Owner families
Researched family trees for the people who owned the moor around 1840. Every line is tied to a source and an exact quotation. More families will be added as the research goes on.
Whipham of Gidleigh Park
333 acres in 1840 (Dr Thomas Whipham)Lopes of Maristow
18,672 acres in 1840 (Sir Ralph Lopes, Baronet)Buller and Yarde Buller (Churston)
7,249 acres in 1840 (Sir John Buller Yarde Buller)Courtenay, Earls of Devon (Powderham)
5,175 acres in 1840 (Earl of Devon)Parker, Earls of Morley (Saltram)
4,400 acres in 1840 (Lord Morley)Russell, Dukes of Bedford (Tavistock and Endsleigh)
811 acres in 1840 (Duke of Bedford)Palk of Haldon
1,293 acres in 1840 (Lawrence Vaughan Palk)Drake of Buckland Abbey (Fuller Elliott Drake)
1,872 acres in 1840 (Thomas Trayton Fuller Elliott Drake)Wrey of Tawstock
423 acres in 1840 (Henry Bourchier Wrey)Savile of Oaklands
3,643 acres in 1840 (Albany Bourchier Savile)Carew of Haccombe
1,864 acres in 1840 (Lady Elizabeth Carew)Rogers of Blachford (Cornwood)
3,018 acres in 1840 (Sir John Leman Rogers, Bart)Newton of Bridestowe and Croadhole
3,196 acres in 1840 (John Gubbins Newton)Luxmoore of Kerslake and Okehampton Park
3,135 acres in 1840 (Reverend John Luxmoore)Hamlyn (Calmady Hamlyn) of Leawood and Paschoe
2,055 acres in 1840 (Calmady Hamlyn)Marsham and the Ilsington vicarial glebe
1,632 acres in 1840 (Reverend Charles Marsham (Vicarial Glebe))Pode of Slade (Cornwood)
798 acres in 1840 (William Pode)Woolcombe (Woollcombe) of Ashbury
1,355 acres in 1840 (John Morth Woolcombe)Strode of Newnham Park
589 acres in 1840 (George Strode)Mackworth Praed (Delamore)
967 acres in 1840 (William Mackworth Praed)Tithe polygons: Devon Tithe Mapping Polygonisation Project (Adnams 2023), © Devon County Council and Devon Heritage Centre, CC BY 4.0. Transcriptions: Devon County Council.
