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Businesses (9)
- AT Finney & Sons Ltd, fine bone china manufacturers, Longton Longton, Staffordshire
- Chatterley-Whitfield Collieries Ltd Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
- Collingwood & Co, coachmakers
- George Taylor, Thomas & Elizabeth Milward, mercers Staffordshire;Staffordshire
- James Nicholson, attorney Warrington, Lancashire
- John Parry, printer Chester, Cheshire
- Leader, coachmaker
- Spode Ltd, china and pottery manufacturers Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
- William Adams and Sons, pottery manufacturers, Tunstall Tunstall, Staffordshire
Organisations (44)
- Arnold Bennett Society
- Buckingham lay subsidy Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
- Bucklow hundred lay subsidy Bucklow, Cheshire
- Celia Pollard's Chantry, Bristol Bristol, Gloucestershire
- Chantries in St Peter's church, Bristol Bristol, Gloucestershire
- Cheshire assizes Cheshire;Cheshire
- Chester Borough Chester, Cheshire
- Christ Church Cathedral Priory, Canterbury Canterbury, Kent
- Civic Education League
- Gaywood Gaywood, Norfolk
- House of Lords
- Institute of Sociology London
- Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey Guernsey
- London Religious Tract Society: Cheshire auxiliary Cheshire;Cheshire
- Nantwich parish Nantwich, Cheshire
- Newcastle-under-Lyme borough elections Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
- Norfolk royal aid Norfolk;Norfolk
- Paymaster General
- Pirehill North land and window tax Pirehill North, Staffordshire
- Portsmouth naval ordnance Portsmouth, Hampshire
- Rivers Hall manor, Boxted Essex;Essex
- Royal Corps of Signals
- Royal Household and Wardrobe
- Royal Regiment of Artillery
- Sandwich elections Sandwich, Kent
- Sociological Society London
- Sociological Trust London
- St Margaret's Priory, King's (or Bishop's) Lynn, cell of Norwich cathedral priory Kings Lynn, Norfolk
- St Mary's Priory, Sempringham (Gilbertine) Sempringham, Lincolnshire
- St Werburgh's Abbey, Chester (later Cathedral) Chester, Cheshire
- Stafford Quarter Sessions Stafford, Staffordshire
- Staffordshire militia Staffordshire;Staffordshire
- Staffordshire: sheriff Staffordshire;Staffordshire
- Stanlaw, later Whalley, Abbey Whalley, Lancashire
- Stockport parish Stockport, Cheshire
- Thelwall Thelwall, Cheshire
- Thomas Smallwood of Chelford Chelford, Cheshire
- Tytherington parish Tytherington, Cheshire
- Waltham Holy Cross Abbey Waltham Holy Cross, Essex
- Warrington parish Warrington, Lancashire
- West Riding North Division corps of volunteer cavalry Yorkshire, West Riding
- Wildboarclough land tax Wildboarclough, Cheshire
- Wildboarclough parish Wildboarclough, Cheshire
- Yorkshire land tax Yorkshire, West Riding
Persons (85)
- Bagot, Sir Charles, (1781-1843), Knight, diplomat, Governor General of Canada
- Bagot, Richard, (1782-1854), Bishop of Bath and Wells
- Bathurst, Georgina, (1765-1841), Countess Bathurst
- Bennett, Enoch Arnold, (1867-1931), novelist playwright and journalist
- Beresford, John, (1738-1805), Irish Statesman
- Bouverie, William Arundell, (1797-1877), Archdeacon of Norfolk
- Branford, Victor Verasis, (1863-1930), sociologist
- Bromley, William, (1664-1732), Secretary of State and Speaker of the House of Commons
- Campbell, George Douglas, (1823-1900), 8th Duke of Argyll, statesman
- Cavendish, William, (1808-1891), 7th Duke of Devonshire
- Cavendish, William George Spencer, (1790-1858), 6th Duke of Devonshire, bibliophile
- Chetwynd-Talbot, Henry John, (1803-1868), 3rd Earl Talbot 18th Earl of Shrewsbury
- Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, (1772-1834), poet and philosopher
- Colquhoun-Stirling-Murray-Dunlop, Alexander, (1798-1870), church lawyer and politician
- Cooke, Edward, (1755-1820), Under Secretary of State MP
- Cornwallis, Sir William, (1744-1819), Knight, Admiral
- Cowper, Anne Florence, (1806-1880), Baroness Lucas of Crudwell
- Curzon, Robert, (1810-1873), 14th Baron Zouche
- Davy, Sir Humphry, (1778-1829), 1st Baronet, physicist
- Davy, John, (1790-1868), physiologist and anatomist
- Eden, William, (1744-1814), 1st Baron Auckland, statesman
- Egerton, Francis, (1800-1857), 1st Earl of Ellesmere, politician, poet
- Egerton, Lady Mary Louisa, (1825-1916), Countess of Ellesmere
- Ellis, George James Welbore Agar-, (1797-1833), 1st Baron Dover
- Fielding, Henry, (1707-1754), Author
- Finch, Henry, (c 1745-1819), Clergyman
- Fitzgibbon, Anne, (d1844), Countess of Clare
- Fitzgibbon, John, (1749-1802), 1st Earl of Clare
- Fitzgibbon, John, (1792-1851), 2nd Earl of Clare
- Flahault, Margaret Mercer, (1788-1867), Viscountess Keith and Baroness Nairn
- Fortescue, George Matthew, (1791-1877), MP
- Greatheed Bertie Percy, Charles, (1794-1870), MP for Newport Cornwall
- Greville, Charles Cavendish Fulke, (1794-1865), Clerk of the Privy Council, diarist
- Greville, Henry William, (1801-1872), Diarist
- Grosvenor, Eleanor, (1770-1846), Marchioness of Westminster
- Grosvenor, Elizabeth Mary, (1797-1891), Marchioness of Westminster
- Grosvenor, Richard, (1795-1869), 2nd Marquess of Westminster
- Hall, James, (1846-1914), antiquary
- Helsby, Thomas, (1832-1903), historian
- Howard, Lady Georgiana, (1783-1858), Countess of Carlisle
- Hulme, Thomas Ernest, (1883-1917), philosopher and poet
- Legge, William, (1784-1853), 4th Earl of Dartmouth
- Leveson-Gower, Elizabeth, (1765-1839), Countess of Sutherland
- Leveson-Gower, George Granville, (1758-1833), 1st Duke of Sutherland
- Leveson-Gower, George Granville, (1786-1861), 2nd Duke of Sutherland
- Leveson-Gower, Granville, (1773-1846), 1st Earl Granville, diplomat
- Leveson-Gower, Granville George, (1815-1891), 2nd Earl Granville, statesman
- Leveson-Gower, Harriet Elizabeth, (1785-1862), Countess Granville
- Lindsay , Alexander Dunlop, (1879-1952), 1st Baron Lindsay of Birker, philosopher
- Lindsay, Anna, (1845-1903), women's activist
- Lindsay, Thomas Martin, (1843-1914), historian
- Littleton, Edward John, (1791-1863), 1st Baron Hatherton, politician
- Lucas, Edward Verrall, (1868-1938), author and publisher
- Macdonald, Sir Archibald, (1747-1826), Knight Chief Baron of the Exchequer
- Mannheim, Karl, (1893-1947), sociologist
- Mary, (1776-1857), Princess, Duchess of Gloucester, daughter of George III
- Moore, William, (1699-1746), MP for Banbury
- Morgan, Sylvanus, (1620-1693), herald
- North, Francis, (1704-1790), 1st Earl of Guilford, Lord Chancellor
- Peel, Sir Robert, (1788-1850), Baronet, 2nd Baronet, statesman
- Pitt, William, (1759-1806), statesman
- Richards, Raymond, (1906-1978), Antiquary
- Roberts, Michael, (1902-1948), author and critic Bournemouth, Hampshire
- Russell, Elizabeth Anne, (1793-1874), hostess and bedchamber woman to Queen Adelaide
- Russell, John, (1766-1839), 6th Duke of Bedford
- Ryder, Dudley, (1798-1882), 2nd Earl of Harrowby, statesman
- Ryder, Frances, (1801-1859), Countess of Harrowby
- Ryder, Susan, (1772-1838), Countess of Harrowby
- Rylands, William Harry, (1847-1922), Berkshire Antiquary
- Simpson, William, (1823-1899), artist and war correspondent
- Sneyd, Ralph, (1793-1870), High Sheriff of Staffordshire
- Sneyd, Walter, (1809-1888), Book Collector Antiquary
- Somerset, Lord Fitzroy James Henry, (1788-1855), 1st Baron Raglan, Field Marshal
- Somerset, Lord Granville Charles Henry, (1792-1848), Statesman
- Somerset, Henry, (1792-1853), 7th Duke of Beaufort
- Stuart, Frances, (1773-1832), Marchioness of Bute
- Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana, (1806-1868) Duchess of Sutherland, Mistress of the Robes
- Thynne, Isabella Elizabeth, (1773-1830), Marchioness of Bath
- Vincent, Henry William, (1796-1865), Clerk in the Treasury
- Wall, Charles Baring, (1795-1853), MP for Guildford
- Wedgwood, Josiah Clement, (1872-1943), 1st Baron Wedgwood, politician
- Wellesley, Arthur, (1769-1852), 1st Duke of Wellington, Field Marshal, statesman
- Whittington, Henry Downing, (c 1790-1824), Anglican Clergyman Traveller
- Wilmot-Horton, Sir Robert John, (1784-1841), 3rd Baronet Politician
- Wyche, Sir Cyril, (? 1632-1707), Knight Statesman and Scientist
Diaries (2)
- Blackburne, Thomas, (f1634-35) Newton, Lancashire;Orford, Lancashire
- Jack, William, Miner, Local Historian Staffordshire;Staffordshire
Families (17)
- Brand family of Polstead Polstead, Suffolk;Walton, Buckinghamshire;Ashchurch, Gloucestershire;Bildeston, Suffolk;Boxford, Suffolk
- Bretland family of Thorncliff Hall Thorncliff Hall, Cheshire;Hollingworth, Cheshire;Romiley, Cheshire
- Bulkeley family of Bulkeley Bulkeley, Cheshire
- Bulkeley family of Bulkeley (Ches) Essex;Essex
- Chetwode family, baronets, of Oakley Oakley, Staffordshire;Chetwode, Buckinghamshire;Agden, Cheshire;Hartford, Cheshire;Lower Whitley, Cheshire;Dorrington, Shropshire;Caldecote, Warwickshire;Nuneaton, Warwickshire
- Chetwode family, Barons Chetwode Oakley, Staffordshire;Chetwode, Buckinghamshire;Agden, Cheshire;Hartford, Cheshire;Lower Whitley, Cheshire;Dorrington, Shropshire;Caldecote, Warwickshire;Nuneaton, Warwickshire
- Cooke family of Polstead Polstead, Suffolk;Walton, Buckinghamshire;Ashchurch, Gloucestershire;Bildeston, Suffolk;Boxford, Suffolk
- Fox family of Statham Lodge, Lymm Statham, Cheshire
- Fox family of Statham, Cheshire Lancashire;Lancashire
- Legh family of Norbury Booths Norbury Booths, Cheshire
- Meysey-Thompson family, baronets, of Kirby Hall Kirby Hall, Yorkshire
- Raymond family of Barton Court Barton Court, Berkshire;Cholsey, Berkshire;Harwell, Berkshire;Kintbury, Berkshire
- Sneyd family of Keele Keele, Staffordshire
- Stapleton-Cotton family, Viscounts Combermere: Combermere Combermere, Cheshire;Antigua;Nevis;St Christopher, West Indies
- Vincent family of Ashchurch Ashchurch, Gloucestershire
- Wilson Patten family of Winmarleigh Winmarleigh, Lancashire
- Wyche family and Newcome family of Hockwold Hockwold, Norfolk
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (12)
- NRA 30582 Arnold Bennett, novelist and playwright: corresp and misc papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 43063 Victor Verasis Branford, sociologist: corresp and papers
- NRA 28289 Chetwode family of Chetwode, Bucks: deeds and papers
- NRA 10600 RH Hatton Wood: antiquarian's collection of deeds etc (various counties) incl Legh of Norbury Booth
- NRA 28293 Keele University Library: misc accessions
- NRA 10464 Legh family of Norbury Booths: deeds
- NRA 42596 Alexander Dunlop Lindsay, 1st Baron Lindsay of Birker, educationalist: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 28288 Meysey-Thompson family, baronets, of Kirby Hall, Yorks
- NRA 1085 Raymond Richards collection
- NRA 1248 Sneyd family of Keele Hall: family and estate papers
- NRA 15921 Tamworth Borough court rolls
- NRA 28564 Josiah Clement Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood, politician: military corresp and papers
Accessions
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