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 ...
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 ...
Poultry Scandal in the Lodge Porter's Books!
In addition to the record of bread and beer distributed to the poor, the Lodge Porter kept a record of any unusual activity which occured after hours at Trentham.
On 10th-11th September 1810 an incident ...
The Lodge Porter's Book, 1810-1811
There are hundreds of documents in the Sutherland Papers that tell us about the important philanthropic role of the Leveson-Gower family in Staffordshire. Amongst gifts of land for public use and records ...