Aid Abroad: The Stafford House Committee in Turkey
Amongst the printed material relating to the Stafford House Committee’s involvement in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877-78, is the ‘Report & Record of the Operations of the Stafford House Committee for the ...
Bread and Beer from the Lodge Porter
The Lodge Porter's Book for 1810-1811 contains an account of the number of loaves of bread received from the baker each month. Alongside this account is a record of the number of loaves which were distributed ...
Building Hanchurch Holiday Home
The Estate Accounts for 1898 provide a detailed list of payments made towards building and furnishing ‘Hanchurch Holiday Home’.
A payment of almost seven hundred pounds was made to ‘Boulton & Paul’ ...
Charity in Newcastle-under-Lyme
This bundle of documents contains a number of deeds which were made between the Leveson-Gower family and the Corporation of Newcastle-under-Lyme between 1715 and 1898. The deeds include terms which secure ...
Charity in the Sutherland Estate Account Books
The Estate Accounts for 1898 include a list of payments entitled 'Gratuities'. Expenditure listed under this heading tells us about money which the Estate provided for pensions and provisions for the ...
Charity on the Lilleshall Estate, 1896
The image above shows a document outlining the allowance made by the third Duke and Duchess of Sutherland to a lady called Emma Morris who occupied a cottage on the Lilleshall estate.
Emma had worked ...
Concerns about the Condition of the Alms Houses
Elliot’s report was commissioned by the Duke of Sutherland to investigate the condition of the Alms Houses in Newcastle. The Duke was evidently concerned that the buildings were kept in a good state and ...
Hanford School, 1889
During the late 1880s George Granville William Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1828-1892), the third Duke of Sutherland, was involved in the development of Hanford School. The Duke donated land for the expansion ...
How much bread and beer was distributed in 1811?
The Lodge Porter's Book contains an account of the amount of bread which was distributed 'to the travelling poor at the Lodge Gates' from June 24th to December 31st 1811. This amounted to a total of 906 ...
Lilleshall Savings Bank
The document above shows the ‘Rules of the Lilleshall Bank for Savings’. This printed volume details the ‘Rules, Orders, and Regulations, of the Lilleshall Savings Bank’ which was established under the ...
List of Duke of Sutherland’s Charitable Subscriptions in 1853
The Dukes of Sutherland commanded enormous wealth in the nineteenth century, owning extensive lands in Staffordshire and Shropshire. The important public role of the Dukes meant that they were involved ...
New Savings Bank Act
The document above is entitled ‘An Act to amend the Laws relating to Savings Banks, and to the purchase of Government Annuities through the medium of Savings Banks’. This document relates to the new Savings ...
Newcastle Alms Houses
The Sutherland Papers Collection contains a wealth of documents which provide an insight into life in Newcastle-under-Lyme during the nineteenth century. Amongst these are a number of papers relating ...
Overseas Aid to English Soldiers: The Stafford House South African Aid Committee
In 1879 a Committee was established at Stafford House to provide aid for English soldiers fighting in the Zulu War. The Sutherland Papers include many documents relating to the Committee's work. In addition ...
Penn Poor House, 1846
In April 1846 the Poor Law Commission wrote to George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1786-1861) the second Duke of Sutherland, as 'Lord of the Manor' of Penn concerning the sale of Parish property ...
Philanthropy in the Sutherland Estate Account Books
The Estate Accounts in the Sutherland Papers provide details about the local charities, societies and institutions that the Leveson-Gower family supported financially.
A list of 'Subscriptions' in ...
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 ...
Plans and Elevations of Hanford Children's Home
During the nineteenth century the Leveson-Gower family were involved in the development of a Children's Home for boys and girls in Hanford.
The Sutherland Papers include a number of detailed plans ...