Tilsworth Estate Sale Smaller Pieces of Land
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]:
- Edward Burr; Tilsworth Leys; 1 acre 22 perches;
- William Arrowsmith: Middle Meadow; 3 acres 21 perches;
- William Arrowsmith: Dovington Meadow; 2 acres 2 roods 32 perches;
- William Arrowsmith: Little Dovington; 2 acres 36 perches;
- William Arrowsmith: Three-cornerned Piece; 4 acres 13 perches;
- William Arrowsmith: Middle Close; 4 acres 1 rood 32 perches;
- William Arrowsmith: Home Close; 2 acres 1 rood 18 perches;
- William Arrowsmith; The Bull Inn [and farmhouse];
- William Arrowsmith; Jenkins' Close; 4 acres 1 rood 29 perches;
- William Arrowsmith; Horse Shoe Close; 6 acres 3 roods 18 perches;
- William Arrowsmith; Little Standford; 2 acres 2 roods 14 perches;
- Messrs Perrott; Eleven Leys; 3 acres 25 perches;
- Mrs.Cooper; Acre Way Close; 1 acre 3 roods 31 perches;
- John Cooper; Great Hill Close; 10 acres 2 roods 11 perches;
- Messrs Perrott; Deans; 4 acres 2 roods 9 perches;
- Messrs Perrott; Deans; 4 acres 3 roods 22 perches;
- Thomas Harris: Little Hill Close; 5 acres 2 roods 38 perches;
- Thomas Harris: Great Hill Close; 8 acres 2 roods 2 perches;
- Robert Onley: Church Lane Close; 11 acres 2 roods 4 perches;
- Thomas Harris; Breach; 12 acres 3 roods 23 perches;
- Thomas Harris; Valentine's Meadow; 3 acres 1 rood 16 perches;
- Thomas Harris; Another Meadow; 3 acres 2 roods 29 perches;
- Thomas Harris; Howis' Meadow; 3 acres 3 roods 23 perches;
- Thomas Harris; West Meadow; 3 acres 3 roods 30 perches;
- Thomas Harris; Long Lawn; 5 acres 33 perches;
- Thomas Harris; Poor Folks' Close; 5 acres 2 roods 36 perches;
- Thomas Harris; Flag Pond; 1 acre 1 rood 17 perches;
- John Cooper: Lawn Pond; acreage with 29;
- John Cooper; Middle Pond; 6 acres 3 roods together with Lawn Pond;
- in hand; The Manor of Tilsworth [the modern Blackgrove Wood]; 6 acres 3 roods 32 perches;
- Mrs.Cooper; Wood Close; 7 acres 2 roods 30 perches;
- Bernard Wilkes; Wood Close; 8 acres 2 roods 39 perches;
- Robert Onley; Stalk Spring; 6 acres 1 rood 9 perches;
- in hand; Black Grove Woods [the modern Stanbridge Wood]; 8 acres 2 perches;
- Thomas Harris; Wood Lawn; 4 acres 3 roods;
- John Cooper; West Meadow; 9 acres 7 perches;
- John Cooper; Little England; 2 acres 3 roods 14 perches;
- Jonn Cooper; Great England; 16 acres 19 perches;
- Thomas Harris; West Meadow; 10 acres;
- Bernard Wilkes; England; 5 acres 1 rood 9 perches;
- Robert Onley; Home Close; 1 acre 3 roods 17 perches;
- Not mentioned in the particulars but seems to be a small croft, possibly tenanted by Robert Onley;
- Robert Onley; a croft; 1 rood 33 perches;
- Robert Onley; a croft; 1 rood 31 perches;
- Robert Onley; a farmhouse; 2 acres 35 perches [today this is 2 and 4 Stanbridge Road];
- John Cooper; Shop Close; 2 acres 1 rood 1 perch;
- Bernard Wilkes; a farmhouse; 1 acre 1 rood 16 perches;
- Mrs.Cooper; Hobseys; 1 acre 2 roods 15 perches;
- John Cooper; a croft or rick yard; 2 roods 15 perches;
- The Town; houses and gardens; 1 rood;
- John Cooper; a farmhouse; 2 acres 2 roods 1 perch;
- Richard Partridge; a farmhouse; 1 acres 2 roods 4 perches;
- John Odell; a house and garden; 28 perches;
- Bernard Wilkes; New Close; 1 acre 24 perches;
- Richard Partridge; Goldsmith's Croft; 1 acre 4 perches;
- The Town; houses and gardens; 11 perches;
- Widow Jackson and Daniel Jones; houses and gardens; 25 perches;
- John Willison ["Mr.John Willison, the Woodman at Tilsworth, will shew the Estate"; a tenement; and Bernard Wilkes; leys with house in three tenements; 1 acre 3 roods 17 perches;
- Bernard Wilkes; leys; 1 acre 18 perches;
- Bernard Wilkes; leys; 3 roods 8 perches;
- Bernard Wilkes; East Lane Pingle; 3 roods 23 perches;
- Joseph Cooper; leys; 1 acre 1 rood 35 perches;
- Joseph Cooper; cottage and croft; 3 roods 12 perches;
- Mrs.Cooper; East Lane Pringle; 1 acre 3 roods 22 perches;
- Mrs.Cooper; Wren Park; 29 perches;
- Mrs.Cooper; Long Leys; 1 rood 23 perches;
- Mrs.Cooper; Four Leys; 4 acres 2 roods 28 perches;
- Messrs Perrott; Headley; 3 roods 33 perches;
- Mrs.Cooper; Orchard Close; 1 acre 12 perches;
- Mrs.Cooper; Baker's Close; 1 acres 11 perches along with 71 below;
- Mrs.Cooper; leys; with 70 above;
- William Ford and Samuel Wright; houses and gardens; 26 perches;
- Mrs.Cooper; a farmhouse; 1 acre 36 perches;
- Thomas Twigg; house, gardens and blacksmith's shop; 1 rood 36 perches;
- Mrs.Cooper; leys; 2 roods 30 perches;
- John Cooper; leys; 3 roods 23 perches;
- Messrs Perrott; Homeleys; 1 acre 1 rood 29 perches;
- Messrs Perrott; a croft and rough land; 1 acre 3 roods 1 perch;
- Messrs Perrott; rough land; 1 acre 3 roods;
- Messrs Perrott; a farmhouse; 1 acre 30 perches;
- Joseph Cooper; a public house [unnamed but either the putative Tom and Jerry or, more likely, the Anchor]; 3 roods 12 perches;
- not in the particulars;
- The town; house and garden; 2 perches;
- Richard Partridge; Upper House Close with house and barn; 5 acres 3 roods 4 perches;
- not in the particulars;
- Richard Partridge; Norman's Pingle; 3 roods 23 perches;
- Richard Partridge; Little Orchard; 1 acre 32 perches;
- Richard Partridge; spinney; 3 roods 27 perches;
- Richard Partridge; spinny; 2 aces 1 rood 11 perches;
- Richard Partridge; spinny; 1 rood 30 perches;
- John Cooper; Little Hill Close; 3 acres 2 roods 13 perches;
- Thomas Harris; warren [including Warren Knoll]; 9 acres 1 perch;
- not in the particulars - All Saints Church;
- Thomas Harris; Tilsworth Manor; 7 acres 3 roods 24 perches
The following tenants occupied the following farms:
William Arrowsmith: Bull Farm; Mrs.Cooper: Green Farm; John Cooper: Wood Farm; Thomas Harris: Manor Farm; Richard Partridge: Bury Farm; The Perrotts: Greenhill Farm; Bernard Wilkes: Yellow Farm