Dean Prior
Tithe apportionment, c.1840. Part of the parish index.
Who owned the land
| Owner | Acres | Share of named land |
|---|---|---|
| Sir John Buller Yarde Buller | 3,336 | 82% |
| Lady Elizabeth Carew | 238 | 6% |
| William Edmonds | 185 | 5% |
| John Ellis and Richard Ellis | 105 | 3% |
| Reverend Charles Kitson | 93 | 2% |
| John Callard | 66 | 2% |
| Reverend W C Johnson | 44 | 1% |
| Mogrige | 17 | 0% |
| Jarvis Miss | 6 | 0% |
| Poor of Dean Prior (church, Crown or trust) | 1 | 0% |
Who farmed it
| Occupier | Acres |
|---|---|
| John Buller Yarde Buller Sir and others | 1,313 |
| John Tucker | 450 |
| Samuel Furneaux | 322 |
| Nathaniel Edmonds and Silvenus Edmonds | 228 |
| John Wakeham | 192 |
| John Bradridge | 182 |
| Phillip Bradridge | 155 |
| Charles Hoare | 121 |
| Henry Hamlyn | 115 |
| Joseph Brock | 105 |
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 | 1,765 acres | |
| Pasture & Furze | 1,423 acres | |
| Pasture | 288 acres | |
| Coppice Wood | 218 acres | |
| Furze | 105 acres | |
| Watered Meadow | 94 acres | |
| Furze And Pasture | 57 acres | |
| Orchard | 45 acres |
The biggest named holdings
Shirraton Estate (284 ac); Dean Park's Estate (237 ac); Wood's and Coppices (229 ac); Dean Court Estate (213 ac); Tor Dean Estate (185 ac); Mudges Estate (182 ac); Moor's Head Estate (149 ac); Veales Estate (115 ac)
These are the estate or holding names written in the survey.
Names on the old map
Single-use names worth a look (names with a landscape or history word that occur once): Buckfast Moor (1,225 ac); Dean Moor (88 ac); New Warren (19 ac); Great Moor Hill's (12 ac); Warren (11 ac); Long Marsh (11 ac); Pool Marsh (8 ac); Long Moor Hills (8 ac); Great Furze Park (8 ac); Furze Hill (7 ac); Lower Moor Hills (7 ac); Quarry Park and Quarry (7 ac); Mill Cross Field (6 ac); White Marsh (6 ac); Crooked Marsh (6 ac); Lower Monks Marsh (6 ac); Little Furze Park (5 ac); Moor Park (5 ac); Lower Beacon Park (5 ac); Mill Leat Park (5 ac); Chapel Wood Field (5 ac); Higher Beacon Park (5 ac); Moor (5 ac); Little Moor Hills (4 ac)
Commonest field names: Garden (65); Orchard (46); Waste (31); Cottage (31); House and Courtlage (24); Cottage and Garden (10); Part of Garden (10); Great Meadow (9); Little Meadow (9); Long Field (7)
Places on our site on or beside this land
| Place | Type | 1840 owner | Farmed by | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addislade | antiquity | John Ellis and Richard Ellis | Joseph Brock | same field |
| Church of St George | antiquity | W.C. Johnson Reverend | same field | |
| Dean Court Farm Shop | business | John Buller Yarde Buller, Sir | John Tucker | same field |
| Manaton and East Dartmoor Theatre | business | John Buller Yarde Buller, Sir | Charles Hoare | next to it |
| Skylarker Well-being Project | business | John Buller Yarde Buller, Sir | Henry Bradridge | next to it |
| Sounding Bowls | business | John Buller Yarde Buller, Sir | Samuel Parnell | same field |
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.
