Ugborough
Tithe apportionment, c.1840. Part of the parish index.
Who owned the land
| Owner | Acres | Share of named land |
|---|---|---|
| Lady Elizabeth Carew | 333 | 13% |
| Reverend William Cooper Johnston | 306 | 12% |
| Trustees of Late Robert Grant (church, Crown or trust) | 159 | 6% |
| Furnace | 136 | 5% |
| Thomas Wakeham | 121 | 5% |
| Servington Savery | 106 | 4% |
| Agnes Luscombe | 95 | 4% |
| James King | 92 | 4% |
| Richard Winter | 70 | 3% |
| Elizabeth Ley | 68 | 3% |
Who farmed it
| Occupier | Acres |
|---|---|
| William Luscombe | 161 |
| Samuel Willing | 159 |
| John Crocker | 154 |
| Thomas Luscombe | 145 |
| Robert Smerdon | 136 |
| Richard Hosking | 108 |
| Thomas Newman | 101 |
| Robert Lavers | 89 |
| Thomas Sherwill Senior | 65 |
| John Lang | 63 |
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
| Not Stated | 1,981 acres | |
| Arable | 277 acres | |
| Pasture | 204 acres | |
| Wood And Furze | 22 acres | |
| Furze | 21 acres | |
| Wood | 15 acres | |
| Common And Waste | 7 acres | |
| Orchard | 4 acres |
The biggest named holdings
Cheston (232 ac); Marridge (161 ac); Coarshill (145 ac); Torpeek (137 ac); West Peak (136 ac); Monksmoor (121 ac); Stone (92 ac); East Peak (89 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): Coarshill Cross 'tween the Way (13 ac); Rincle Furze (7 ac); Great Furze Park (6 ac); Inner Church Gates (6 ac); Peek Mill Field (5 ac); Lower Furze Down (5 ac); Moor Gate Field (3 ac); Bridge Park (3 ac); Minnow Marsh (3 ac); Moor Field (3 ac); Lower Church Gates (3 ac); Higher Quarry Park (3 ac); Church Gates (3 ac); Lower Quarry Park (3 ac); Toby Cross Hill (3 ac); Moor Plot (2 ac); Tor Plantation (2 ac); Toby Cross Down (2 ac); Lower Marsh (2 ac); Outer Cross Field (2 ac); Tor Copse (2 ac); Homer Peek Mill Field (2 ac); Venn Bridge (2 ac); Davy's Cross Field (2 ac)
Commonest field names: Garden (55); Orchard (47); Meadow (18); Plot (14); Cot and Garden (14); Long Field (12); Cross Park (11); Great Meadow (9); Copse (9); Lower Meadow (9)
Places on our site on or beside this land
| Place | Type | 1840 owner | Farmed by | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brackenhill Glamping | business | Elizabeth Hodder | Servington Hodder | same field |
| How Now Dairy | business | Lady Carew | John Trist | same field |
| The Donkey Sanctuary | heritage | John Lyne Templer | Richard Phillips | next to it |
| Turtley Corn Mill | business | Agnes Luscombe | John Heath | 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.
