Meavy
Tithe apportionment, c.1840. Part of the parish index.
Who owned the land
| Owner | Acres | Share of named land |
|---|---|---|
| Sir Ralph Lopes | 1,225 | 38% |
| Sir Thomas Trayton Fuller Elliott Drake | 728 | 22% |
| Edwin Scobell | 512 | 16% |
| Thomas Atwill | 106 | 3% |
| William Snow Harris | 81 | 2% |
| John Pedler | 71 | 2% |
| John Dunning | 57 | 2% |
| Richard Creft | 51 | 2% |
| Reverend Amos Crymes and John Arthur Trustees Under Will of Late Richard Reed (church, Crown or trust) | 49 | 2% |
| Mary Luddington | 45 | 1% |
A further 28 acres (1%) have no owner recorded: commons and waste.
Who farmed it
| Occupier | Acres |
|---|---|
| Sundry Tenants | 762 |
| William Daw | 260 |
| Walter Andrews | 134 |
| Richard Daw | 133 |
| Richard & Mark Northmore | 132 |
| Nathaniel Gill | 122 |
| William Atwill | 106 |
| John Atwill | 103 |
| Richard Hellyer | 88 |
| John Moses | 85 |
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 | 1,182 acres | |
| Not Stated | 1,032 acres | |
| Pasture | 527 acres | |
| Furze | 155 acres | |
| Wood | 148 acres | |
| Meadow | 136 acres | |
| Plantation | 37 acres | |
| Orchard | 23 acres |
The biggest named holdings
Yennadon alias Great Yennadon (282 ac); Part of Wigford Down (281 ac); Brisworthy alias Brittisworthy (217 ac); Callesham (194 ac); Part of Wigford Down South side of dotted line (168 ac); Lynch (163 ac); Higher Lovaton (140 ac); Gratton (134 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): The Warren (49 ac); The Leat Tenement (31 ac); Woodside Meadow or Marsh (7 ac); Outer Leat Park (6 ac); Bullocks Ley (6 ac); Higher Church Park (6 ac); Great Marsh (5 ac); Outer Furze Park (5 ac); Homer Leat Park (5 ac); Higher Tin Park (4 ac); Great Lower Moor (4 ac); Higher Round Park (4 ac); Church Park (4 ac); Moor Marsh etc. (4 ac); Under Tin Park or Barrow Park (4 ac); Long Marsh (4 ac); Ford-a-park (4 ac); Leigh Moor Park (4 ac); Inner Furze Park (4 ac); Lower Church Park (3 ac); Lower Round Park (3 ac); Wash Moor (3 ac); Little Marsh (3 ac); Hilly Marsh (3 ac)
Commonest field names: Orchard (30); Garden (25); Lower Meadow (12); Three Corners (10); Plantation (10); Meadow (8); Barn Park (8); Great Meadow (8); Bowdens Ground (8); Plot (7)
Places on our site on or beside this land
| Place | Type | 1840 owner | Farmed by | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Church of St Peter, Meavy | antiquity | (none recorded: common or waste) | same field | |
| Meavy Barton | antiquity | Sir Thomas Trayton Fuller Elliott Drake Baronet | Nathaniel Gill | same field |
| Meavy Church of England Primary School | organisation | Sir Ralph Lopes Baronet | Richard Hellyer | same field |
| South West Lakes Trust | organisation | James Hook | John Bidlake | 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.
