Sutherland Papers contain maps, plans and nearly three hundred years of accounts, all of great value in tracing the history of the designed landscape at Trentham.
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Sir Walter Leveson of Lilleshall, Pirate by Richard Totty
The record of the court of enquiry into Sir Walter Leveson’s piratical activities in the English Channel is self explanatory. The judge attempted no more than was strictly required of him by asking the ...
The Gold Edged Letter by John Burston and Joyce Wilson
In the folder D593/M/2/2/7 amongst mining documents in the Sutherland Papers we found two letters which although not together we feel were linked. What follows is our interpretation of those two letters ...
The Seventeenth Century Love Letters of Katherine Duddeley (later Leveson) to Richard Leveson by Katie Wright
The Sutherland Papers contains a collection of eleven letters, seven of which were written by Katherine when she was still Katherine Duddeley. The other four, also written by Katherine, followed her ...
People's Stories in the Mining Papers by John Burston & Joyce Wilson
Featured above and on the left are images of two letters from Michael Gammow, Cleveland House, to Joseph Burgess. Foley Coal Office, circa September 1823.
These letters are an exchange of correspondence ...
John Tomlinson by Len Ball
One weekend in April/May 2007 I was back home from my caravan, as myself and my wife had been invited to my wife’s nephew’s baby’s Christening on the Sunday at Stoke Minster.
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A Description of Meir Heath & Hanley Collieries, 1792 by Geoff Mould
Geoff Mould from the North Staffordshire Mining History Group has examined documents in the Sutherland Papers relating to collieries in Meir Heath and Hanley in the late eighteenth century. His illustrated ...
Longton at the End of the Lane by Kate Box
You do tend to think that Longton goes back to early Victorian times and the Victorian potters, but it is much older than that. Having a chance to look at some of the Sutherland Papers I have found out ...
Colliery Time and Wages Books, 1794-1796 by John Burston and Joyce Wilson
One of the many treasures found in the Sutherland papers are a series of well thumbed time and wages books form the late 18th to the early 19th centuries. The books are roughly 7x6 inches, and give details ...
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 ...
Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1851-1913), fourth Duke of Sutherland
Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower was born in 1851, son of George Granville William Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1828-1892), third Duke of Sutherland and his first wife Duchess Anne, Countess of Cromartie ...
West Hill: Produce & Supplies for 1837
Inventories of West Hill indicate that the Duke of Sutherland’s estate in Wandsworth had a working farm and working gardens providing produce to the mansion house. The image above shows a tabulated document ...
Vouchers for Westhill, August 1840
The Sutherland Papers contain a wealth of vouchers for purchases made for the West Hill estate in the nineteenth century. A number of vouchers from August 1840 tell us about the products which local tradesmen ...
The Working Gardens at West Hill, 1824
The Inventory of West Hill made in 1824 describes the working gardens on the estate, telling us about the fruit and flowers produced there. The Inventory lists a ‘melon ground’ which had ‘3 light Melon ...
The Westhill Fruit Dispute, August 1830
Amongst the many documents providing an insight into household life at West Hill are a number of papers from August 1830 relating to a dispute over the sale of fruit grown on the property.
A letter ...
The Wash House at West Hill, 1824
Like the Bakehouse and Laundry, the Wash House at West Hill was fitted out with functional equipment, including six washing troughs, lead pipes supplying hot and cold water and a coal box.
‘A Stout ...