49-458: Trentham Estate in the village of Trentham, Staffordshire , England, is a visitor attraction on the southern fringe of the city of Stoke-on-Trent . The estate was first recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086. At the time it was a royal manor, with a value of 115 shillings. An Augustinian priory originally occupied the site, followed by a convent . Trentham Priory occupied land on
98-661: A city in the original Federation of Stoke-on-Trent in 1910. Trentham joined the federation a little later, in the 1922 expansion. In World War I , Trentham was bombed by the Imperial German Navy Zeppelin 'L 21' in 1916. During the Second World War of 1939-1945 Trentham Ballroom was used by the Bankers' Clearing House for clearing the country's cheques. The grounds were also used to station thousands of French troops who had fled Europe at
147-818: A mix of the Foreign Legion , the Chasseurs Alpins (the light mountain division) and a tank company. The 1,619 men of the 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion had been in Norway , but had been pulled out to defend a line in Brittany from where they then fled to Britain. The Chasseurs Alpins had arrived from Dunkirk . The Trentham camp was initially organised by the local YMCA volunteers. The FAFL pilot Marc Hauchemaille (1907-1942) recorded in his diary that "There are six or seven thousand men in
196-520: A new block including state bedrooms and dressing rooms, as well as servant's quarters, a sculpture gallery, and a clock tower. This interesting complex, with its clock tower, is generally known as the Riding School, designed in 1840 and built between 1841 and 1850. It stands on the perimeter of a large cobbled stableyard and represents the last major addition to, and almost sole survivor of, the once-exciting and impressive Trentham Hall. In 1851, it
245-671: A single county borough . but after their 1910 federation, the new Stoke-on-Trent Corporation also declined the offer in 1911, citing the high maintenance costs. The hall was demolished in 1912-13 by its owner, the 4th Duke of Sutherland . During the 20th century, the estate was used for an amusement park and even for hosting the Lombard RAC Rally , which cut through the Italianate gardens. The sculpture gallery, clock tower, and parish church, as well as other buildings, were not demolished. The remains of Trentham Hall, namely
294-446: A tattoo on their inner thigh. A number of the female macaques have been given contraceptive implants to limit the number of babies born at the site to around 5 to 15 per year. One aim of the forest is to increase awareness about the endangered species; it also aims to create and preserve a gene pool and to re-introduce groups of macaques into the wild. Already 591 macaques from the forest's three sister parks have been re-introduced to
343-471: Is a Grade II* registered park and garden. The gardens were designed as a serpentine park by Capability Brown from 1758 onwards, overlying an earlier formal design attributed to Charles Bridgeman . Trentham Gardens are now principally known for the surviving formal gardens laid out in the 1840s by Sir Charles Barry , which have recently been restored. In 2012 the Trentham Estate was selected as
392-415: Is also covered by civil parishes , which form a third tier of local government. The council has been under Conservative majority control since 2009. Political control of the council since the 1974 reforms has been as follows: The leaders of the council since 1974 have been: Following the 2021 election and subsequent by-elections and changes of allegiance up to December 2023, the composition of
441-690: Is home to the Trentham Boat Club . Staffordshire County Council Staffordshire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Staffordshire , England. The non-metropolitan county is smaller than the ceremonial county , which additionally includes Stoke-on-Trent . The council has been under Conservative majority control since 2009. It meets at County Buildings in Stafford and has its main offices nearby at Staffordshire Place on Tipping Street. Elected county councils were created in 1889 under
490-508: Is open to visitors every day between April and October inclusive, and opens on weekends and school holidays in February, March and November. There are two groups of 70 macaques at the forest, which were originally from other parks in France and Germany and inhabit different parts of the forest. The oldest macaque is around 30 years old. All of the macaques are individually identified with
539-477: The Local Government Act 1888 , taking over many administrative functions that had previously been performed by unelected magistrates at the quarter sessions . The four boroughs of Hanley , Walsall , West Bromwich and Wolverhampton were considered large enough to provide their own county-level services and so they were made county boroughs , independent from the new county council. Conversely
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#1732787870424588-513: The Shire Hall in Stafford, the courthouse which had served as the meeting place for the quarter sessions which preceded the county council. The first chairman of the council was Dudley Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby , a Conservative peer and former member of parliament . Additional county boroughs were later created at Burton upon Trent in 1901 and Smethwick in 1907, removing them from
637-523: The fall of France in 1940. Trentham Colliery opened in 1925 and closed in 1993. Trentham has two Anglican churches, three public houses, a cafe/bar, a rugby club, a Scout Group, two primary schools (Ash Green and The Priory) and a high school ( Trentham High School ). The village was previously served by Trentham (Staffordshire) railway station and Wedgwood railway station on the Stafford to Manchester Line Trentham station closed in 1957 and currently no trains stop at Wedgwood railway station,
686-417: The 1960s and 1970s many dance, rock and pop bands performed at Trentham Ballroom, including The Beatles , Pink Floyd , The Who , Iron Maiden and Led Zeppelin . The ballroom also hosted degree ceremonies for North Staffordshire Polytechnic . Trentham Gardens was used as the filming location for Altern 8 's song Activ 8 alongside Shelly's Laserdome. The inside of the building can be seen many times during
735-530: The Free French. The bulk of the French troops remained at Trentham. The attitude of local people appears to have changed after the initial arrival: there were complaints about the killing of the deer herd, to the extent that estate records show that nearly all the deer were killed; discipline was lax; and there was extensive fraternisation with local girls. By the end of the war, local people's animosity toward
784-536: The Grand Entrance and Orangery, were listed on 24 January 1967. Their listing was amended on 25 April 1980. They are currently Grade II* listed. Emergency repairs to stabilise the building were carried out. It is listed on the Heritage at Risk Register . The sculpture gallery (now covered in wisteria ) and clock tower also remain. The property was purchased by St. Modwen Properties in 1996, at which point
833-552: The Italian gardens and adjacent woodlands, the creation of a garden centre and crafts centre, and various leisure attractions. The overall aim is to avoid noisy theme park -like attractions, and instead to offer "authentic experiences" to older people and younger children. Each year on bonfire night, visitors pay to see a bonfire with fireworks, food and fairground rides. Wire sculptures of fairies by Robin Wright have been installed in
882-408: The Trentham Estate stands the monument to the 1st Duke of Sutherland . This colossal statue, designed by Winks and sculptured by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey , surmounts a plain column of stone on a tiered pedestal. The monument was raised in 1834 at the instigation of the second Duke, a year after the first Duke's death. A wide range of possible monuments was put forward, but Chantrey, with whom Loch,
931-653: The Trentham estate from the 11th century until the Dissolution of the Monasteries . The property was sold in 1540 to James Leveson, a Wolverhampton wool merchant. The Leveson family occupied the property and Sir Richard Leveson built a new house in 1634. The Leveson heiress Frances married Sir Thomas Gower Bt leading to the creation of the Leveson Gower family. It was a large Elizabethan house, which
980-561: The administrative county ceded eleven urban districts and one municipal borough in the Black Country area at the southern end of the county to become parts of county boroughs. Staffordshire was reconstituted as a non-metropolitan county in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 . The county council regained authority over Burton and Stoke, but lost the Aldridge-Brownhills Urban District to
1029-457: The administrative county. In 1910 the administrative county ceded Burslem , Fenton , Longton , Stoke-upon-Trent and Tunstall to the new County Borough of Stoke on Trent , which also took in the previous county borough of Hanley. Territory was also transferred on a number of occasions from Staffordshire to the neighbouring county borough of Birmingham , which gained Harborne in 1891, Handsworth in 1911, and Perry Barr in 1928. In 1966
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#17327878704241078-482: The buildings and gardens were derelict and vandalised, and contracted the Land Use Consultants company to restore the historic landscape. The surrounding Trentham Gardens were restored in 2003-04, and in 2013 they were visited by over 3 million people. The Trentham Estate contains a shopping village, as well as gardens. St. Modwen set out a plan to recreate the house according to the original designs at
1127-572: The camp – a miracle of English organisation – in a few hours we have tents, groundsheets, cooking utensils" – although proper medical facilities took longer to organise. Numbers at the camp appear to have lessened to 5,530 after the initial influx. By July 1940, the camp was split into pro- and anti- Vichy France factions. Some 600 men of the Foreign Legion chose to leave to join the Vichy Legion in North Africa. Around 900 other left to join
1176-645: The city centre and south of the neighbouring town of Newcastle-under-Lyme . It is separated from the main urban area by open space and by the Trent and Mersey Canal and the River Trent , giving it the feel of a village. The River Trent is the border between the City of Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford Borough for most of its southerly flow past Trentham. Some parts of Trentham are in Stafford Borough, notably
1225-522: The city of Lichfield , which had been a self-governing county corporate since 1553 with its own sheriffs and quarter sessions, was not considered large enough to be a county borough and so it was included in the county council's area. The county council was elected by and provided services to the part of the county outside the county boroughs, which area was termed the administrative county . The 1888 Act also said that urban sanitary districts which straddled county boundaries were to be placed entirely in
1274-411: The cost of £35 million as a five-star hotel with 150 rooms, a luxury spa, and a conference centre. Planning permission was granted, and initial plans aimed for a 2008 completion date, which was later revised to 2011. However, in 2013 they stated that despite having planning permission to restore the hall, it was not economically viable to do so, given that the £30-35 million cost of restoring and rebuilding
1323-590: The council in 2011. When the county council was first created in 1889 it met at the Shire Hall in the Market Place in Stafford, which had been completed in 1798. Shortly after the council's creation it built itself a new meeting place and offices at County Buildings on Martin Street, adjoining the side of Shire Hall, with the new building opening in 1895. The council later outgrew County Buildings, and by
1372-418: The council was: The next election is due in 2025. Since the last boundary changes in 2013 the council has comprised 62 councillors representing 60 electoral divisions , with each division electing one or two councillors. Elections are held every four years. The council has its main offices at Staffordshire Place, a modern office building on Tipping Street in Stafford. The building was purpose-built for
1421-705: The county which had the majority of their population, and so Staffordshire gained the parts of Burton upon Trent which had been in Derbyshire and the parts of Tamworth which had been in Warwickshire , but lost the parts of Dudley which had been in Staffordshire to Worcestershire . The first elections to the county council were held in January 1889. The council formally came into being on 1 April 1889, on which day it held its first official meeting at
1470-421: The duke's chief agent, had been in touch, recommended Sir Charles Barry for the design of the monument. The hall was one of many to be demolished in the 20th century , and was one of the greatest losses of the era. The River Trent no longer fed the lake in front of the hall, but it still passed the edge of the estate. Sewage and effluent from nearby potteries polluted it in the early 20th century, making life at
1519-636: The first-ever Mountain Mayhem , a 24-hour race which included some of the biggest mountain bike brands of all time including Raleigh and Giant ; 120 other teams also entered. The course was just under 10 miles (16 kilometres) long. The winning team was the Raleigh Pro Team managed by Gary Coltman with riders Barrie Clarke, Elliot Baxter, Carl Sturgeon and Ian Cuthbertson. The Giant Team came second. They were managed by Martin Earley who also rode in
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1568-606: The forest and the path, although visitors are confined to the path, which has guides to ensure the safety of both the visitors and monkeys, and there is a fence around the forest. The park is one of four owned by the de Turckheim family; the other three are La Montagne des Singes [ fr ] in Alsace , France (opened in 1969), La Forêt des Singes [ fr ] in Lot , France (opened in 1974), and Affenberg Salem close to Bodensee , Germany (opened in 1976). The forest
1617-445: The gardens. In December 2008 a transportable Ferris wheel was opened on site for tourists to get an overhead view of the gardens, the estate, and out over the city. It was removed in 2009. In December 2022, the estate announced it had gained a licence from Natural England to host four Eurasian beavers from Spring 2023. This would involve enclosing the lake area and gardens to prevent the animals escaping. Trentham Gardens hosted
1666-469: The hall unpleasant. The hall was abandoned as a residence in 1905, and was shortly thereafter offered to Staffordshire County Council on condition that it be used as an institute of higher education , to house a potential North Staffordshire College. The county council, being unwilling to open a higher education institution, proposed using the hall for a teacher training college, but the Duke of Sutherland
1715-484: The hall would be greater than the hall's value as a hotel due to the then-recent economic recession , although they stated that they were committed to restoring the hall when they could "make the numbers work". As of May 2015, the buildings stand derelict. Trentham Gardens are formal Italianate gardens, part of an English landscape park. The gardens are set within a large area of woodland. Together these currently together cover some 300 acres (120 hectares). The estate
1764-499: The manor of Trentham existed from 1149 to 1541. Trentham village was the estate village for Trentham Hall and the Trentham Estate, the former country seat of the Dukes of Sutherland . Their private Sutherland Mausoleum is a prominent landmark next to the A34 road and the only Grade I listed building in the city. Trentham was not one of the historic "six towns" which joined to form
1813-409: The new West Midlands county (which also covered the county boroughs in the area that were already outside the administrative county). Stoke-on-Trent regained its independence from the county council in 1997, becoming a unitary authority . Staffordshire County Council provides county-level services. District-level services are provided by the area's eight district councils: Much of the county
1862-573: The parish church and the remaining buildings of the Trentham Hall estate in the parish of Swynnerton which are classed as a conservation area . The Mercian princess Werburgh , born in Stone, died in Trentham in 699 AD. She became the patron saint of the city of Chester in Cheshire. Her feast day is 3 February. Trentham was the site of Trentham Priory , dissolved in 1540. The Lordship of
1911-536: The remaining French was such that many of the soldiers were glad to leave. As part of the regeneration, Trentham Monkey Forest , the first wildlife park of its kind in England, was opened in July 2005. It consists of 60 acres (24 hectares) of forest, which contain 140 Barbary macaques , wandering freely. There is a 0.75 miles (1.21 km) path through the forest along which visitors walk; there are no barriers between
1960-465: The service having been replaced by a rail replacement bus service. As of 2019 it is proposed to permanently close Wedgwood railway station. The ducal estate of the Sutherland family is now branded as Trentham Gardens following a substantial and costly regeneration effort by St. Modwen, and the estate is now one of the region's major leisure and tourist attractions. The Trentham Lake on the estate
2009-451: The site of a Royal Diamond Jubilee wood , and a new woodland of 200,000 native oak trees will be planted on the estate. Successful garden designers Tom Stuart-Smith , Piet Oudolf and Nigel Dunnett have collaborated on the garden redesign. Since 2000 Trentham Gardens has undergone a £120 million ($ 200 m) redevelopment by St. Modwen Properties as a leisure destination. The regeneration project at Trentham includes restoration of
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2058-720: The team along with Jamie Norfolk, Robin Seymour and Robert Miller. There were only teams and no solo entrants. From 2001 to 2004 the Sleepless in the Saddle mountain bike races were held at Trentham. The gardens were the site of the Trentham Ballroom , which opened in 1931 and closed in 2002. During the Second World War it was used by the Bankers' Clearing House for the clearing of the country's cheques. In
2107-542: The video and the outside of the building was also used. The duo can be seen playing two violins inside of the building and can then be seen playing a Roland TB-303 and a Roland SH-101 on the outside of the building. Before World War I , the Staffordshire Yeomanry used Trentham as a summer military training camp between 1909 and 1914. During World War II the Trentham Estate became a military regroupment camp for French soldiers. The French soldiers were
2156-598: The wild at the Atlas Mountains , Morocco . The forest also has a conference venue . The forest supports research into the biology and social behaviour of the macaques at the park. 52°57′07″N 2°12′07″W / 52.952°N 2.202°W / 52.952; -2.202 Trentham, Staffordshire Trentham ( / ˈ t r ɛ n t ə m / ) is a suburb of the city of Stoke-on-Trent in North Staffordshire , England, south-west of
2205-418: Was described as being an "elegant mansion". It had been completely rebuilt in the previous 14 years, and had a stone front. It housed an extensive collection of paintings. It is surrounded by an 18th- and 19th-century park designed by Lancelot Brown . The house served as the Staffordshire seat of the Dukes of Sutherland , whose traditional burial place was Trentham Mausoleum nearby. In the southern area of
2254-483: Was designed by Charles Barry , while he was working on the rebuild of the Palace of Westminster . He was commissioned by the 2nd Duke of Sutherland . The focal point of the building was a 10,000-square-foot (930 m) campanile clock tower. The original approach to the hall was from the west, and an Italianate grand entrance was part of the western front. The one-storey arcade range is semicircular with side wings. It
2303-401: Was made of plastered brick and ashlar, and had unfluted Ionic columns on each side of its bays, as well as a balustrade above the cornice. The centre has a three-arched entrance with porte-cochère projects, and a coat of arms is carved above. The right wing incorporates an orangery that was originally built in 1808 by Heathcote Tatham. Barry spent over ten years improving the house and added
2352-437: Was probably demolished to make way for a later Georgian house. Their son, Sir William Leveson-Gower, 4th Baronet , built a new house on the site in 1690. Around 1730, John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower , erected a hall based on Buckingham House . It was substantially altered by his son, 1st Marquess of Stafford , from designs by Henry Holland , in 1775–78. The country house, of which parts remain dating from 1833 to 1842,
2401-482: Was unhappy with this suggestion. As the requirement to open a higher educational establishment remained, and with the council concerned that pollution from the Trent would render a residential institution at the hall undesirable, the county council declined the offer in 1906. The Duke of Sutherland then decided to offer the estate to the six Potteries towns in 1907, in the event that they went ahead with plans to merge into
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