Brentor
Tithe apportionment, c.1840. Part of the parish index.
Who owned the land
| Owner | Acres | Share of named land |
|---|---|---|
| Duke of Bedford | 293 | 25% |
| Henry Brandreth | 175 | 15% |
| Trustees of I P Carpenter (church, Crown or trust) | 169 | 14% |
| Edward Hoblyn | 108 | 9% |
| Mary Brown | 72 | 6% |
| Ann Harcourt | 69 | 6% |
| Thomas Weeks | 68 | 6% |
| William Batten | 68 | 6% |
| Bowden Common Liddaton Common and Liddaton Green | 49 | 4% |
| Henry Brandreth and Thomas Bickle | 29 | 2% |
A further 25 acres (2%) have no owner recorded: commons and waste.
Who farmed it
| Occupier | Acres |
|---|---|
| Thomas Bickle | 159 |
| William Bickle | 158 |
| Joseph Glanville | 97 |
| Henry Hill and Henry Brandreth | 78 |
| John Walters | 72 |
| William Squire | 69 |
| William Westlake | 68 |
| John Isaac | 46 |
| Elizabeth Harvey | 36 |
| Elias Row Tooker | 32 |
Where the occupier is also the owner they are not listed here; where no owner is recorded the occupier is shown.
What the land was
| Arable Pasture Furse | 416 acres | |
| Arable Pasture Coppice | 192 acres | |
| Arable Pasture Orchard | 123 acres | |
| Arable Pasture | 114 acres | |
| Coppice And Fir | 91 acres | |
| Not Stated | 74 acres | |
| Arable And Pasture | 48 acres | |
| Pasture | 47 acres |
Names on the old map
Single-use names worth a look (names with a landscape or history word that occur once): Brentor Church (0 ac)
Commonest field names: East Liddaton (3); Woodparks (3); Newtake (2); Whitstone (2); Ashletor wood and plantations (1); Holyeat Farm (1); Carpenters shop (1); Chapple Parks (1); Ashletor (1); Longlands (1)
Credit: Tithe polygons: Devon Tithe Mapping Polygonisation Project (Adnams 2023), © Devon County Council and Devon Heritage Centre, CC BY 4.0. Transcriptions: Devon County Council. The records may contain errors and duplicate entries; owner names are merged by rule where plainly the same person.
