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Tilsworth Estate Sale Larger Pieces of Land

 Tilsworth Estate Sale plan of 1804
The sale plan - please click on the image for a larger version.

The sale plan is annotated with numbers referring to each piece of land, and these are as follows [number: tenant; description; acreage]:

Roman Numerals

  • I: Thomas Harris; Wickham Hill; 19 acres 3 roods 9 perches;
  • II: Thomas Harris; Stainbridge Gate; 25 acres 19 perches;
  • III: Thomas Harris: Shorn Hook or Dovington; 27 acres 2 roods;
  • IV: William Arrowsmith; Smarridoles; arable 19 acres 1 rood 19 perches; meadow 8 acres 3 roods 33 perches;
  • V: William Arrowsmith; White's Piece; arable 22 acres 3 roods 35 perches; meadow 9 acres 3 roods 3 perches;
  • VI: William Arrowsmith; Seuids; arable 15 acres 2 roods 7 perches; meadow 3 acres 1 rood 38 perches;
  • VII: William Arrowsmith; Great Standford; arable 16 acres 34 perches; meadow 5 acres 3 roods 28 perches;
  • VIII: Robert Onley: Heedway Close; 18 acres 2 roods 16 perches;
  • IX: Robert Onley; Folly Furlong; 28 acres 3 roods 38 perches;
  • X: Thomas Harris: Oven Piece; 16 acres 2 roods 25 perches;
  • X: Robert Onley: Oven Piece;  5 acres 1 rood 32 perches;
  • XI: Robert Onley; Tanhill Gog; 25 acres 3 roods 16 perches;
  • XII: Robert Onley; Little Standford; 28 acres 24 perches;
  • XIII: Messrs Perrott; Roads Crouch; 24 acres 7 perches;
  • XIV: Messrs Perrott: Rick Meadow; 23 acres 38 perches;
  • XV: Messrs Perrott; Hales Hole; 28 acres 1 rood 30 perches;
  • XVI: Messrs Perrott; Green Hill; 26 acres 1 rood 35 perches;
  • XVII: Mrs.Cooper; The Hides; 23 acres 2 roods 24 perches;
  • XVIII: Mrs.Cooper; Waterfitch; 18 acres 9 perches;
  • XIX: Mrs.Cooper; Church Hook (in three parts); 28 acres 32 perches;
  • XX: Mrs.Cooper; Acre Way; 26 acres 2 roods 17 perches;
  • XXI: Bernard Wilkes; Shapnall Furlong; 24 acres 30 perches;
  • XXII: Bernard Wilkes; Hatch; 7 acres 1 rood 9 perches;
  • XXIII: Bernard Wilkes; Marsh; 25 acres 2 roods 31 perches;
  • XXIV: Bernard Wilkes; Ridgway; 23 acres 3 roods 34 perches;
  • XXV: Bernard Wilkes; Beckford Leys; 19 acres 5 perches;
  • XXVI: Bernard Wilkes; Gib Close; 28 acres 31 perches;
  • XXVII: Bernard Wilkes; Ridgway Hedge; 27 acres 3 roods 9 perches;
  • XXVIII: Bernard Wilkes; Further Black Roods; 24 acres 1 rood 7 perches;
  • XXIX: John Cooper; Nearer Black Roads; 32 acres 3 roods 16 perches;
  • XXX: John Cooper: Little Ridgeway; 26 acres 12 perches;
  • XXXI: Richard Partridge; Dryness; 34 acres 2 roods 23 perches;
  • XXXII: Richard Partridge; Collands Ash; 43 acres 18 perches;
  • XXXIII:Richard Partridge; Flaxen Baulk; arable 11 acres 1 rood 19 perches; meadow 15 acres 1 rood 30 perches;
  • XXXIV: Richard Partridge; Top of Little Brook; 27 acres 2 roods 7  perches;
  • XXXV: Richard Partridge; Croft Lands; arable 13 acres 3 roods 26 perches; meadow 12 acres 2 roods 4 perches;
  • XXXVI: John Cooper; Black Grove; arable 16 acres 1 rood 24 perches; meadow 6 acres 2 roods 30 perches.

Looking at the map one can assign the following farms to each tenant: