The Lilleshall Project

Final report Shropshire Archives, August 2005 – December 2007 The Lilleshall Project was launched to secure public ownership of and transform access to the records of the Lilleshall estate, one of the most important of Shropshire’s estate collections that covers 800 years of the county’s history. As well as purchasing the archive, the project catalogued, conserved, microfilmed and digitised selected series of the collection. The catalogue is now online and contains over 400 images of records.

Estate map of Kynnersley and the Weald Moors, 1587, undergoing conservation treatment (SA ref 972/7/3/3)

January 2008

Page 1 Contents Page 1. Introduction...... 3 2. Project Budget ...... 3 3. Project Aims and Objectives...... 4 4. Project progress ...... 4 4.1. Project management ...... 4 4.2. Cataloguing ...... 5 4.3. Conservation ...... 7 4.4. Microfilming ...... 8 4.5. Digitisation and online catalogue...... 8 4.6. Promotion and Publicity...... 9 4.7. Monitoring and Evaluation ...... 10 5. Conclusion...... 13 6. Acknowledgements...... 13 7. Appendix 1 : Financial Information ...... 14 8. Appendix 2 : Publicity Materials...... 15 9. Appendix 3 Volunteer evaluation ...... 17 10. Appendix 4 Lilleshall Collection Catalogue Structure...... 19 11. Appendix 5 Exhibition evaluation...... 23 12. Appendix 6 April 2006 Event evaluation ...... 24

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1. Introduction The opportunity to purchase the records of the Lilleshall estate, part of the Dukes of Sutherland’s English estates, in 2005 presented a rare opportunity for Shropshire Archives to develop a multi disciplinary project to improve both the physical and intellectual accessibility of this important collection. Shropshire Archives was awarded a grant of £349,500 from the Heritage Lottery Fund towards the project. Additional financial support came from The National Manuscripts Conservation Trust, the MLA/V & A Purchase Grant Fund, the Friends of the National Libraries, the Friends of Shropshire Archives and the Walker Trust. The collection, comprising approximately 2.5 cubic metres, or 250 archive boxes, had been deposited with the then Shropshire Record Office in the 1950’s. The collection includes important material relating to the abbeys of Lilleshall and Shrewsbury and other religious houses. Deeds relating to land formerly held by Lilleshall abbey include property in Derbyshire, Warwickshire, Devon and Norfolk as well as many areas in Shropshire and Staffordshire. The estate maps within the collection are also very significant, including some outstanding very early maps dating from the late 16th to the early 17th centuries, when the art of creating estate maps was in its infancy. The collection is an essential source for the local history of Shropshire, and a very valuable resource for the study of medieval life including the religious houses. It is of local and regional significance. The remaining archive of the Dukes of Sutherland’s English estates is held by Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent Archive Service. The Staffordshire service developed a parallel project to purchase and improve access to their collection. An online resource has been developed in partnership with them, and a joint conference to celebrate the completion of both projects will be held in July 2008. The project involved volunteers at all levels in the conservation, cataloguing, research and digitisation of the collection. The benefits of making the collection accessible are already apparent. The collection has been extensively used by school children working as part of the Telford Culture Zone project. 2. Project Budget The overall cost of the project was estimated at £426,388 broken down as follows:

• £ 349,500 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund

• £ 76,888 from Shropshire County Council and other contributors. The projected costs were as follows:- Capital costs including purchase of the collection £ 201,400 Revenue costs £ 202,065 Contingency and other costs £ 22,923 Total £ 426,388 Further financial information about the project is included in Appendix 1.

Page 3 3. Project Aims and Objectives The project aim was to secure access to and to ensure the continuing preservation of the Lilleshall archive collection, through the purchase, conservation, cataloguing and digitisation of the collection. The project objectives were to:

• Secure the purchase of the Lilleshall collection by Shropshire County Council

• Conserve the collection to defined and consistent standards, to ensure its complete accessibility and long term preservation.

• Microfilm the collection to support long term preservation and to improve access to it.

• Catalogue the collection to international standards and add the information to online learning resources.

• Digitise selected areas of the collection to create an online learning resource, building on the success of previous projects.

• Support and encourage local history and community groups and individuals to further their research and develop their skills.

• Use the collection to provide formal and informal learning opportunities for all ages. 4. Project progress The planned work for the Lilleshall Project was based around the above objectives. These formed the basis of reports to HLF throughout the project. The following report describes the progress of the project. 4.1. Project management The Project Manager was the Senior Conservator at Shropshire Archives and a team of temporary project staff and volunteers was recruited to work on the various aspects of the project. This approach proved successful in ensuring continuity of management, a quality sometimes found wanting in short term projects.

4.1.1 Staffing and Volunteers

Rôle Appointment Date Full or Part Time End of contract

Project Support Officer August 2005 Part time post. December 2007

Archive Cataloguer August 2005 Full time post. February 2007

Cataloguing Assistant August 2005 Full time post February 2007

Archive Conservator August 2005 Full time post December 2006

Senior Technician August 2005 Full time post June 2007

Digitisation Assistant June 2006 Full time post June 2007

The original project plan included a photographer post. This assumed that a microfilm camera owned by the service could be refurbished to be used for microfilming the

Page 4 collection. This proved to be impossible, so resources were transferred to allow for an external microfilming contract to be arranged. Recruitment to the posts was successful, though, particularly with the Archive Conservator post, there was a very limited field of qualified candidates with suitable experience. This meant that the Project Manager spent a great deal more time supervising and supporting the conservation and digitisation team than had been planned for. The Archive Cataloguer post was filled by a secondment from a permanent post at Shropshire Archives. Inevitably this did cause some difficulties for the remaining permanent staff as they lost an experienced member of the team. However, the post allowed an individual to secure her first professional post and provided her with a very valuable opportunity for professional and managerial development. As the cataloguing work took longer than had been estimated the contracts of the Archive Cataloguer and the Cataloguing Assistant were extended. Additional technical support with digitisation and support for the website was provided by the Reprographics Officer at Shropshire Archives. Turnover of staff was generally not an issue for the team, except for the post of Project Support Officer which was occupied by 3 individuals over the course of the project. The project recruited a wide range of volunteers. 28 individuals from school children to retired people took part and contributed 332 days work to the project. They were involved in a variety of tasks including conservation, cataloguing, research and digitisation. Volunteers with skills in Medieval Latin worked to transcribe and translate over 100 of the medieval deeds. Evaluation from the volunteers showed that volunteers had enjoyed the work they had done and had learnt from it. For further details see Appendix 3. 4.2. Cataloguing Some work on sorting and cataloguing the collection had been carried out since the deposit of the archive in the 1950s. The pre-project assessment of the time required to complete this work was based on this information. However the assessment was insufficiently exhaustive and failed to show up significant inadequacies which later affected the orderly plan for the whole project. Staffing difficulties at Shropshire Archives also affected the professional support available for the cataloguing project, but we were fortunate with the skills and experience of the cataloguing staff appointed by the project. The re-cataloguing of the collection was done in accordance with Shropshire Archives’ cataloguing standards and procedures which follow ISAD(G)1. The database CALM, which has been used by the service since the late 1990s, was used for the cataloguing work. As mentioned above, a major part of the collection had to be re sorted as it was discovered to have been inadequately sorted decades ago. This upset the entire plan for an orderly progression from listing to conservation and then to microfilming. It also required that the contracts for the cataloguers be extended. Whilst inconvenient, the situation was not impossible and, in the end, a satisfactory result was achieved. In total over 6,000 catalogue records were created. Details of the final catalogue structure can be found in Appendix 4.

1 General International Standard Archival Description (ISAD(G)), International Council on Archives, 1993

Page 5 Image Transcription Translation

Stephanus Rex anglorum Archiepiscopis Stephen King of the English to the Episcopis Abbatibus Comitibus Justiciis archbishops, bishops, abbots, earls, vicecomitibus Baronibus Ministris et Omnibus justices, sheriffs, barons, ministers and all fidelibus suis francis et Anglis totius Anglie his faithful people, French and English, of salutem Sciatis quia prece Ricardi archidiaconi the whole of England, greeting. Know that dedi et concessi pro anima Regis Henrici I, at the request of Richard [of Belmeis] avunculi mei et aliorum predecessorum the archdeacon have given and granted meorum Regum Anglie et pro salute mea et for the soul of King Henry my grandfather Mathilde Regine uxoris mee et Eustacii filii mei and of my other precedecessors the kings et aliorum Puerorum meorum prebendam of England and for my salvation and of ipsius Ricardi quam habuit in Ecclesia Sancti Queen Matilda my wife and Eustace my Alchmundi de Salopesberia et totum dominium son and of my other children the prebend suum et omnes alias res suas Canonicis of the said Richard which he had in the Regularibus de Dunnitona et Omnes alias church of St. Alkmund of Shrewsbury and prebendas predicte Ecclesie Sancti Alchmundi all the demesne and all his other stock to quando deliberabunt cum Omnibus ad illas the Canons Regular of Donnington and pertinentibus Quare volo et firmiter precipio all the other prebends of the said church quod predicti Canonici Regulares teneant et of St. Alkmund when they shall fall vacant habeant in perpetuam Elemosinam bene et in with all belonging to them. Wherefore I pace et libere et quiete ab omni seculari wish and strongly command that the said exactione in bosco et plano in pratis in pasturis Canons Regular shall have and hold in et in Omnibus aliis locis et rebus sicut perpetual alms well and in peace, freely Elemosinam meam Testibus Imaro Tuscul and quit from all secular demands in Episcopo legato R Hereford Episcopo et Rotrot’ wood and plain, in meadows and ebroici Episcopo et R de Gant Cancellario et pastures and in all other places and Comite W[illelmo] de Warenn et Comite things as my alms. [These being] Gisleberto de Clara et Comite Alberico et witnesses: Imar Bishop of Tusculum W[illelmo] de Ipra et H[enrico] de Essexa Apud legate, R[obert de Bethune] Bishop of Sanctum Edmundum Hereford, Rothrud Bishop of Evreux and R. of Ghent chancellor and Earl William de Warenne, Earl Gilbert de Clare and Earl Alberic and William of Ypres and Henry of Essex at [Bury] St. Edmunds. Charter of King Stephen, 1145 with transcription and translation (SA ref, 972/1/1/1)

Page 6 Running alongside the main cataloguing project was a volunteer project involving the transcription and translation of selected mediaeval deeds, to be made available online. The three volunteers involved possessed rare skills and their contribution cannot be overestimated. This resource is invaluable for students of palaeography and Medieval Latin as well as social historians of that time. This project included the creation of images and transcripts of documents. These electronic documents are attached to the catalogue record within the CALM database, either as image files or as PDF files. This function within CALM had not been used before except for a pilot using small images files. The project aimed also to utilise much larger file sizes in order to make the excellent map collection accessible on the web. After some consideration and research it was decided to make the larger images available as PDFs which are much quicker to download than raw image files. The discover shropshire (see www.discovershropshire.org.uk) website allows these files to be uploaded and linked to the catalogue record. Work on the catalogue is now complete but an indexing project to extract names from the estate rentals and other documents is continuing. This is being done in partnership with Staffordshire & Stoke and Trent Archive Service, who are indexing many of their estate rentals, and will add the Lilleshall information to their online resource. The information will also be uploaded to the discover shropshire website. 4.3. Conservation Two members of staff were recruited, both of whom had experience in a paper conservation environment, and they worked under Shropshire Archives’ permanent conservator. The physical condition of the collection was good, relative to similar collections, but nonetheless required widespread interventive and superficial conservation measures to bring it up to a reasonable level of accessibility. As might be expected, the map section was most in need of work and flaking pigments on the earlier maps, some dating from the 16th Century, on animal skin was a particular problem. The medieval deeds section, containing approximately 900 parchment documents, had a due portion of crumbling seals and decayed membranes which called for interventive measures. Most of these documents had been stored in tightly rolled bundles and required gentle humidification under tension to assume a more convenient shape. A ‘Jap’ paper and alcohol activated acrylic technique was widely used for the repair of parchment. This technique would, normally, be confined to degraded parchment, but for short projects such as this, where fully trained and experienced staff are almost impossible to find, the technique allows satisfactory results to be achieved together with high productivity. It also effectively reduces the risk of water damage to text and membrane present when using conventional techniques. Flaking or powdery pigment and ink were fixed with a mist of parchment size whilst under tension. This often improves the readability of iron gall ink, an important bonus when creating surrogates from faded documents. Parchment and vellum maps were, where possible, stored flat in special boxes after conservation. The collection contained a number of account books bound with decaying split calf which called for consolidation. The requirement for paper repair was very modest for a collection of this size and date, although there was a considerable amount of surface dirt to remove from a large proportion of it. Approximately 20 volunteers were involved in cleaning and uncreasing the paper records over a period of 14 months. There was very little loss

Page 7 through mould or other agents and so the interventive work was mostly confined to the repair of tears using Japanese tissues with CMC or starch paste. A few volumes were rebound. 4.4. Microfilming Microfilming the collection to allow for the production of surrogate copies for access was a key part of the project. As mentioned above, the original plan had been to recruit a photographer to undertake this work using a camera at Shropshire Archives. As this proved to be impossible, an external contract was established. The National Library of Wales reprographics department won the tender process. Phasing the filming work with the cataloguing and conservation work was a key challenge for the project. This was made more complicated by operational delays at the National Library of Wales. However, the work, consisting of over 35,000 frames, was completed on target and was of very good quality. In-house microfilming was also carried out for two series within the collection because of the physical constraints inherent in the type of material. These included sealed deeds and bound, folded maps. Conventional 35 mm and 120 format cameras were used for this work. All the resulting film was jacketed and duplicated commercially to create microfiche. Delays in these processes also added to the time required to complete the project and a contract extension was required to complete this. All the microfiche were then integrated into the catalogue to ensure that users were able to access them easily. 4.5. Digitisation and online catalogue A Digitisation Assistant was appointed for one year to create microfilm for access and preservation, and to digitise selected series of records to add to the Shropshire Archives online catalogue. It was agreed that the digitisation should concentrate on the medieval deeds and the maps sections. Both of these section included outstanding material likely to be of interest to researchers from outside Shropshire, who would benefit from access online. Also to be digitised was a selection of records to provide Lilleshall content for the online resource being created by the Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent Archive Service. Small maps and plans were copied using a Canon EOS 20 D digital camera, but the digitisation of large maps presented challenges both in the capture and utilisation of the images. Digital capture of such maps normally needs large and expensive equipment, or, if the image is captured in parts using smaller scale equipment, requires an exhaustive and often unsatisfactory process of ‘stitching’ to complete the job. Either way, to create a useful image, the file size will be large and unwieldy. It was decided to adopt retro technology as a first stage in the process to overcome the first two of these challenges. After some successful experimentation, a second-hand large-format Sinar camera, was purchased to create 5 inch by 4 inch colour transparencies, which could then be scanned on a suitable desk top scanner. The transparencies, scanned at 4840 dpi, resulted in TIFF files of about 25 Mb and of a very acceptable quality. The CALM image tool ‘Image View’ can cope with files of 200 Kb easily, but, even after compression, the map files were as large as 2 Mb and CALM does not handle these well. It was therefore decided to convert the larger images to PDF format and store these files in a separate server with more space, using the discovershropshire website, as described above. Images can then be accessed via links in the catalogue record, and are downloaded at a reasonable speed. In total 449 documents were digitised and linked to their catalogue records.

Page 8 The project therefore allowed the service to experiment with these technologies and extend the range of their use; a most valuable opportunity not available in day to day working. The results of these developments will be used in all future work with digitisation and images. The Lilleshall Project team also supplied a selection of images and text for the Staffordshire online resource highlighting the wide range of documents within the collection. This online resource will be launched in summer 2008. 4.6. Promotion and Publicity Throughout the project press and media coverage has highlighted its progress. In addition, articles have appeared in specialist publications including the Local History Magazine and ARC, the newsletter of the Society of Archivists. A total of eight events, including talks, displays, open days, attended by over 640 people, took place during the project. An evaluation of a half day of talks and workshops about the collection held in April 2006 can be found in Appendix 6. The official launch of the online catalogue took place before an invited audience at Telford Library on 24 October 2007.

Exhibition board showing details of estate sale, 1894

Page 9 A travelling exhibition has been circulating a variety of venues across the county since June 2007, and will continue to tour other parts of the county. Details of the evaluation of the exhibition can be found in Appendix 5. This showed that the exhibition was appropriate for the venues selected and appreciated by their users. All of those consulted were interested in working with the service on future projects. A one-day conference to celebrate the completion of the Shropshire and Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent Archive Service projects will be held in Staffordshire in July 2008 and will include contributions from the Lilleshall project. 4.7. Monitoring and Evaluation Below are the original details of the aims, actions and measure of success included in the HLF application, annotated to indicate progress to date. Detailed evaluations of volunteers involved with the project, those attending a project event of talks and displays, and those hosting the exhibition were carried out. The results of these can be found in Appendices 3, 5 and 6.

Page 10 Aim Action Measure of success Achieved, December 2007

Securing access to and Purchase the collection from the Collection purchased, April Collection purchased, continuing preservation of the Sutherland estate 2005 September 2005 Lilleshall collection

Remove the barriers to access Collection conserved, microfilmed and Collection conserved and Collection conserved and to the Lilleshall collection selectively digitised to agreed microfilmed, November 2006 microfilmed, December 2007 standards Digitisation complete, January Digitisation complete, 2007 December 2007

Collection catalogued to agreed Collection catalogued, Collection catalogued, May standards and incorporated into online January 2007 2007 resources Information integrated into Websites updated, December internal and external web 2007 resources, January 2007

Measurable increase of use of collection The collection is now showing an increased use with 111 items produced at Shropshire Archives during 2007 compared to 18 in 2005. The increase in use is partly due to outreach and education work by the service and its partners. This includes the events described above and the work of the Telford Culture Zone, an educational project which has reached 16 schools and over 6,000 children and teachers since September 2005.

Page 11 Aim Action Measure of success Achieved, December 2007

Use the collection to provide Report progress via web site Monthly web reports from Web sites have provided formal and informal learning January 2005 regular updates on the opportunities for all ages project. The final report will be included on the site.

Create on-line learning resource in On-line learning resource Information supplied to partnership with Staffordshire Joint created, January 2007 Staffordshire , online resource Archive Service will be launched Summer 2008

Train library and information staff to 5 training sessions delivered Use of catalogue incorporated help users access the resource across the county, January into training sessions, 6 held 2007 by December 2007.

Provide 30 volunteer placements 30 volunteers involved with 28 volunteers were involved during the project the project with the project contributing over 330 days work.

Promotional literature and displays Promotional literature and Leaflet and traveling display produced and circulated display material in place, in place, June 2007 January 2006

Organise 4 events and workshops 4 events delivered by 8 events were delivered or November 2007 with 75% of attended by the project. attendees judging the event Evaluation shows over 90% to have increased their of attendees felt they had knowledge of and skills in learned something from the local history. event.

Page 12 5. Conclusion The Lilleshall project has been a success despite numerous difficulties. This outstanding Shropshire collection is now secure in public ownership and truly accessible for the first time. The collection has been conserved and filmed to ensure its future survival and preservation. The online catalogue is at the forefront of archives practice. It includes images of many of the early documents alongside transcriptions and translations and high resolution images of the map series. The archive is now being used by a world wide audience via the internet, and is also being used to stimulate the learning of children living in the communities covered by the estate today. Lessons learnt:

• The initial survey of the collection did not pick up all of the inadequacies within the original catalogue which then required that a large part of the collection had to be re sorted taking longer than had been expected.

• Having an in-house Project Manager gave the project continuity and will provide an on- going link for the future.

• Recruitment costs were underestimated during budgeting as a result of turnover in the Project Support Officer post.

• The amount of time required by the Project Manager to support the project was underestimated. This was largely due to the limited skills and experience of some project team members. Recruitment for short term projects is always a challenge in specialist field such as archive work.

• New processes to digitise large maps and make them accessible on the web were developed. This would not have been achieved without this project. Digitisation is now an integral part of any large scale cataloguing project we undertake.

• The use of volunteers was extremely successful in this project and they made a huge contribution to the project’s success. We underestimated how significant their contribution would be in the project budget. 6. Acknowledgements Thanks are due to all the project staff, staff at Shropshire Archives, and volunteers who contributed to the project’s success. Although all made a significant contribution, thanks are particularly due to the cataloguing team of Louise Ferriday and Ivar Romo for overcoming the complexities of the Lilleshall‘s estate record keeping practice, and to Linda Boden whose adaptability proved extraordinarily useful to the entire team.

Page 13 7. Appendix 1 : Financial Information

Lilleshall Project - Budget Summary

Expenditure Original Budget Final Budget Capital Purchase of the collection 169,000.00 169,000.00 Computer Equipment - Hardware / Software 6,200.00 7,360.00 Conservation Materials 3,500.00 3,500.00 Microfilming & Photography costs 19,400.00 20,900.00 Digitisation costs 1,500.00 1,340.00 In kind costs 2 x PCs 1,800.00 1,800.00 Capital Totals 201,400.00 203,900.00 Revenue

Staff Costs 162,765.00 170,015.00 Recruitment 3,500.00 4,960.00 Design 6,000.00 3,650.00 Training 2,100.00 1,200.00 Consultancy and Expert Advice - Education 3,500.00 2,500.00 Travel for staff and volunteers 1,250.00 950.00 Overheads, web hosting 3,500.00 0.00 Measuring the project’s success 1,250.00 1250.00 Stationery 1,500.00 1,500.00 Non cash contributions including volunteer support 15,100.00 15,100.00 Events 1,600.00 1,600.00

Revenue Totals 202,065.00 202,725.00

Other costs Contingency 20,176.00 17,016.00 Inflation 2,747.00 2,747.00 Other costs totals 22,923.00 19,763.00

Total Expenditure 426,388.00 426,388.00

Income Shropshire County Council 20,000.00 Other grants and donations 39,988.00 In kind contributions 16,900.00 Heritage Lottery Fund 349,500.00 Total Income 426,388.00

At January 2008 the final project spend is projected at £403,792. This under spend is mainly due to the project not requiring to use the majority of the contingency allowed for in the original budget.

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8. Appendix 2 : Publicity Materials

An exhibition board

One of seven exhibition boards created for display at locations around Shropshire

Page 15 Leaflet

A leaflet highlighting access to the on-line catalogue was created.

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9. Appendix 3 Volunteer evaluation

Of the volunteers who took part in the Lilleshall project, 37.5% were male, 62.5% were female, and all lived in the county of Shropshire. All came under three age groups: 12.5% were aged between 55-64, 62.5% were aged between 65-74, 25% were over 75, and none of them considered they had a disability. Views about working as a volunteer Q: Do you consider that volunteering has increased your knowledge? 37.5% strongly agree 50.0% agree 12.5% neither agree nor disagree Q: Do you consider that volunteering has allowed you to develop new skills? 12.5% strongly agree 75% agree 12.5% neither agree nor disagree Q: Do you consider that the work you undertook on the project was worthwhile? 50% strongly agree 50% agree Q: Do you consider the contribution you made on the project was valued? 50% strongly agree 50% agree Q: Do you consider that your voluntary work on the project allowed you to be creative/innovative? 25% strongly agree 62.5% agree 12.5% neither agree nor disagree Q: Did volunteering on the project inspire you to undertake research, or any other activity, for yourself? 25% strongly agree 62.5% agree 12.5% neither agree nor disagree Main reasons for volunteering: Opportunities to meet new people 12.5%

Page 17 Opportunties to learn new skills 62.5% A change of scenery 12.5% General stimulation 50.0% To maintain a balance in life 12.5% To learn about Shropshire’s history 62.5% To maintain current skills 25.0% To indulge a hobby 37.5% To stay in the mainstream of life 25.0% To retain the benefits of a workplace whilst enjoying the freedom of volunteering 50.0% Overall, 100% of the volunteers thought their experience was satisfying. Other comments: ‘Enjoyable atmosphere whilst working’ ‘Excellent way to spend a Monday morning’

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10. Appendix 4 Lilleshall Collection Catalogue Structure

Reference Description

972 LILLESHALL COLLECTION

972/1 MUNIMENTS OF LILLESHALL ABBEY AND EARLY DEEDS OF THE LEVESON FAMILY

972/1/1 Records relating to the property and administration of Lilleshall Abbey

972/1/2 Records generated by Leveson family members or pertaining to their property

972/1/3 Records generated by medieval religious institutions

972/2 PROPERTY

972/2/1 Farm leases and other manorial transactions

972/2/2 Letting of property

972/2/3 Records concerning trusts and property title

972/2/4 Surveys

972/2/5 Sales of the Shropshire estate

972/3 ESTATE MANAGEMENT

972/3/1 Administration of leased property

972/3/2 Manorial administration

972/3/3 General administation

972/3/4 General accounts

972/3/5 Correspondence

972/3/6 Insurance

972/3/7 Rents, rates and taxes

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972/3/8 Royalties and interest

972/3/9 Schools, churches and institutes

972/3/10 Charities, gratuities and subscriptions

972/3/11 Establishment

972/3/12 Home farm

972/3/13 Poultry yard

972/3/14 Dairy

972/3/15 Gardens

972/3/16 Game and sporting

972/3/17 Woods and timber

972/3/18 Buildings and repairs

972/3/19 Land improvement

972/3/20 Agrarian improvement and farms in hand

972/3/21 Brickworks, tileries and quarries

972/3/22 Early 19th-century vouchers to purchases and expenses involving several or unidentified departments

972/3/22/2 Horses: care and equipment

972/3/23 Miscellaneous

972/4 PUBLIC UNDERTAKINGS

972/4/1 Water Supply

972/4/2 Canals

972/4/3 Railways

972/4/4 Roads

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972/4/5 Schools

972/4/6 Houses of religion

972/4/7 The Association to Promote an Official Enquiry into Our Food Supply in Time of War

972/4/7/1 Pamphlets and other items of information

972/5 BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY

972/5/1 Lilleshall Savings Bank

972/5/2 Wharfage

972/5/3 Ketley Collieries

972/5/4 Lilleshall Company

972/5/5 Other enterprises

972/6 PERSONAL RECORDS RELATING TO THE THIRD DUKE AND HIS WIVES

972/6/1 Anne, Duchess of Sutherland

972/6/2 George Granville William, 3rd Duke of Sutherland

972/7 MAPS, PLANS AND SURVEYS

972/7/1 Estate maps

972/7/2 Maps of individual properties

972/7/3 Maps of the Wildmoor (Wealdmoor) and its drainage

972/7/4 Plans relating to exchanges, improvements and projects

972/7/5 Building plans and architectural designs

972/7/6 Ordnance Survey maps used as estate maps

972/7/7 Maps and plans relating to mining and industry

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972/7/8 Tithe maps

972/7/9 Plans relating to public undertakings

972/7/10 Books of reference

972/8 MISCELLANEOUS

Page 22 11. Appendix 5 Exhibition evaluation

The exhibition transmitted information to the audience well: 40% strongly agreed and 60% agreed. The exhibit was pitched at the right level for your audience: 20% strongly agreed and 80% agreed. The exhibit appeared to encourage further interest in archives or history in general: 60% strongly agreed, 20% agreed, and 20% neither agreed nor disagreed. The exhibition gave a positive impression of the value of a Local History service: 60% strongly agreed, 20% agreed, and 20% neither agreed nor disagreed. The audience appeared to enjoy the exhibit: 20% strongly agreed, 60% agreed, and 20% neither agreed nor disagreed. 100% would be interested in taking part in future projects with Shropshire Archives. Other comments : ‘I know that I asked for the display when it was in the planning stage but exact dimensions would have been useful when available. Also for Whitchurch some material on the back of the boards is essential as they are seen from a passageway.’ ‘This was an interesting display and we received positive comments from library users. I would certainly be interested in future projects. From a practical point of view, it was a sensible size.’

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12. Appendix 6 April 2006 Event evaluation Q: Are you? Male 39% Female 57% Blank 4% Q: To which age group do you belong? 25-34 4% 35-44 4% 45-54 13% 55-64 31% 65-74 35% Over 75 9% Blank 4% Views about the event Q: Do you consider that you have acquired new information and knowledge as a result of today’s event? Strongly agree 39% Agree 52% Blank 9% Q: Has today’s event given you a positive impression of the value of local history? Strongly agree 26% Agree 52% Neither agree nor disagree 13% Blank 9% Q: Have you enjoyed the event? Strongly agree 48% Agree 43% Blank 9% Q: Would you come to another event organised by Shropshire Archives? Strongly agree 43%

Page 24 Agree ` 35% Neither agree nor disagree 13% Blank 9% Q: Do you intend to use Shropshire Archives as a result of today’s event? Yes 61% No 4% Don’t know 4% Other comments 13% Further comments: ‘Better audio-visual aids’ ‘If speaker is going to use a projector, the material must be suitable!’ ‘So that all, including school children may view it, why not bring the exhibition or part of it sometime to Lilleshall village. You could also display some of the older parish records including those the church, which I know you hold, could be brought with this exhibition’ ‘Thank you for your work’ ‘Very enjoyable’

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