A New House at Cotes
A brief letter from John J. Chapman at Stone Rural District Council dated 21st November 1907 survives amongst the Eccleshall papers. Chapman writes that the ‘New House’ to be built at Cotes ‘will be reported ...
Chapel Chorlton, 1591
Amongst papers relating to Eccleshall in the Sutherland Papers is a survey of Chapel Chorlton made in 1591, when Sir Walter Leveson (1550-1602) owned lands in the area. ‘A note taken of Sir Walter Leveson ...
Colonel Cotes, Eccleshall Celebrity: The Colonel’s Letters to J. H. Menzies
The Sutherland Papers contain many bundles of correspondence relating to the Cotes estate in Eccleshall. A man named J. H. Menzies acted as agent for this estate, and there are a wide variety of letters, ...
Cotes Farm, Eccleshall
In July 1907 J. H. Menzies received a letter from a man named Wynne regarding Cotes Farm in Eccleshall. There were problems with hay at the farm which Wynne’s letter warns Menzies about. He writes ’we ...
Great Chatwell Farm
On 24th September 1907 J. H. Menzies received a letter from Dawson Bennett & Co, solicitors from Lincoln’s Inn, London.
The letter concerned Great Chatwell Farm on the estates of Colonel Cotes in ...
Hill Chorlton Farm
The Sutherland Papers contain many detailed plans of properties in Staffordshire from the nineteenth century.
This plan of Hill Chorlton Farm shows how the farmhouse and working buildings on the farm ...
Hill Chorlton Farm Wind Engine
The Sutherland Papers Collection contains a huge variety of documents relating to technological developments on the Leveson-Gower family’s estates in Staffordshire. A number of intriguing papers amongst ...
Hill Chorlton, 1791
Amongst the estate documents relating to Eccleshall is a list of ‘Freeholders and Incroachments at Hill Chorlton’ made in 1791. The document lists tenants of Sir Thomas Broughton and George Granville ...
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 Hercules Windmill at Hill Chorlton
The Sutherland Papers contain a range of printed material relating to the implementation of a wind engine at Hill Chorlton. An article on the ‘Hercules Windmill’ features above, complete with an illustration ...
The Newcastle to Eccleshall Road, 1829-1831
Amongst papers relating to Eccleshall in the Sutherland Papers is a ‘General Statement of the Income and Expenditure of the turnpike Road from Newcastle-under-Lyme to Eccleshall’. The document forms an ...
Water Supply at Cotes
Amongst papers relating to the Cotes estate in Eccleshall is a ‘Certificate of Sufficient Water Supply’ relating to the ‘Public Health (Water) Act, 1878’. The Certificate was issued on 29th November 1907 ...