Shaugh Prior
Tithe apportionment, c.1840. Part of the parish index.
Who owned the land
| Owner | Acres | Share of named land |
|---|---|---|
| Lord Morley | 4,400 | 51% |
| Sir Ralph Lopes | 2,710 | 31% |
| George Strode | 589 | 7% |
| George Woolcombe | 489 | 6% |
| John Mattacott | 244 | 3% |
| Reverend Samuel Pearse | 102 | 1% |
| Richard Archer Julian | 84 | 1% |
| Samuel Cole | 41 | 0% |
| Parishioners of Shaugh (church, Crown or trust) | 8 | 0% |
A further 41 acres (0%) have no owner recorded: commons and waste.
Who farmed it
| Occupier | Acres |
|---|---|
| Richard Gray | 3,496 |
| Henry Lavers | 489 |
| Nicholas Ware | 320 |
| Emanuel Maddock | 240 |
| John Damerell | 212 |
| George Selleck | 145 |
| John Maddock | 143 |
| James Mumford | 129 |
| Thomas Lillicrap | 118 |
| William Andrews | 117 |
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 | 5,820 acres | |
| Arable | 1,610 acres | |
| Coppice | 490 acres | |
| Meadow | 175 acres | |
| Furze | 167 acres | |
| Common | 138 acres | |
| Not Stated | 105 acres | |
| Orchard | 88 acres |
The biggest named holdings
Trolsworthy Warren (489 ac); Brixton (212 ac); Fernhill and Long lands (169 ac); Whittaborough (145 ac); Wotter (112 ac); Great Pethell (94 ac); Truelove (92 ac); Dunstone (83 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): Lee Moor (3,402 ac); The Warren (480 ac); Hentor Warren (200 ac); Willings Walls Warren (120 ac); Great furze groves (6 ac); Inner Mill pool (5 ac); Inner Cross Park (4 ac); Outer Mill pool (4 ac); Pound house (3 ac); Lower Bridge park (3 ac); Home field (Mill Lane ground) (3 ac); Outer Furze park (3 ac); Little furze groves (3 ac); Higher Long land moor (3 ac); Middle Furze park (3 ac); Outer bridge park (3 ac); Lower marsh (3 ac); Yonder field (Mill Lane ground) (2 ac); Homer bridge park (2 ac); Squares wood lower marsh (2 ac); Higher Bridge park (2 ac); Bickleigh Bridge coppice (2 ac); Homer Furze park (2 ac); Higher Tor park (2 ac)
Commonest field names: Garden (36); Buildings and court (30); Orchard (30); Meadow (21); Barn park (17); Private Road (15); Little meadow (12); Brake (11); Mowhay (10); Lower orchard (10)
Places on our site on or beside this land
| Place | Type | 1840 owner | Farmed by | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browney Cross socket stone (Shaugh Prior) | antiquity | George Strode Esquire | Tomas Tozer | next to it |
| Church of St Edward | antiquity | (none recorded: common or waste) | same field | |
| Dartmoor Domes | business | Richard Archer Julian Esquire | William Andrews | same field |
| Shaugh Prior village cross | antiquity | Ralph Lopes Sir, Bart. Joseph Warne, Lessee | James Gray | same field |
| The Moorland Hotel | business | Samuel Pearse Reverend (Queen Ann's Bounty) | John Luscombe | same field |
| White Thorns | business | Ralph Lopes Sir, Bart. | Philip Luscombe | 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.
