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Perton & Penn, Codsall and Wolverhampton

Perton and Penn

There are many documents in the Sutherland Papers relating to Perton during the seventeenth century. Surveys made in 1648 tell us about local people and the lands they owned during this period. Legal papers from a case concerning Perton Manor House in the 1630s include depositions made by local people providing an insight into life in Perton in the early seventeenth century. Papers relating to the history of Penn also survive in the Sutherland Papers, including a history and description of Penn Poor House made in 1846 and a detailed map of property and land in Penn from 1834.

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Codsall

From fifteenth century wills to the sale of ‘The Pines’ in the 1890s, the Sutherland Papers contain a variety of documents relating to Codsall including Elizabethan leases and papers relating to the establishment of schools in the village during the nineteenth century.

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Wolverhampton

The Sutherland Papers contain a wide variety of documents telling us about the history of Wolverhampton from the thirteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Land and property purchases, marriage agreements, licenses to open hospitals and repair St. Peter’s Church in Wolverhampton are amongst some of the documents relating to Wolverhampton in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Lists of donations to local schools feature here alongside plans for shops and nineteenth century editions of the Wolverhampton Chronicle, all providing an insight into the development of Wolverhampton. Documents from railway companies tell the story of Wolverhampton’s railway history.

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