| Located At | Staffordshire Record Office |
| Level | Collection |
| Doc Ref No | D1203, D4622, 4871, D7869 |
| Title | Records of the Philips family of The Heath House, Tean, Checkley |
| Administrative History | 4871 - Papers of the late John More, son of Mrs. Rosamond More, nee Philips, of Heybridge, Lower Tean |
| Date | 1610-1918 |
| Description | The records consist of deeds, mainly relating to the family's estates in Checkley and Cheadle in Staffordshire (the family owned Heybridge House, Checkley, as well as Heath House) but also a few relating to the family's property in Wimpole Street, London. There are also family settlements, estate correspondence and accounts and some documents relating to the family's estate at Newlands Valley in Gloucestershire. The personal papers contain correspondence, accounts and diaries dating from the 1820s.
Additionally, accession D7869 has not yet been catalogued. It contains mainly 19th-20th century personal material including letters, series of files, portraits and photographs and other memorabilia; rental of the estates of The Heath House Estate of John Capel Philips with detailed accounts for work by E Heaton & Sons, 1868-1898; ledger c.1822-1823, under varous headings (including J & N Philips, Tean Hall Mills); also historic landscape survey at The Heath House, 2002 (5 boxes, two volumes, outsize folder). A more detailed summary list has been copied into this catalogue.
The correspondence of Moreton Philips of Heybridge has been separately catalogued (D5023). |
| Related Material | See D644, 5316, D5476 - records of J. and N. Philips & Co., tapeweavers, Tean Hall Mills, Checkley
See D5023 - correspondence of Philips family of Lichfield, 19th -20th century
See also 235/80 - Recollections of Heybridge by Herbert Philips, William Salt Library
There are also some stray deeds which include deeds connected with this collection relating to Checkley and Weston Yonge estate (7816).
See also D(W)1082, Vernon-Yonge family collection.
[Diaries of the Rev'd Edward Philips have been retained at The Heath House. They are a journal of his adult life and times mainly at his home, The Long Close, Hollington including social history in the villages around the Checkley parishes, family visits and private trips abroad.] |