EDITORIAL NOTE
This volume, the fourth in the Staffordshire series to appear, is, like its
predecessors, Volumes IV and V, the outcome of a partnership between the
University of London and a group of Local Authorities in Staffordshire. For
some explanation of the nature of that partnership the reader is referred to the
Editorial Note prefixed to Volume IV, published in 1958. The partnership has
continued unaltered since that time, and the University of London takes pleasure
in renewing its gratitude to the Staffordshire Local Authorities for their friendly
co-operation. This gratitude is more specially due because the Authorities have
meanwhile generously increased the scale of their grants.
Until early in 1961 the local editorial arrangements remained the same as
they were in 1958, except that in 1960 Mrs. Barbara Young (née Donaldson)
resigned her post on marriage. In 1961 Mr. M. W. Greenslade, then assistant
local editor, was promoted local editor and Mr. J. G. Jenkins was given the
title of associate local editor with a responsibility confined to the unpublished
general volumes. At the same time Mr. D. A. Johnson was appointed assistant
local editor. A second assistant local editor, Miss A. J. Kettle, was appointed in
1962. Mr. Jenkins retired at the end of 1962.
The present volume has greatly benefited from the generous assistance given
by a large number of people. Among these particular mention should be made
of Mr. G. J. V. Bemrose (formerly Curator of the Stoke-on-Trent Museum
and Art Gallery) and his staff; Mr. H. Dibden (Chief Education Officer of
Stoke-on-Trent) and his staff; Mr. N. Emery (Horace Barks Reference Librarian at the Stoke-on-Trent Central Library); Mr. M. B. S. Exham (Lichfield
Diocesan Registrar); Mr. R. G. Haggar; Mr. J. G. Hall (Education Officer of
Newcastle-under-Lyme) and his staff; Mr. D. G. P. Harnaman and Mr. P. J.
Bemrose (successively curators of the Newcastle-under-Lyme Museum and
Art Gallery); Mr. C. J. Morton (Town Clerk of Newcastle-under-Lyme);
Mr. S. O. Stewart (Librarian of the University of Keele); and Mr. F. B. Stitt
(Librarian of the William Salt Library, Stafford, and County Archivist) and
his staff.
STAFFORDSHIRE
VICTORIA COUNTY HISTORY COMMITTEE
As At 1 January 1963
|
| Mr. G. C. W. Jones, Chairman | Representing the West Bromwich County Borough Council |
| Alderman H. Barks, o.b.e., Vice-Chairman | Representing the Stoke-on-Trent City Council |
| Alderman John F. Amery, o.b.e. | Representing the Staffordshire County Council |
| Alderman F. A. Dale |
| Alderman T. A. W. Giffard, m.b.e. |
| Alderman H. J. Hall |
| Alderman Sir Alfred Owen, c.b.e. |
| Alderman F. J. Oxford |
| Councillor N. Bayliss |
| Councillor Miss G. Joules |
| Mr. S. A. H. Burne |
| Mr. J. S. Roper |
| Mr. H. V. Thompson |
| Mr. N. W. Tildesley |
| Alderman J. W. Clark | Representing the Burton-upon-Trent County Borough Council |
| Alderman F. W. Perry | Representing the Smethwick County Borough Council |
| Mr. K. D. Miller | Representing the Stoke-on-Trent City Council |
| Mr. A. Marshall | Representing the Walsall County Borough Council |
| Mr. R. H. Malbon |
| Alderman H. E. Lane | Representing the Wolverhampton County Borough Council |
| Councillor H. Bagley |
| Mr. F. Mason |
Co-opted members
|
| The Rt. Hon. the Earl of Harrowby, d.l. | Mr. P. Styles |
| The Rt. Hon. the Lord Stafford | Professor M. J. Wise, m.c. |
| Professor J. W. Blake | Mr. H. Wallace-Copland, Her Majesty's Lieutenant for Staffordshire |
| Mr. F. B. Stitt | |
| Mr. R. B. Pugh | Editor, Victoria History of the Counties of England |
| Mr. T. H. Evans, c.b.e., d.l. | Hon. Secretary |
| Mr. J. J. Green | Hon. Treasurer |
Editorial Sub-Committee
|
| Mr. G. C. W. Jones | Professor S. E. Finer |
| Alderman H. Barks, o.b.e. | Mr. F. B. Stitt |
| Professor J. W. Blake | Mr. P. Styles |
| Mr. S. A. H. Burne | Professor M. J. Wise, m.c. |
| Mr. R. B. Pugh | General Editor |
| Mr. T. H. Evans, c.b.e., d.l. | Hon. Secretary |
| Mr. J. J. Green | Hon. Treasurer |