House history

[Moreton]

Any ideas as to tracing the history of a house please? It has now been converted into flats so the Land Registry won't be much help.

[AllanUK]

Local newspapers could be a good starting point.

The Staffordshire Sentinel, 7 March 1932 carried an article about large houses and mentions the name of the house but nothing else. The article did carry an image of Moreton House which I have attached (image courtesy of Find My past). If you have access to Find My Past, the link below will take you to the article. The article mentions a book by a Percy W Adams called 'Wolstanton' -- it was published in 1908 so will be out of print but you may be able to pick a copy up from a local second hand book shop.

https://www.findmypast.co.uk/image-viewer?issue=BL%2F0000525%2F19320307&page=4&article=082&stringtohighlight=moreton+house

[mckha489]

Society of genealogists has a zoom presentation this week by a House Historian

[AllanUK]

I meant to add that there are numerous mentions of Moreton House in Staffordshire newspapers over the decades -- too many to mention here. If you don't have access to Find My Past, try your local library as they often do have public access to the likes of Find My past; Ancestry and possible the British Newspapers Archives site.

[AllanUK]

Try this site -- gives a little history as well as more images of the house.

https://www.thepotteries.org/tour/027.htm

[AllanUK]

Try GOOGLE -- I searched on Moreton House Wolstanton and a number of hits came up.

[maddys52]

I meant to add that there are numerous mentions of Moreton House in Staffordshire newspapers over the decades -- too many to mention here. If you don't have access to Find My Past, try your local library as they often do have public access to the likes of Find My past; Ancestry and possible the British Newspapers Archives site.

To get you started:
"At Moreton House, Wolstanton, Staffordshire, on the 18th ult. aged 56, JAMES JOHNSTON, Esq., late of the Stock Exchange London and Campbelton, Ardersier, Inverness-shire."
Thursday,  Aug. 12, 1852
Publication: Inverness Courier

[Moreton]

Thank you for the replies.

[Moreton]

The 1975 info on the potteries site, seems to have been taken at face value and repeated elsewhere.   
Absolutely nothing to support his claim that it was built in 1743, he had got the residents correct though.