An Elementary School in Caverswall
The document above is an indenture involving land owned by the Duke of Sutherland and Caverswall School Board, made on 31st July 1877.
The document provides details about the ‘absolute sale’ of a piece ...
Hill Chorlton, 1914
The Sutherland Papers contain a huge number of papers relating to the sale of lands on the Leveson-Gower family's estates in the early twentieth century. These papers, many from 1914, include a variety ...
The Duke of Sutherland and Education in North Staffordshire
In October 1905 the fourth Duke of Sutherland, Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1851-1913) wrote to the Chairman of the Education Committee for Staffordshire County Council with a generous offer involving ...
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 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 Sale of West Hill: The Mansion House in 1842
Reminiscent of the 1824 Sale Papers for Melrose Hall, the Sutherland Papers contains ‘The Particulars and Conditions of Sale’ for ‘West Hill’ which is described as ‘A Noble Mansion’, formerly known as ...
Trentham Gardens: ‘The Beauty Spot of the Midlands’ in the Early Twentieth Century
As a result of sewage contamination in the River Trent, Trentham Hall had become uninhabitable by the early twentieth century. After the fourth Duke of Sutherland, Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1851–1913), ...
William J. Tomlinson
The Dukes of Sutherland received many letters concerning the provision of facilities for local communities on their estates. A notable letter amongst these was written to George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower ...