Fields and farming
The fields and farms of Ilmer
According to Lipscomb, Ilmer manor had been enclosed into private fields by 1657. The enclosure process began much earlier (over a century before) when Walter Curson enclosed sixty acres he leased from Lady Mary Hungerford.
Farms
Tithe Map
By 1839, when the Tithe map was created, the field layout had stabilised into a pattern still visible in the landscape today, though some smaller fields have subsequently been consolidated.
In the tables below, A. R. P. are Acres, Roods and Perches. A rood is ¼ of an acre and there are 40 perches to a rood
MORETON, JOHN EDWd FREWEN
John Egleton, Tenant
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| No | Name | Description of Premises | A | R | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Middle Farm Homestead | 1 | 2 | 29 | |
| 5 | Robinsons | pasture | 19 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Old Brook | dº | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| 19 | Godding's Highway | dº | 1 | 0 | 38 |
| 32 | Godding's | dº | 9 | 1 | 8 |
| 36 | Little Littlemoor | Meadow | 2 | 3 | 24 |
| 37 | Great Littlemoor | dº | 25 | 1 | 19 |
| 38 | Sheep Ground | Arable | 27 | 2 | 16 |
| 39 | Far Ploughed piece | dº | 15 | 3 | 15 |
| 40 | Hither ploughed piece | dº | 16 | 3 | 28 |
| 41 | The Plots | pasture | 19 | 2 | 15 |
| 41a | Site of two Cottages & Gardens | 0 | 0 | 23 | |
| 42 | Upper fatting Ground | pasture | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 | Lower fatting Ground | dº | 6 | 0 | 18 |
| 56 | Ploughed fatting Ground | Arable | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 57 | Saintfoin Field | dº | 5 | 0 | 22 |
| 58 | The Lake | Meadow | 12 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Old Orchard | pasture | 4 | 0 | 24 |
| 2a | dº (late Wooster's) | dº | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| 2b | Paddock | dº | 0 | 1 | 37 |
| 2c | Old Garden | dº | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 2d | Old Lane | dº | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| 4 | Upper Burn Way | dº | 4 | 0 | 29 |
| 6 | Road way | dº | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| 7 | Lower Burnway | dº | 3 | 2 | 27 |
| 9 | Illmire Leys | dº | 17 | 3 | 19 |
| 10 | Wicket pit Mead | dº | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | Little Ground | dº | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 12 | Haden pen | dº | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| 13 | Great Ground | dº | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Gomme's Piece | dº | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | Little ploughed piece | Arable | 2 | 1 | 33 |
| 34 | Dick's Little Moor | pasture | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | Grace's Meadow | dº | 6 | 0 | 25 |
| Total | 276 | 2 | 11 |
Ann Wooster, Tenant
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| No | Name | Description of Premises | A | R | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | The Lower Farm Homestead & yard | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 31 | Cold Harbour | Arable | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | Sheep Ground | pasture | 11 | 3 | 35 |
| 44 | Hog piece | Arable | 8 | 1 | 25 |
| 45 | Home Close | pasture | 2 | 2 | 28 |
| 45a | Old Joes | dº | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| 45b | Monk's Close | dº | 2 | 0 | 34 |
| 46 | Site of 3 Tenements & Gardens | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 48 | Old Mary's Close | pasture | 0 | 3 | 28 |
| 49 | Lower Farm Homestead & Orchard | 0 | 3 | 34 | |
| 50 | Upper Plot | pasture | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 51 | Lower dº | dº | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 52 | Home Close | Arable | 6 | 1 | 30 |
| 53 | Middle Close | dº | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| 54 | Old Joe's Close | dº | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 59 | Great Meadow | Meadow | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 | Little Meadow | dº | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 61 | Green Illmire | pasture | 19 | 1 | 38 |
| 62 | dº Highway | dº | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| 63 | Frizze's piece | Arable | 9 | 1 | 17 |
| Total | 119 | 1 | 2 |
Hannah Gomme, Tenant
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| No | Name | Description of Premises | A | R | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Cold Harbour Farm Homestead | 0 | 2 | 17 | |
| 20 | Badger's Plat | pasture | 1 | 1 | 28 |
| 21 | Betty's Mead | dº | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| 22 | Little Meadow | dº | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| 23 | Far Meadow | dº | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 24 | Picked Mead | Meadow | 7 | 0 | 35 |
| 25 | Long Mead | dº | 8 | 1 | 24 |
| 26 | Far Ground | pasture | 6 | 3 | 21 |
| 27 | Home Ground | dº | 5 | 3 | 30 |
| 28 | The park | dº | 0 | 1 | 29 |
| 30 | Backside | dº | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Total | 40 | 2 | 20 | ||
| Total of M. J.E. Frewen's | 436 | 1 | 33 |
ADMIRAL HENRY RAPER
John Tapping, Tenant
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| No | Name | Description of Premises | A | R | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1&2 | Upper Farm Homestead & Orchard | 2 | 2 | 21 | |
| A7 | Frizze's piece | Arable | 3 | 2 | 39 |
| A5 | part of Home Field | dº | 11 | 1 | 8 |
| A6 | part of Lockington Field | dº | 10 | 2 | 32 |
| A3 | Farm Leys | pasture | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| A4 | Frizze's Close | dº | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| A8 | Acreage Way | dº | 2 | 1 | 36 |
| A10 | Great Ground | dº | 41 | 3 | 5 |
| A9 | The Grove | dº | 20 | 2 | 16 |
| A11 | The Lake | Meadow | 17 | 0 | 21 |
| A12 | Field's End | Arable | 39 | 2 | 19 |
| A13 | Upper New Close | dº | 20 | 0 | 12 |
| A14 | Lower New Close | dº | 22 | 2 | 20 |
| A17 | Mill Leys | pasture | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| A16 | Seven Acres | dº | 12 | 2 | 23 |
| A15 | Four Acres | dº | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| Total | 231 | 0 | 4 |
TRUSTEES OF CHURCH LAND, viz THE VICAR AND CHURCHWARDENS OF ILLMIRE
John Tapping, Tenant
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| No | Name | Description of Premises | A | R | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | Church Close | Arable | 1 | 3 | 34 |
THE REVD W.M EDWARDS PARTRIDGE
Vicarial Glebe
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| No | Name | Description of Premises | A | R | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Church Yard | pasture | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 64 | Orchard | dº | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 65 | Vicarage House, Garden &c. | 0 | 0 | 36 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Totals (except cottages, roads and waste)
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| A | R | P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ilmer Total | 670 | 1 | 34 |
Cottages, Roads & Waste
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| No | Name | A | R | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | Scites of Parish Cottages & Gardens | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| Public Roads & Waste | 3 | 2 | 33 | |
| Total | 3 | 3 | 29 |
Totals
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| A | R | P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ilmer Total, including Cottages, Gardens, Roads & Waste | 674 | 1 | 23 |