Ilmer Past

Fields

The fields 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.

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
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
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
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
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
No Name Description of Premises A R P
67 Church Close Arable 1 3 34

THE REVD W.M EDWARDS PARTRIDGE

Vicarial Glebe
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)

A R P
Ilmer Total 670 1 34

Cottages, Roads & Waste

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

A R P
Ilmer Total, including Cottages, Gardens, Roads & Waste 674 1 23