A Public Park for Longton, 1888
The third Duke of Sutherland, George Granville William Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1828-1892), was involved in many local, national and international public associations. In addition to his national work ...
Debris and Subsidence: Objections to the Duke’s Offer: George Kent's Letter
A letter from George Kent, the Town Clerk in Longton, thanks the Duke for his ‘generous offer to present the Borough with a site for Municipal Buildings.’
The Duke offered the Borough some land on ...
Disputes over Rent at the Manor Court
The Manor Court was not just an occasion for tenants to show deference to the Lord of the Manor. Important local issues were also debated, including disputes over rent.
One document within the Court ...
Industry in Longton
J. H. Y. Briggs suggests that mining was important in Longton from the late seventeenth century onwards. By the 1720s the Leveson-Gower family were exploiting the mineral resources on their lands in Priorsfield.
By ...
Land Disputes in the Manor of Longton: William Fowler and Longton Boundary Deeds
One of the most intriguing documents amongst the Manor Court Papers for Longton (1696-1733) is a letter written to Obadiah Lane, Lord of the Manor of Longton by a man called William Fowler.
Fowler, ...
Lane End Cholera Hospital, 1833
The Sutherland Papers contain a number of documents relating to municipal facilities which were established in Longton.
Dated 6th December 1833, the document above is signed by ‘the Churchwardens ...
Local Communities and Controversy: Life in Oulton and the Stone and Lane-End Road
In January 1847 the Trustees of the Stone and Lane-End Road in Longton called a meeting at the Trentham Inn to consider Orders which had been passed ‘for stopping up certain portions of the Turnpike Road, ...
Longton Chapels
In 1762 John Bourne, the Town Clerk of Newcastle, provided money for the building of a chapel at Lane End. By the 1790s the chapel and cemetery were in a dilapidated condition and too small to accommdate ...
Longton People: Samuel Woolley: A tale of one family’s battle against adversity
Amongst the many letters written to the Leveson-Gower family appealing for financial assistance is a detailed letter by a man named Samuel Woolley. Woolley’s letter describes the suffering of his family ...
Mining in Longton: Florence Colliery
Mining had begun in Longton before the end of the seventeenth century. By 1775 there were numerous coal workings in the area and the economical availability of coal in Longton encouraged the rise of the ...
Ovens, Kilns and Cost: Objections to the Court House Site
Mr. Dalton, another Assistant Secretary from the Local Government Board wrote to George Kent informing him that considering the ‘scientific evidence’ of ‘subsidence’ on the Stone Road site that the Board ...
Pot Works in Longton
Amongst the many plans of properties on Granville Leveson-Gower (1721-1803), the Marquis of Stafford’s estates is a plan made in 1797 of ‘the Potwork and Premises of Mr Robert Garner at Lane End’. The ...
Proposals for a Railway at Lane End
In March 1815 James Loch, the Duke of Sutherland's Chief Estate Agent, wrote to estate agent Mr. Burgess about the 'projected railway' at Lane End. He asked Burgess to investigate the proposal, especially ...
Railways and Roads: The North Staffordshire Railway Company and the Longton to Trentham Turnpike Road
Many documents in the Sutherland Papers from the middle of the nineteenth century reflect the growth of communications, industry, transport, and trade in Longton during this period.
As extensive landowners ...
The Duke of Sutherland and Education in Longton
Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1851-1931), the fourth Duke of Sutherland, served as the Mayor of Longton from 1895 to 1896. In December 1896 he presented ‘a gift of land’ to the Borough of Longton ...
The Duke of Sutherland and Municial Buildings in Longton: Town Planning in the late Nineteenth Century
In April 1893 Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1851-1913), the fourth Duke of Sutherland, offered the Borough of Longton some land on which the Town Council could erect new municipal buildings. A number ...
The Manor of Longton and the Court Baron of Obadiah Lane
The Manor of Longton was owned by a number of wealthy Landowners between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. J. H. Y. Briggs writes about the Foley family who were ironmasters from Birmingham. The ...
The Marquis of Stafford and Land for Lane End Chapel
A letter from John Bishton dated 1st April 1809 to Reverend Thomas Butt describes land 'that the Marquis of Stafford has given to Lane End Chapel'.
After the Act of Parliament made in 1792 for enlarging ...