Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: William Salt Library

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Businesses (46)

Organisations (108)

Persons (43)

Diaries (4)

Families (59)

  • Anson family, Earls of Lichfield St Marylebone, Middlesex;Hevingham, Norfolk;Sambrook, Shropshire;Shugbrook, Staffordshire
  • Aston, Barons Aston and Clifford family, baronets, of Tixall Tixall, Staffordshire
  • Bagot, family, Barons Bagot Blithfield, Staffordshire;Bishops Tachbrook, Warwickshire;Bachymbyd, Denbighshire;Pool Park, Denbighshire;Rhug, Merionethshire;Rug, Merionethshire
  • Fletcher-Boughey family, baronets, of Aqualate Hall Aqualate Hall, Staffordshire
  • Bourne family of Newcastle under Lyme Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
  • Bridgeman family, baronets, of Ridley Ridley, Cheshire;Bolton, Lancashire;Great Lever, Lancashire;Wigan, Lancashire;Teddington, Middlesex;Blodwell, Shropshire;Knockin, Shropshire;Morton, Shropshire;Ness, Shropshire;Tong, Shropshire;Biddulph, Staffordshire;Bucknall, Staffordshire;Caverswall, Staffordshire;Stafford, Staffordshire;Walsall, Staffordshire;Weston Park, Staffordshire;Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire
  • Bridgeman, family, Earls of Bradford Weston Park, Staffordshire;Ridley, Cheshire;Bolton, Lancashire;Great Lever, Lancashire;Wigan, Lancashire;Teddington, Middlesex;Weeting, Norfolk;Blodwell, Shropshire;Knockin, Shropshire;Morton, Shropshire;Ness, Shropshire;Tong, Shropshire;Biddulph, Staffordshire;Bucknall, Staffordshire;Caverswall, Staffordshire;Stafford, Staffordshire;Walsall, Staffordshire;Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire;Applethwaite, Westmorland
  • Burne family of Loynton Loynton, Staffordshire
  • Burnt family of Himley Himley, Staffordshire
  • Campbell, family, Earls of Breadalbane Armaddy Castle, Argyllshire;Barrs, Argyllshire;Black Mount, Argyllshire;Easdale, Argyllshire;Glenorchy, Argyllshire;Kilchurn Castle, Argyllshire;Langton, Berwickshire;Thurso, Caithness-shire;Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire;Frisky Hall, Dunbartonshire;Preston, Kirkcudbrightshire;Holyrood House, Midlothian;Carwhin, Perthshire;Finlarig Castle, Perthshire;Glenlyon, Perthshire;Kenmore, Perthshire;Lawers, Perthshire;Taymouth Castle, Perthshire;Tyndrum, Perthshire;London;Bath, Somerset;Eccleshall, Staffordshire;Pershall, Staffordshire;Sugnall, Staffordshire;Forshaw, Warwickshire
  • Chadwick family of Mavesyn Ridware Mavesyn Ridware, Staffordshire
  • 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
  • Chetwynd family of Ingestre Ingestre, Staffordshire
  • Chichester family, Marquesses of Donegall Belfast, County Antrim;Fisherwick, County Antrim;Fisherwick, Staffordshire
  • Congreve family of Congreve Congreve, Staffordshire;Aldermaston, Berkshire;Burton, Cheshire;Beauchamp Roding, Essex;Fyfield, Essex
  • Constable, Chichester- family of Burton Constable Burton Constable, Yorkshire;Calverleigh, Devon;Templeton, Devon;Henbury, Gloucestershire;Westbury-on-Severn, Gloucestershire;Standon, Hertfordshire;Osbaldeston, Lancashire;Barrow-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire;Tydd St Mary, Lincolnshire;Colwich, Staffordshire;Milwich, Staffordshire;Tixall, Staffordshire;Berwick, Sussex;Coventry, Warwickshire;Aston cum Aughton, Yorkshire;Burstwick, Yorkshire;Easby, Yorkshire;Eastrington, Yorkshire;Halsham, Yorkshire;Holderness, Yorkshire;Wycliffe, Yorkshire;Runnamoat, County Roscommon
  • Cotes family of Cotes and Woodcote Woodcote, Shropshire;Cotes, Staffordshire
  • Crewe, family, Barons Crewe Crewe, Cheshire;Clippesby, Norfolk;Madeley, Staffordshire;Radbourne, Warwickshire;Calne, Wiltshire
  • Dickenson family of Stafford Stafford, Staffordshire
  • Drakeford family of Stafford Stafford, Staffordshire
  • Eastwick family of Oulton Oulton, Staffordshire
  • Fletcher and Baldwyn families of Aqualate Hall, Staffs England
  • Fowler family of Pendeford Pendeford, Staffordshire
  • Gisborne family of Yoxall Lodge Yoxall Lodge, Staffordshire;Ashbourne, Derbyshire;Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire;Derby, Derbyshire;Horwick House, Derbyshire;Lingen, Herefordshire
  • Landor family of Rugeley Rugeley, Staffordshire
  • Legge, family, Earls of Dartmouth Swallowfield, Berkshire;Wokingham, Berkshire;Bradwell, Buckinghamshire;Olney, Buckinghamshire;Warrington, Buckinghamshire;Wolverton, Buckinghamshire;Pleasley, Derbyshire;Chilanga, Rhodesia;Basingstoke, Hampshire;Chineham, Hampshire;Crondall, Hampshire;Blackheath, Kent;Godmersham, Kent;Lewisham, Kent;Wigan, Lancashire;Foxton, Leicestershire;Gumley, Leicestershire;Kentish Town, Middlesex;Westminster, Middlesex;Albrighton, Shropshire;Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire;Handsworth, Staffordshire;Patshull, Staffordshire;Pattingham, Staffordshire;Sandwell, Staffordshire;Smethwick, Staffordshire;West Bromwich, Staffordshire;Occold, Suffolk;Worplesdon, Surrey;Racton, Sussex;Farnley Tyas, Yorkshire;Honley, Yorkshire;Morley, Yorkshire;Slaithwaite, Yorkshire;Woodsome, Yorkshire;Mountjoy, County Tyrone
  • Levett family of Wichnor Wichnor, Staffordshire
  • Milnes, Crewe- family, Barons Houghton Crewe, Cheshire;Timberland, Lincolnshire;Clippesby, Norfolk;Everton, Nottinghamshire;Scrooby, Nottinghamshire;Madeley, Staffordshire;Radbourne, Warwickshire;Calne, Wiltshire;Austerfield, Yorkshire;Bawtry, Yorkshire;Ferry Frystone, Yorkshire;Great Houghton, Yorkshire
  • Monkton family of Stretton Stretton, Staffordshire
  • Newport family, Earls of Bradford: Weston Park Weston Park, Staffordshire;Minshull Vernon, Cheshire;Brigstock, Northamptonshire;Sudborough, Northamptonshire;High Ercall, Shropshire;Wroxeter, Shropshire;Wolverhampton, Staffordshire;Deythur, Montgomeryshire
  • Paget, family, Marquesses of Anglesey Stanford-in-the-Vale, Berkshire;Iver, Buckinghamshire;Marlow, Buckinghamshire;Littleover, Derbyshire;Stalbridge, Dorset;Misterton, Leicestershire;Harmondsworth, Middlesex;West Drayton, Middlesex;Milborne Port, Somerset;Beaudesert, Staffordshire;Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire;Cannock, Staffordshire;Haywood, Staffordshire;Longdon, Staffordshire;Rugeley, Staffordshire;Surbiton, Surrey;Nuneaton, Warwickshire;Amlwch, Anglesey;Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, Anglesey;Plas Newydd, Anglesey;Penrhyn, Caernarfonshire;Crobane, County Down;Galway, County Galway;Cooley, County Louth;Omeath, County Louth
  • Parker-Jervis family of Meaford Meaford, Staffordshire
  • Pershall family, baronets, of Horsley Horsley, Staffordshire;Eccleshall, Staffordshire;Pershall, Staffordshire;Sugnall, Staffordshire;Forshaw, Warwickshire
  • Powlett family, Dukes of Bolton Hackwood, Hampshire;Ludgvan, Cornwall;Bigbury, Devon;Brixham, Devon;Powerstock, Dorset;Basing, Hampshire;Kingsclere, Hampshire;Nether Wallop, Hampshire;Edington, Wiltshire;Imber, Wiltshire;Castle Bolton, Yorkshire;Leyburn, Yorkshire;Wensley, Yorkshire
  • Salt family, baronets, of Standon and Weeping Cross Standon, Staffordshire
  • Sneyd family of Byrkly Lodge Tutbury, Staffordshire
  • Sneyd-Kynnersley and Clarke families of Ulcombe Ulcombe, Kent
  • Sneyd-Kynnersley and Clarke families of Warwicks Warwickshire;Warwickshire
  • Sneyd-Kynnersley family and Clarke family Middlesex;Greater London
  • Sneyd-Kynnesley and Clarke families of Loxley Loxley, Staffordshire
  • Sneyd-Kynnersley and Clarke families Derbyshire;Derbyshire
  • Sparrow family of Norton-in-the-Moors Norton-in-the-Moors, Staffordshire
  • Spencer, family, Earls Spencer Biggleswade, Bedfordshire;Millow, Bedfordshire;Shellingford, Berkshire;Cippenham, Buckinghamshire;Stantonbury, Buckinghamshire;Wolverton, Buckinghamshire;Mappowder, Dorset;Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset;Holywell, Hertfordshire;St Albans, Hertfordshire;Sandridge, Hertfordshire;Agney, Kent;Theddingworth, Leicestershire;Marlborough House, London;Spencer House, London;Westminster, Middlesex;North Creake, Norfolk;Althorp, Northamptonshire;Brington, Northamptonshire;Harlestone, Northamptonshire;Nobottle, Northamptonshire;Pytchley, Northamptonshire;Steane, Northamptonshire;Mattersey, Nottinghamshire;Wiseton, Nottinghamshire;Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire;St Thomas, Staffordshire;Sow, Staffordshire;Battersea, Surrey;Coombe, Surrey;Croydon, Surrey;Wandsworth, Surrey;Wimbledon, Surrey;Lurgashall, Sussex;Verdley, Sussex;Priors Marston, Warwickshire;Wormleighton, Warwickshire;Queens Ferry, Flintshire
  • Stafford and Stafford-Howard families, Earls of Stafford: Staffordshire Staffordshire;Staffordshire
  • Stafford and Stafford-Howard families, Earls of Stafford: Thornbury and Gloucestershire Thornbury, Gloucestershire
  • Swinfen family of Swinfen Swinfen, Staffordshire
  • Talbot, Chetwynd- family, Earls of Shrewsbury Burghfield, Berkshire;Shudy Camps, Cambridgeshire;Chester, Cheshire;Kinderton, Cheshire;Little Budworth, Cheshire;Little Neston, Cheshire;Oxton, Cheshire;Glossop, Derbyshire;Scropton, Derbyshire;Kilmington, Devon;Shobrooke, Devon;Boxted, Essex;Broadwell, Gloucestershire;Bromsberrow, Gloucestershire;Ledbury, Herefordshire;St Helens, Lancashire;Worksop, Nottinghamshire;Bampton, Oxfordshire;Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire;Heythrop, Oxfordshire;Hook Norton, Oxfordshire;Albrighton, Shropshire;Ford, Shropshire;Longford, Shropshire;Tasley, Shropshire;Alton, Staffordshire;Armitage, Staffordshire;Ashley, Staffordshire;Brereton, Staffordshire;Burntwood, Staffordshire;Cotton, Staffordshire;Ellaston, Staffordshire;Farley, Staffordshire;Haywood, Staffordshire;Hopton, Staffordshire;Ingestre, Staffordshire;Rugeley, Staffordshire;Seighford, Staffordshire;Stanton, Staffordshire;Dordon, Warwickshire;Grendon, Warwickshire;Ashton Gifford, Wiltshire;Cooksey, Worcestershire;Grafton, Worcestershire;Hanbury, Worcestershire;Huddington, Worcestershire;Salwarpe, Worcestershire;Sheffield, Yorkshire;Hensol, Glamorgan;Llantrisant, Glamorgan;Paviland, Glamorgan;Llanvihangel Crucorney, Monmouthshire
  • Vane, family, Barons Barnard Minshull Vernon, Cheshire;Ludgvan, Cornwall;Brixham, Devon;Loders, Dorset;Barnard Castle, Durham;Darlington, Durham;Raby Castle, Durham;Raby with Keverstone, Durham;Staindrop, Durham;Fairlawn, Kent;Molash, Kent;Medbourne, Leicestershire;Cleveland House, London;Muswell Hill, Middlesex;Brigstock, Northamptonshire;Sudborough, Northamptonshire;High Ercall, Shropshire;Hinstock, Shropshire;Kenley, Shropshire;Loppington, Shropshire;Osbaston, Shropshire;Wem, Shropshire;Wroxeter, Shropshire;Bathwick, Somerset;Wrington, Somerset;Caverswall, Staffordshire;Wolverhampton, Staffordshire;Battle Abbey, Sussex;Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire;Imber, Wiltshire;Keyingham, Yorkshire
  • Vernon and Swynnerton families Hilton, Staffordshire
  • Vernon family of Milwich Milwich, Staffordshire;Matlock, Derbyshire
  • Wagstaffe family of Bishops Tachbrook Bishops Tachbrook, Warwickshire
  • Ward family Viscounts Ward and Dudley and Barons Ward Staffordshire;Staffordshire
  • Ward, family, Earls of Dudley: Dudley Castle Dudley Castle, Staffordshire
  • Whitgreave family of Moseley Moseley, Staffordshire
  • Whitworth family of Adbaston Adbaston, Staffordshire
  • Whitworth family of Batchacre Grange Batchacre Grange, Staffordshire
  • Yonge family of Charnes Hall Charnes Hall, Staffordshire
  • Vernon-Yonge family of Audley Audley, Staffordshire

Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (70)

  • NRA 876 Allen-Simpkin collection and Fenton Trustees
  • NRA 7951 HA Auden: Staffordshire deeds and papers
  • NRA 6842 HM Auden collection of Hamstall Ridware deeds
  • NRA 5471 Bagot family, Barons Bagot: family and estate papers link to online catalogue
  • NRA 23052 Beresford family history collection
  • NRA 25299 Samuel Botham, land surveyor, Uttoxeter: business and family papers link to online catalogue
  • NRA 7952 HM Bourne: Newcastle-under-Lyme deeds, Clownam family and Bedworth Colliery (Warwicks) papers
  • NRA 8252 Brett collection of deeds and papers
  • NRA 7953 Bridgeman family, Earls of Bradford: Staffs manorial documents and deeds
  • NRA 25791 George Thomas Orlando Bridgeman: corresp and papers rel to history of Church Eaton
  • NRA 6136 British and Foreign Bible Society: Stafford auxiliary
  • NRA 29575 Burne family of Loynton Hall: deeds and papers link to online catalogue
  • NRA 571 Cavendish family, Barons Chesham: deeds and papers (various counties)
  • NRA 16873 Chartley herd papers
  • NRA 8251 Chetwode family, baronets: deeds
  • NRA 6736 Chetwynd family of Brocton: deeds link to online catalogue
  • NRA 7274 Chetwynd of Ingestre family and estate papers
  • NRA 6133 Tixall papers: Arthur Clifford collection
  • NRA 8248 Cotes family of Cotes, Salop and Woodcote: deeds and papers
  • NRA 7959 Crewe-Milnes family, Marquesses of Crewe: Madeley estate papers
  • NRA 7958 Dickenson family of Worcester and Stafford: business and family papers
  • NRA 7281 Richard Drakeford: naval papers
  • NRA 7950 Eastwick family estates (various counties)
  • NRA 21142 Farrer & Co, solicitors, London: Staffordshire deeds
  • NRA 6390 Allan Fea: literary correspondence
  • NRA 5871 Fletcher Boughey family, baronets, of Aqualate: family, estate and misc papers (various counties)
  • NRA 6767 Fowler family of Pendeford: family and estate papers
  • NRA 36834 Gisborne family of Horwick House, Derbyshire and Yoxall Lodge, Staffordshire: family and estate pap link to online catalogue
  • NRA 25293 Gnosall prebendal manor records
  • NRA 34382 Herbert Grainger, local historian: working papers and collected MSS
  • NRA 22216 William Hadfield, Anglican clergyman and antiquary: papers link to online catalogue
  • NRA 5900 Hand, Morgan & Owen, solicitors, Stafford link to online catalogue
  • NRA 7957 John Hickin: legal and financial business books
  • NRA 6137 Hilderstone & Stone: deeds
  • NRA 5937 JP Jones: Staffordshire local history collection
  • NRA 9419 Kempson family of South Staffs: correspondence
  • NRA 12974 Kirkby and Mart families, Trentham: misc corresp and papers
  • NRA 16413 Walter Noble Landor, antiquary: deeds and family papers link to online catalogue
  • NRA 6250 Monckton family: Staffs estates
  • NRA 19786 National Union of Footwear, Leather and Allied Trades: Stafford, Stone and Wolverhampton branch
  • NRA 10 Paget family, Marquesses of Anglesey: family and estate papers
  • NRA 21626 William Palmer, the Rugeley poisoner: misc letters and papers link to online catalogue
  • NRA 7882 Parker-Jervis family of Meaford: family and estate papers link to online catalogue
  • NRA 6249 Pattingham manorial records
  • NRA 7956 Humphrey Perry: legal and estate business books and account books as mayor and chamberlain of Staff
  • NRA 7277 GE Phillemore: Staffs deeds
  • NRA 7954 Captain Robins: militia papers relating to lord Gower's Regiment
  • NRA 7449 JS Roper, Dudley: Worcestershire and Staffordshire local history collection link to online catalogue
  • NRA 7149 Salt deeds
  • NRA 6739 Salt family: Slindon deeds
  • NRA 7961 William Salt Library, Stafford: autograph collection
  • NRA 8254 William Salt's original collection
  • NRA 6737 Sneyd family of Ashcombe: Staffs deeds
  • NRA 8249 Sneyd of Byrkley Lodge: family and estate papers
  • NRA 6768 Sneyd-Kynnersley family: estates (various counties)
  • NRA 8511 Stafford and Stafford-Howard families, Earls of Stafford: Rev JB Frith's notes on Swynnerton Hall p
  • NRA 7960 Anne Stafford, Duchess of Buckingham: estate accounts (Glos and various counties)
  • NRA 8413 Stafford: William Salt Library broadsheet collection
  • NRA 8414 Stafford: William Salt Library Church briefs collection
  • NRA 3516 Stafford: William Salt Library: misc accessions
  • NRA 7279 Stafford: William Salt Library, unnumbered collections
  • NRA 29492 Staffordshire parishes
  • NRA 7948 Staffordshire turnpike trusts
  • NRA 16700 Thomas Trubshaw (architect and landscape gardener) drawings
  • NRA 6769 Whitgreave family of Moseley: deeds
  • NRA 8250 Whitworth family of Bathacre Grange: family and estate papers link to online catalogue
  • NRA 5946 Wolverhampton prebendal manors
  • NRA 21627 James Wyatt, architect: Lichfield cathedral drawings
  • NRA 6738 Yonge of Charnes Hall, Staffs: family and estate papers
  • NRA 2588 Yoxall, Staffs: manorial documents and deeds

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