Langton Herring

 

TITHE APPORTIONMENTS 1841

 

 

Tithes were paid as one tenth part of all produce from a particular piece of land, they date back as far as the Eighth century and continued right up until 1891.  Tithe payments were made to the tithe-owner(s), which was often the Church, though lords of manors were also included. They were often stored in tithe barns of which some good examples still exist. The Tithe Commutation Act, passed in 1836 in order to stop disputes over payment of Tithes, substituted the payment in kind with a financial value based on a seven year average of the price of crops (wheat, barley and oats).

Tithe maps were drawn up in all counties around 1840 and the Dorset maps are stored at the Dorset Record Office. The Tithe Commissioners copy is stored at the Public Record Office in London.

Each map will show at least the boundaries of woods, fields, roads and waterways and the location of buildings. The houses are sometimes shown in enough detail to show their shape. The maps themselves are often very large and every single plot has a number which links to the tithe apportionments. Below is a photograph of part of a tithe map [not Langton Herring].

The 'Tithe Apportionments' accompanied the maps and record the following:-

Landowners

Occupiers [tenants]

Plot number referring to the tithe map

Name or description of land

State of cultivation or land use

Acreage using acres, rods and perches [4 rods or roods = 1 acre, 160 sq. poles = 1 acre]

Amount of rent payable, usually to the Rector

 

Unfortunately the maps are only available at Dorset Record Office, although some counties have made the maps available by microfiche, this has not happened for Dorset.

The following records from the tithe apportionments omit the rent payable.

 

 

Landowners Occupiers Plot No. Name & Description of Lands & Premises State of Cultivation Quantities in Statute Measure
          Acres Rods Perches
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 1 Herbury Furze 21 3 10
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 2 Herbury Moor Pasture 12 1 15
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 3 Smindles Furze etc 46 0 12
William SPARKS William MOWLAM and others 4 Part of Smindles Allotments Gardens 4 1 11
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 5 Combway Pasture 1 0 14
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 6 Toll Mead Meadow 8 0 28
William SPARKS Commissioners of CUSTOMS 7 Part of Wans Preventive House etc Garden 0 2 0
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 8 Wans Furze etc 81 3 29
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 9 Broadlines Arable 8 0 18
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 10 Little Barrow exclusive of waste Arable 13 1 9
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY   Waste piece in Little Barrow        
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 10a   Waste 0 3 6
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 11 Holes Piece exclusive of waste Arable 11 0 35
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 11a Waste in Holes Piece        
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY     Waste 0 1 30
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 12 Fox Barrow Arable 16 0 26
Christopher MEECH Lessee under the Duchy of Cornwall and William SPARKS Himself and others 13 Cottages and gardens - 0 0 17
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 14 Middle Eweleaze Pasture 13 0 11
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 15 Great Barrow exclusive of waste Arable 18 1 6
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY   Waste in Great Barrow        
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 15a   Waste 1 2 36
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 16 Mixen Arable 11 2 21
Martha BARTLETT John Down KELLAWAY 17 Arm Acre mead Meadow 1 3 14
Martha BARTLETT Herself 18 Bartlett's Pasture Pasture 12 0 9
Martha BARTLETT Herself 19 Orchard and garden   0 2 7
Martha BARTLETT Herself 20 House, outhouse, garden etc   0 1 14
Martha BARTLETT Herself 21 Orchard   0 2 30
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 22 Foredoor the Cottages etc lately on No 64 pulled down [22 and 64 are bracketted together]        
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 23 Court Close Pasture 4 1 11
William SPARKS William DEVENISH and Co 24 Garden   0 0 16
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY            
William DEVENISH and Company John MOWLAM 25 Dwelling house called the Elm Tree   0 0 16
William DEVENISH and Company under the Duchy of CORNWALL John MOWLAM 26 Garden   0 0 39
"   27 Little Plot Pasture 0 1 25
William SPARKS William SPARKS 28 The Bank Plantation 0 3 11
William SPARKS William SPARKS 29 Plantation Plantation 0 0 26
Abel WHITTLE John ROSE 30 Garden Garden 0 0 4
Abel WHITTLE John ROSE 31 Cottages and gardens   0 0 2
Abel WHITTLE Thomas MULLENS 32 Cottage   0 0 1
Abel WHITTLE Benjamin BARTLETT 33 Dwelling House and Garden etc   0 0 5
Reverend Frederick J C TRENOW Reverend Frederick J C TRENOW 34 Church and church yard   0 0 30
Sarah WHITTLE Lessee under William SPARKS Herself 35 Cottage and garden   0 0 11
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 36 Garden Garden 0 0 15
Reverend Frederick J C TRENOW Reverend Frederick J C TRENOW 37 Cottage and garden   0 0 22
Reverend Frederick J C TRENOW Reverend Frederick J C TRENOW   Old Parsonage        
Sarah WHITTLE and others Lessees under William SPARKS Herself and others 38 Cottages and gardens   0 0 13
James VIVIAN Copyholder under Wiliam SPARKS James VIVIAN 39 Cottages and gardens Gardens 0 2 5
Abel WHITTLE Abel WHITTLE 40 Dwelling House   0 0 3
William SPARKS Abel WHITTLE 41 Garden and Linhay   0 0 7
William SPARKS Reverend Frederick J C TRENOW 42 Plantation Plantation etc 0 1 25
William SPARKS Reverend Frederick J C TRENOW 43 Garden Garden 0 1 26
Reverend Frederick J C TRENOW (Glebe) Reverend Frederick J C TRENOW 44 Coach House, stable yard etc   0 0 23
Reverend Frederick J C TRENOW (Glebe) Reverend Frederick J C TRENOW 45 Orchard   0 0 36
Reverend Frederick J C TRENOW (Glebe) Reverend Frederick J C TRENOW 46 Parsonage House etc   0 1 34
Reverend Frederick J C TRENOW Himself 47 Home Plot Garden 0 0 17
Reverend Frederick J C TRENOW Himself 48 Garden Garden 0 0 29
Reverend Frederick J C TRENOW Himself 49 Barton etc   0 0 15
Reverend Frederick J C TRENOW Himself 50 Orchard Orchard 0 1 11
Reverend Frederick J C TRENOW Lessee under William SPARKS Himself 51 Two Cottages and gardens   0 0 13
"              " Himself            
"              " Himself 52     0 0 18
Reverend Frederick J C TRENOW " 53 House, garden and orchard called Angels Tenement   0 1 26
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 54 Oldis's Orchard Meadow 6 1 24
William SPARKS William MOWLAM 55 Cottage and garden - 0 0 19
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 56 Home Plot Pasture 0 3 22
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 57 Garden Garden 0 2 0
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 58 ( Dairy house, milk house etc   0 0 3
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY (          
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 59 (     - - -
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 60 Cottage   0 0 2
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 61 Garden Garden 0 0 8
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 62 Cottage and garden   0 0 7
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 63 Garden Garden 0 0 22
[See Number 22 with which this is bracketed]  64          
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 65 Farm house, outhouse etc Homestead 0 0 30
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 66 Old Orchard Orchard 1 0 15
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 67 Farm yard, Mow barton etc Homestead 0 2 30
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 68 Young Orchard Orchard 0 2 18
Dutchy (sic) of CORNWALL Richard KELLAWAY 69 Langton Higher Mead Meadow 6 1 7
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 70 Langton Lower Mead Meadow 7 0 4
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 71 Withy Bed Willows 1 1 35
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 72 Ham Mead Meadow 6 2 5
William SPARKS William SPARKS 73 Plantation Plantation 0 2 11
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 74 Yonder Kittle Barrow Arable 7 0 5
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 75 Middle Kittle Barrow " 7 2 35
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 76 Kittle Barrow Mead Meadow 5 2 21
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 77 Little Kittle Barrow Arable 1 3 37
  William SPARKS 77a Plantation Plantation 0 2 11
Reverend Frederick J C TRENOW Reverend Frederick J C TRENOW 78 Kittle Barrow Arable 2 2 14
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY  79 Rodden Ridge exclusive of waste Arable 14 2 39
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY    Waste etc in Rodden Ridge        
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY  79a   Waste 0 3 14
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY  80 Higher Piece Arable 10 0 37
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY  81 Middle Piece Arable 6 2 24
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY  82 Lower Piece Arable 3 2 14
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 83 Bower Croft Hill Arable 16 1 10
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 84 Lower Street Arable 13 3 22
Rev. F J C TRENOW Rev. F J C TRENOW 85 Limekiln Ground Arable 3 2 7
Rev. F J C TRENOW Rev. F J C TRENOW 86 Limekiln Ground Arable 8 0 15
Rev. F J C TRENOW Rev. F J C TRENOW 87 East of Limekiln Ground Arable 4 1 25
Rev. F J C TRENOW Rev. F J C TRENOW 88 Adjoining Limekiln Ground Arable 2 1 26
Rev. F J C TRENOW Rev. F J C TRENOW 89 Adjoining Limekiln Ground Arable 5 0 32
Rev. F J C TRENOW Rev. F J C TRENOW 90 Mead Meadow 1 3 5
Rev. F J C TRENOW Rev. F J C TRENOW 91 Mead Arable 3 3 26
Sarah ROSE Herself 92 Long Close Arable 2 0 2
Sarah ROSE Herself 93 Long Close Meadow 1 0 29
Sarah ROSE Herself 94 House, garden and orchard   0 2 5
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 95 Great Whitmore Pasture 42 1 20
William SPARKS William SPARKS 96 Plantation Plantation 0 2 35
William SPARKS Charles HUSSEY 97 Little Whitmore Pasture 10 3 6
William SPARKS William SPARKS 98 Whitmore Coppice Coppice 4 3 22
William HORNBY under the Duchy of CORNWALL Reverend Frederick J C TRENOW 99 Langton Cross or yonder ground exclusive of waste Arable 9 0 5
William HORNBY under the Duchy of CORNWALL Reverend Frederick J C TRENOW   Waste in Langton Cross        
William HORNBY under the Duchy of CORNWALL Reverend Frederick J C TRENOW 99a   Waste 0 1 39
William HORNBY under the Duchy of CORNWALL Reverend Frederick J C TRENOW 100 Langton Cross Piece Arable 3 2 37
William HORNBY under the Duchy of CORNWALL Reverend Frederick J C TRENOW 101 Yonder Beales Arable 8 3 37
William HORNBY under the Duchy of CORNWALL Reverend Frederick J C TRENOW 102 West of Beales Arable 8 2 27
William HORNBY under the Duchy of CORNWALL Reverend Frederick J C TRENOW 103 Garden (part of Beales)   0 1 37
William HORNBY under the Duchy of CORNWALL Reverend Frederick J C TRENOW 104 Part of Beales adjoining the Road   0 0 26
Dutchy (sic) of CORNWALL Richard KELLAWAY 105 Great Ground Arable 29 0 6
Dutchy (sic) of CORNWALL Richard KELLAWAY 106 Garden (part of Great Ground)   0 1 10
Dutchy (sic) of CORNWALL Richard KELLAWAY 107 Garden (part of Great Ground)   0 1 29
Dutchy (sic) of CORNWALL Richard KELLAWAY 108 Garden (part of Great Ground)   0 0 17
Dutchy (sic) of CORNWALL Richard KELLAWAY 109 Behind Hedge Pasture 5 0 7
Dutchy (sic) of CORNWALL Richard KELLAWAY 110 Shop Close Pasture 1 0 31
Dutchy (sic) of CORNWALL Thomas WHITTLE 111 Garden   0 0 4
Dutchy (sic) of CORNWALL William FRAMPTON 112 Cottage   0 0 2
Dutchy (sic) of CORNWALL Richard VIVIAN 113 Cottage   0 0 2
Dutchy (sic) of CORNWALL Thomas WHITTLE 114 Cottage   0 0 2
Dutchy (sic) of CORNWALL Abel WHITTLE 115 Cottage   0 0 2
Dutchy (sic) of CORNWALL Thomas VIVIAN 116 Cottage   0 0 1
Thomas HURDEN Himself 117 Dwelling house, bake house and garden   0 0 17
Dutchy (sic) of CORNWALL Richard KELLAWAY 118 House, garden, yard, mow barton etc   0 3 10
Dutchy (sic) of CORNWALL Richard KELLAWAY 119 Cottages and gardens   0 0 21
Dutchy (sic) of CORNWALL Richard KELLAWAY 120 Home Close Pasture 5 1 6
Dutchy (sic) of CORNWALL Richard KELLAWAY 121 Cross Piece Arable 19 0 6
Dutchy (sic) of CORNWALL Richard KELLAWAY 122 Fourteen Acres Arable 11 3 37
Dutchy (sic) of CORNWALL Richard KELLAWAY 123 Stone Heaps Pasture rough 12 2 32
Dutchy (sic) of CORNWALL Richard KELLAWAY 124 Fan Acres Furze etc 41 2 10
Dutchy (sic) of CORNWALL Richard KELLAWAY 125 Furze Hill Arable 25 3 22
Dutchy (sic) of CORNWALL Richard KELLAWAY 126 Wet Hill Pasture rough 22 0 12
Dutchy (sic) of CORNWALL Richard KELLAWAY 127 Pease Lands Arable 23 3 33
Dutchy (sic) of CORNWALL Richard KELLAWAY 128 Under Cross (exclusive of Waste) Arable 24 3 26
Dutchy (sic) of CORNWALL Richard KELLAWAY   Waste in Under Cross        
Dutchy (sic) of CORNWALL Richard KELLAWAY 128a     2 0 24
Dutchy (sic) of CORNWALL Richard KELLAWAY 129 Long Moor Meadow 15 1 22
Dutchy (sic) of CORNWALL Richard KELLAWAY 130 Three cornered ground Arable 5 0 29
Dutchy (sic) of CORNWALL Richard KELLAWAY 131 Common Pasture 83 2 8

 

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