Lydford

Tithe apportionment, c.1840. Part of the parish index.

Who owned the land

Who farmed it

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

The biggest named holdings

Prince Hall (431 ac); Fernworthy, Higher and Lower Laughter and Silk House, and Asacombe (283 ac); Sherberton (264 ac); Huckaby (254 ac); Tenement at Hexworthy (219 ac); Pizwill (210 ac); Brimpts (209 ac); Bear Down (153 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): Mine piece (12 ac); Rammash Moor (12 ac); Furze in Whitemead (11 ac); Marsh Brake (10 ac); Bridge Ware (9 ac); Mill Plots (7 ac); Blakes Furze (7 ac); Coxlake Moor (7 ac); Castle Pits (7 ac); Blaka Furze (6 ac); Black Brim Marsh (5 ac); Bridge Newtake (5 ac); Marsh (south of river) (5 ac); Hilly Marsh (4 ac); Daisy Moor (4 ac); Yonder Well Park (4 ac); The Moor (4 ac); Bottom Marsh (4 ac); Lower Marsh (4 ac); Outer Marsh (4 ac); Long Marsh (4 ac); Bridge Plot (4 ac); Furze etc. in Blaka Furze (3 ac); Homer Well Park (3 ac)

Commonest field names: Plot (29); Meadow (28); Moor (20); Plantation (16); Brake (16); Garden (12); Park (11); Dwelling House and Garden (10); The Brown Hills (10); Barn Park (8)

Places on our site on or beside this land

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.