Agricultural Trentham: ‘Mr Thomas Doody his Disbursements from the 24th of December 1678 till the 18th of July 1679’
The image above shows a page from accounts made by Thomas Doody relating to agricultural work on the Trentham Estate in the late seventeenth century. Doody’s accounts describe payments made by the estate ...
Life on the Sutherland Estate: Manor Court Rolls
Court Rolls from the Manor Court at Trentham provide a colourful insight into the lives of people living on the Trentham Estate during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
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Life on the Trentham Estate: Building Work and Repairs, 1777
Amongst papers relating to life of the Trentham Estate in the eighteenth century are accounts describing building work undertaken on the Estate in 1777. The ‘Scheme of Building at Trentham in 1777’ describes ...
Life on the Trentham Estate: Family Poverty in Trentham
Richard Watkin wrote to Lord Gower at the end of the eighteenth century concerning cottages which his family had owned in Trentham. Richard’s letter tells us that his father had absconded from Trentham ...
Life on the Trentham Estate: Farming, 1804
In March 1804 Mr. Owen compiled a scheme for ‘Cultivating the Demesne Land at Trentham Hall'. The document featured above describes the agricultural lands which surrounded Trentham Hall and the proposals ...
Life on the Trentham Estate: Local Tradesmen and Trentham Hall
Documents relating to life on the Trentham estate include accounts made by local tradesmen, such as butchers and grocers. In September 1776 ‘William Plant’, a miller from Trentham sent proposals to provide ...
Life on the Trentham Estate: Much Ado About Nothing
Amongst correspondence relating to life on the Trentham Estate is an intriguing letter sent to Lord Gower by a man named Richard Walklate. Richard’s letter tells us about his personal history and customs ...
Life on the Trentham Estate: Trentham Parish Church
Papers relating to life on the Trentham Estate include a ‘Proposal’ made by Freeholders and Parishioners from Trentham concerning ‘the Bells’ at Trentham Parish Church.
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Life on the Trentham Estate: Trentham Sunday School
In May 1803 Mr. J. Blunt wrote to the Leveson-Gower family about establishing Sunday schools in the Parish of Trentham. Blunt’s letter provides intriguing social comment on religious ignorance and religious ...
Monuments of the First Duke of Sutherland in Trentham and Lilleshall, 1833
Following the death of the first Duke of Sutherland in 1833, monuments of the Duke were erected in Trentham and Lilleshall. The minutes featured above are from a meeting held at the Trentham Inn on 30th ...
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 ...
The Foxley Charity in Trentham, 1670
In her will, made in 1670, Lady Katherine Leveson, the wife of Sir Richard Leveson (1698-1661), established the Foxley Charity. This charity provided money for the maintenance of widows and poor children ...
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 Trentham Estate and Neighbouring Towns, 1861
The letter above was written by George Flemming at Trentham to the third Duke of Sutherland on the 13th December 1861. Flemming tells the Duke about sums of money which the second Duke of Sutherland had ...
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 Trentham Hotel in the Sutherland Papers
The photograph above shows the Trentham Hotel in the early twentieth century. The Hotel was known as the 'Roebuck Hotel', after the Duke of Sutherland donated a statue of a roebuck to the hotel in 1865.
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Trentham Estate Accounts in the Sutherland Papers
The Estate Accounts in the Sutherland Papers form one of the most fascinating sections of the collection. Spanning over hundreds of years, these papers and volumes kept by agents working for the Leveson-Gower ...
Trentham Home Farm
The statement featured above relates to the management of ‘Trentham Home Farm’ on the Duke of Sutherland’s Trentham Estate. The statement was produced to examine the management of the farm and provides ...