‘Specification for Building and Finishing a Dwelling House of One Storey at Park’
The document above describes the building work which was required on a house being built at Park in Caverswall in 1828.
The specification is divided into sections telling us about the ‘Mason Work’ ...
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 ...
Caverswall Park Farm
The document above is a valuation of the ‘Timber and Poles’ on Caverswall Park Farm. The valuation made in July 1836 includes details about the different types of trees growing on the farm during this ...
Mining in Caverswall
The Sutherland Papers contain a huge number of documents relating to mining in North Staffordshire throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Amongst these documents is a volume of mining memoranda ...
Staffordshire Potteries Waterworks Company in Caverswall
The letter above was written by Mr. Harrison at the Staffordshire Potteries Water Works Company, Albion Street, Hanley in 1883. The letter was sent to the third Duke of Sutherland’s Agent George Menzies ...