An Account of the Expenses Building a House at Hanley Colliery for Mr. John Sparrow, 1783
This document is an account of the money spent on building a house at Hanley Colliery in 1783 for Mr. John Sparrow.
John Sparrow worked as a colliery agent for Granville Leveson-Gower (1721-1803) ...
Arthur C. Prall, Wholesale Ironmonger, Hanley (c.1920)
The Sutherland Papers contain many printed advertisements promoting local companies and their products. Amongst these is an advertisement for firegrates sold by Hanley ironmonger Arthur C. Prall.
Prall ...
Bradbury’s Turkish Bath, Hanley, 1861
Amongst the many printed advertisements in the Sutherland Papers is a promotional flyer for Bradbury’s Turkish Bath on Albion Street in Hanley.
Printed in 1861, the document includes a number of ‘testimonials’ ...
Mining in Hanley: Jeremiah Smith's Lease
The document above is the draft of a lease made between Earl Gower and Jeremiah Smith for coal mines in Hanley and Shelton. The lease was made in the eighteenth century and this document shows the alterations ...
Reverend R. C. Atkins and the Poor and Unemployed in Hanley
As a prominent public figure and extensive local landowner in North Staffordshire, George Granville Leveson-Gower (1758-1833), the Marquis of Stafford, received many appeals from local people seeking ...
The North Staffordshire Tramways Company: Plan of North Staffordshire Towns
This map shows the authorised and projected lines of the North Staffordshire Tramways Company in North Staffordshire. The plan demonstrates the development of the transport network across Hanley, Tunstall, ...
War with France: The Hanley Volunteer Association, 1803
The Sutherland Papers contain many documents which reflect the reaction of Staffordshire communities to national events throughout history, particularly during times of national crisis.
Throughout ...