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The William Salt Library closed in December 2021 and the collections are currently in temporary storage. Access is very limited with some areas of the collection not available until further notice, requests will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis. Where access is possible this will be via the temporary arrangements for Staffordshire Record Office

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Businesses (46)

Organisations (108)

Persons (44)

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
  • 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
  • Chetwynd-Talbot 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
  • Chichester family, Marquesses of Donegall Belfast, County Antrim;Fisherwick, County Antrim;Fisherwick, Staffordshire
  • Chichester-Constable 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
  • Congreve family of Congreve Congreve, Staffordshire;Aldermaston, Berkshire;Burton, Cheshire;Beauchamp Roding, Essex;Fyfield, Essex
  • Cotes family of Cotes and Woodcote Woodcote, Shropshire;Cotes, Staffordshire
  • Crewe family, Barons Crewe Crewe, Cheshire;Clippesby, Norfolk;Madeley, Staffordshire;Radbourne, Warwickshire;Calne, Wiltshire
  • Crewe-Milnes 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
  • 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
  • Fletcher-Boughey family, baronets, of Aqualate Hall Aqualate Hall, Staffordshire
  • 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
  • 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 Derbyshire;Derbyshire
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Vernon-Yonge family of Audley Audley, Staffordshire
  • 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

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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