Fundraising News

The Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Archive Service gratefully acknowledges the support of the following organisations in securing The Sutherland Papers for Staffordshire and the Nation.

The Archive Service also wishes to record its warmest thanks to the very large number of individual donors and sponsors who, in so many different ways, have supported the appeal the secure the future of the collection.

Principal Partners

The Heritage Lottery Fund

Staffordshire County Council
Stoke on Trent City Council

Staffordshire Environmental Fund
(under the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme)

Trentham Leisure

Friends of Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent
Archive Service

National Grant-giving Bodies

The Friends of the National Libraries
The Marc Fitch Fund
The National Art Collections Fund
The Pilgrim Trust
The PRISM Grant Fund

Local Authorities

Newcastle Borough Council
South Staffordshire District Council
Stafford Borough Council
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
Kent County Council

Barlaston Parish Council
Chapel and Hill Chorlton Parish Council
Codsall Parish Council
Fulford Parish Council
Great Wyrley Parish Council
Lichfield City Council
Lower Penn Parish Council
Stone Town Council
Swynnerton Parish Council

Business Organisations

Anglo-Welsh Waterways
Staffordshire Performing Arts

Charitable Trusts

The Coutts Charitable Foundation
Francis Coales Charitable Foundation
The Mercers Company
Midlands Co-operative Society: Community Dividend Award
The Owen Family Trust
The William A Cadbury Trust

Local Members’ Initiative Scheme

County Councillor Mrs M Compton
County Councillor Mrs S Oatley
County Councillor I Parry
County Councillor M Poulter

Local Societies and Organisations

Apedale Mining Museum
Ashby de la Zouche Local History Society
Berkswich History Society
Berkswich Women’s Institute
Blythe Bridge and Forsbrook Historical Society
Blythe Bridge Women’s Institute
BMSGH (Burton and North Staffordshire Branches)
Brocton Women’s Institute
Brown Edge Women’s Institute
Caverswall History Society
Cheadle Historical Society
Cheslyn Hay and District Local History Society
Codsall and Bilbrook History Society
Colton History Society
Derrington Women’s Institute
Eccleshall History Society
Eccleshall Women’s Institute
Friends of Shropshire Archives
Gentleshaw Women’s Institute
Great Haywood Women’s Institute
Hanchurch Women’s Institute
Harlaston Women’s Institute
Haughton Women’s Institute
Hayes Green Women’s Institute
The Haywood Society
Hilderstone Women’s Institute
The Landor Society
Leek and District Historical Society
Lichfield Afternoon Women’s Institute
Mile Oak Women’s Institute
The National Art Collections Fund (Staffordshire Branch)
The National Trust (Staffordshire Centre)
Newcastle Civic Society
Norbury History Society
North Staffordshire Historians’ Guild
Orford Women’s Institute
Ridware History Society
Shooters Hill and Lightwood Historical Society
Sneyd Green Women’s Institute
Stafford Historical and Civic Society
Stafford and Mid Staffs Achaeological Society
Staffordshire Archaeological and Historical Society
Staffordshire Gardens and Parks Trust
Staffordshire Parish Register Society
The Staffordshire Society
Stone Historical Society
Stowe by Chartley Women’s Institute
The Swinnerton Society
Swynnerton Women’s Institute
Trent and Mersey Canal Society
Trentham Golf Club
Trentham Park Golf Club
Whiston Women’s Institute
Whittington District History Society
Whittington Women’s Institute
Willenhall History Society
Wombourne Women’s Institute
Wolverhampton Civic Society
Wolverhampton History and Heritage Society
Yoxall Women’s Institute

Fundraising Activities
Click Here

Saving Sutherland Sponsors
Click here

Report on the cottages on the North Staffordshire Estate, including 484 cottages in all, 1842 (SRO D593/2/2/3/2).
The estate records in the collection are very complete and well-structured.
Find out more...