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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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
'John Martin & The Assuaging of the Waters By Jennifer Baker
Following the Coronation of Queen Victoria on 28th June 1838 a flurry of noted artists sought to capture the event on canvas. John Martin was amongst this group but he approached the task with what we ...
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.
The North Staffordshire ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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, ...
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 Improvement Policy on the Sutherland Estate in Scotland, By Annie Lynne McCausland
Worship Industry or Starve: The Scottish Highlands are world renowned for their natural beauty, legendary history, and unique culture. However, centuries ago, they were seen as alien, desolate, archaic, ...
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 ...
The Sutherland Estates: the Scottish Estates in the Later Nineteenth Century By Dr. Annie Tindley
For much of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Sutherland Estates were the largest landed estates in western Europe; 1.1 million acres made up the Scottish estates, nearly the whole county ...
The Third Duke of Sutherland’s Visit to India, 1875 by Emma Jones
The third Duke of Sutherland visited India as part of the Royal Suite accompanying the Prince of Wales in 1875. Amongst the many documents relating to the third Duke’s time abroad is a personal diary ...