Okehampton
Tithe apportionment, c.1840. Part of the parish index.
Who owned the land
| Owner | Acres | Share of named land |
|---|---|---|
| Albany Bourchier Savile | 3,643 | 39% |
| Reverend John Luxmoore | 3,107 | 33% |
| John Gubbins Newton | 682 | 7% |
| Simon Shobbrook | 357 | 4% |
| Mayor & Burgesses | 256 | 3% |
| Robert Brook | 199 | 2% |
| John Wills | 153 | 2% |
| John North Woollcombe | 145 | 2% |
| Arthur Bastard Easterbrook Holdsworth | 112 | 1% |
| John Davy | 110 | 1% |
Who farmed it
| Occupier | Acres |
|---|---|
| Richard Rich | 1,102 |
| Jonathan Pellow | 491 |
| George Gould | 457 |
| Charles Ball | 430 |
| Samuel Palmer | 388 |
| Edward Knapman | 348 |
| John Banbury | 342 |
| Joanna Palmer | 284 |
| John Newcombe (Hill Farm) | 273 |
| Richard Newcombe | 259 |
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
| Pasture | 5,780 acres | |
| Arable | 2,157 acres | |
| Not Stated | 721 acres | |
| Wood & Coppice | 197 acres | |
| Plantation | 99 acres | |
| Wood | 81 acres | |
| Furze | 67 acres | |
| Hook Wood | 31 acres |
Names on the old map
Single-use names worth a look (names with a landscape or history word that occur once): Cross Breach (33 ac); Pound Field (18 ac); House, Quarry Lime Kilns and (16 ac); Black Moor (15 ac); Little Furze Close (11 ac); Great Church Park (10 ac); Castle Wood & Coppice (9 ac); Higher Moor Park (9 ac); Glendon Moor (9 ac); Homer Moor Park (8 ac); Brown Mill (including his part of half yearly Common Land) (7 ac); Great Furze Plat (7 ac); Little Furze Plat (6 ac); Riddon Marsh (6 ac); Higher Moor Mead (6 ac); Higher Marsh Mead (6 ac); The Marsh (5 ac); Paltridges Moor (5 ac); Outer Ley (5 ac); Moor Plat (5 ac); Clapper Moor (5 ac); Ford Mead Marsh (5 ac); Well Field (5 ac); Western Ley (5 ac)
Commonest field names: Garden (148); House (134); Plantation (73); House and Garden (62); Orchard (43); House and (38); Wood (22); House, Offices & Yard (22); House and Yard (19); Down (15)
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.
