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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Staffordshire => Topic started by: AlexStewart on Wednesday 26 September 07 21:41 BST (UK)
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I came across a place called Shutlane Head on a Staffordshire record today. What kind of place is that? Is it a hamlet SW of Newcastle-under-Lyme? I assume it is quite near Keele. What is it like today? It was on a birth record in 1840. Does anyone know what the area would have been like during the Victorian period?
Alex
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Hi Alex
apparentley its near Swynnerton Staffs
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/Swynnerton/index.html
ricky
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Thank you, Jake, for pointing out its nearness to Swynnerton, but I wonder what the place was like in the 1800s and today.
Alex
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Thank you, Ricky, for pointing out where Shutlane Head is, but I wonder whether someone can give any details about what the place was like in the 1800s or as it is today.
Alex
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Hi alex
I carnt see it on a modern map, but here it is on an 1891
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/mapsheet.asp?compid=55137&sheetid=8180&ox=700&oy=1513&zm=2&czm=2&x=307&y=5
ricky
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Thank you so much, Ricky, for your very helpful map. Although it does not mention other places around, it does show the Brick and Tile works very close. The person I was thinking about was Thomas Randles who married the daughter Sarah of the owner of a brick and tile works and manufacturer, William Brough. It may well have been the same place, although in the census William Brough is connected with Rosemary Hill and later at the Farm, Keele. Perhaps someone will throw more light on these places.
Thanks again,
Alex
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Hi Alex
if you go to this site
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/mapsheet.asp?pubid=270
click on maps and enter the name of the place you are looking for, it should bring it up. Then you can zoom in or out, and to move left or right or up and down , go to the edge of the map and left click.
regards
ricky
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I'm new to the forum.
I have come across Shutlane Head in my research of the Shubotham's, who farmed there from around 1850.
Shutlane Head can be found off the A53 south of Newcastle under Lyme a few miles from Whitmore. It is located in the very northern bounds of the parish of Swynnerton.
Today it consists of some quite expensive housing with grounds, housing that looks as though it has been renovated and extended from much older farms buildings.
It is certainly worth looking at via google maps street view.
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My Bourne ancestors were brickmakers in Shutlane and originally came from Madeley.
First recorded is Thomas Bourne of Shutlane (b.1708) and his brother John Bourne of Shutlane (b. 1711). Their father was Thomas Bourne of Madeley Heath, brickmaker. Details are in swynnerton and Madeley parish records. My direct ancestor Thomas Bourne, son of John (b. 1738) moved to Stoke and became a potter. The will of Thomas Bourne of Little Madeley, Maltster dated 1790 mentions William Hewit of Shutlane regarding a debt of £82. (This Thomas being the son of Thomas Bourne of Shutlane b. 1741)
Stafford Archives have documents relating to court accounts of Thomas Bourne of Shutlane digging a pit and getting clay from the highway and thus spoiling the road in Shutlane dated 1728.
Shutlane is now a small hamlet but evidence can still be seen of clay excavation at one section. It is now a wood with signs of quarry activity
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I think Shutlane Head (spellings vary) comes under Butterton. There is a riding stables at the end of the lane. As far as I remember there are only about half a dozen large properties along the lane.