Widecombe in the Moor
Tithe apportionment, c.1840. Part of the parish index.
Who owned the land
| Owner | Acres | Share of named land |
|---|---|---|
| Margaret Baring | 1,317 | 22% |
| Lord Cranston | 643 | 11% |
| Elizabeth Lyde | 531 | 9% |
| Lady Elizabeth Carew | 478 | 8% |
| Thomas Hayward | 297 | 5% |
| John Hannaford | 229 | 4% |
| Henry Caunter | 189 | 3% |
| William Norrish | 171 | 3% |
| John Langdon | 158 | 3% |
| Samuel White | 122 | 2% |
A further 4,690 acres (44%) have no owner recorded: commons and waste.
Who farmed it
| Occupier | Acres |
|---|---|
| William Smerdon | 531 |
| Robert Nosworthy | 297 |
| Robert Hannaford | 292 |
| Nicholas Easterbrook | 291 |
| Thomas Hext | 289 |
| William French | 245 |
| Thomas Willcocks | 184 |
| Richard French | 180 |
| John Hern | 140 |
| John Easterbrook | 133 |
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 | 5,515 acres | |
| Arable | 3,145 acres | |
| Pasture | 1,453 acres | |
| Meadow | 419 acres | |
| Pasture & Underwood | 17 acres | |
| Orchard | 15 acres | |
| Meadow &C. | 13 acres | |
| Fir | 9 acres |
The biggest named holdings
Great Cator (531 ac); Grennon Estate (297 ac); Liswill (291 ac); Lower Town & Spitchweek (271 ac); Broadover (187 ac); Chittleford (158 ac); Bunhill (157 ac); Blackdown Estate (140 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): Ball Moor (25 ac); North Moor (24 ac); Break & Lower Moor (16 ac); Coombe Moor (15 ac); Great Chapel Park (8 ac); Torr Moor (7 ac); Furze Brake (7 ac); Higher Marsh (7 ac); Higher Cross Park (6 ac); Northall Moor (6 ac); Stone Moor (6 ac); Higher Pitts Moor (5 ac); Homer Ley Park (5 ac); Chapel Park (4 ac); Great Cross Park (4 ac); Well Lawns (4 ac); Part Of North Moor (4 ac); Middle Church Walls (4 ac); Warren (4 ac); Cleave Moor (4 ac); Knapfield Moor (4 ac); Mill Gate (4 ac); Great Corndown Ford (3 ac); Lower Ley Park (3 ac)
Commonest field names: Garden (144); House & Garden (28); Great Meadow (26); Little Meadow (20); Plantation (20); House And Waste (19); Orchard (18); Waste (18); Long Close (17); Moor (16)
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.
