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List of Colliers Names with Details of the Pits they Mined, 1799

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A Man of Dubious Character

This letter from Mr. Farbeck refers to the conduct of an 'insolent man' involved with the Marquis of Stafford's Collieries. Farbeck remarks that the unnamed man was considered 'bad' by 'every person', ...

Agreement with Colliers for the Sale of Coals, c.1790s

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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) ...

An Act for Building a New Shire Hall for the County of Stafford, 1794

This ornate document is an Act passed by Parliament in 1794 sanctioning the building of a new Shire Hall for the County of Stafford. Situated in the town of Stafford, the document tells us that the ...

Boilers at the Coal Works

The letter above dated January 22nd 1797 refers to a man named Stephen Chesworth who was responsible for making boilers for the coal works. Chesworth's boilers were said to be 'worth double the sum of ...

Description of Meir Heath Collieries, April 1792

Using documents in the Sutherland Collection, North Staffordshire Mining History Group Volunteer Geoff Mould has produced a description of Granville Leveson-Gower (1721-1803) Marquis of Stafford's collieries ...

Details of Men Hired by Thomas Brundred, 1796

A transcription of this document features below: Jan 30th 1796 Thomas Brundred informs me that he has hired Thomas Moss aged 26 John ...

Different Views of Coal in Meir Heath Colliery, 13th December 1787

The Horizontal Distances of the Coal Mines in Mear Heath. 1. SILVER MINE on Grange coal. 2 foot thick, roof mingled with red. A bad sulphurous coal. 2. FENTON LOW, coal 27inches thick, black clod ...

Events at the Poll: The General Election at Lichfield, 1761

Was the Poll Fair? The image above shows an extract taken from a volume of notes produced by a man named Mr. Goodwin concerning the Lichfield Election of 1761. Mr. Goodwin's notes include comments ...

Family Matters: George Granville Leveson-Gower and his Father Granville Leveson-Gower, Marquis of Stafford (1721-1803)

Amongst George Granville Leveson-Gower's personal papers is a letter from his father, Granville Leveson-Gower, Marquis of Stafford (1721-1803). The letter congratulates George Granville on his marriage ...

Fishing Incident, 1794

This letter from Mr. Jervis complains to Granville Leveson-Gower (1721-1803)Marquis of Stafford that one of the Marquis's servants named 'Crump' had 'spoiled' his fishing of the River Trent at Tittensor. ...

George Granville Leveson-Gower and Art in the Sutherland Papers

Aside from his political life and his responsibilities as an estate owner, George Granville was a devoted art collector. Catalogues and inventories in the Sutherland Papers tell us that the first Duke ...

George Granville Leveson-Gower's Correspondence:

In 1790 George Granville Leveson-Gower was appointed to the diplomatic post of Ambassador to Paris. At the end of the eighteenth century, France was gripped with revolutionary fervour. Paris was a dangerous ...

Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Gower and 1st Marquis of Stafford (1721-1803)

Granville Leveson-Gower was born in August 1721, the son of John Leveson-Gower, first Earl Gower (1694-1754) and his first wife Lady Evelyn Pierrepont (1691-1727). Granville married three times. His second ...

Granville Leveson-Gower, Lord Lieutenant and the Staffordshire Militia

Many of Earl Gower’s papers as Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire and High Steward of Stafford relate to his direction of the Staffordshire Militia. A printed document amongst these papers details the ...

Granville Leveson-Gower: Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire 1755-1800

Like his father, Sir John Leveson-Gower (1694-1754), the first Earl Gower, Granville Leveson-Gower was an influential figure in Staffordshire politics. He served as Lord Lieutenant of the County from ...

Granville, Earl Gower and Canals: Navigable Waterways in the later Eighteenth Century

Throughout the second half of the eighteenth century, Granville Leveson-Gower was central to the development of navigable waterways. Enthusiastic about the economic development of Staffordshire and Shropshire, ...