Walkhampton

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

Newtake near Merrivale Bridge (321 ac); Gnatham (231 ac); Stenlake (152 ac); Parktown (135 ac); Peekhill (124 ac); Eggworthy (110 ac); Longash (105 ac); Huckentor (90 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): Lowery Moor (33 ac); Pitts Marsh (16 ac); Inner Tor Land (11 ac); Great Church Park (9 ac); Lower Black Tor Brake (7 ac); Furze Park (including Coppice - 1 acre, 1 rood and 8 perches in area) (7 ac); Homer Tor Land (7 ac); Lower Well Park (7 ac); Higher Church Park (7 ac); Furze (6 ac); Higher Black Tor Brake (6 ac); Furze South Park (5 ac); Pound Field (5 ac); Lower Church Park (5 ac); Moor Gate Field (5 ac); White Well (5 ac); Little Quarry Park (5 ac); Lower Marsh (5 ac); Furze Field (5 ac); Little Church Park (4 ac); Tor Ground (4 ac); Middle Moor (4 ac); Higher Cross Lane Leat Park (4 ac); Higher Well Park (4 ac)

Commonest field names: Garden (35); Orchard (34); Houses and Court (21); Meadow (17); Little Meadow (17); Great Meadow (17); Gardens (17); Long Park (14); Barn Park (13); Middle Park (12)

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.