The Yardley Tithe 1847
Tithes were originally paid to the church, but ownership of these rights
often passed to lay people over time. Payment in kind had been substituted by
money payment in many cases. The Tithe Commutation Act of 1836 was passed in
order to substitute rent charges for all land still subject to tithes.
This is one of the most important sources of information from the nineteenth
century. It consists of a map and accompanying schedule. The schedule lists
owners and tenants of land, field names and field sizes, and some other information
not provided here. At the same time that the Tithe Award was made, an Enclosure
Award was made too. The map from this is included here, as it gives many field
names for areas to be enclosed, and is clearer for some features.
The information has been structured as a website. Pages will open in new
windows, so that you can switch between them and the schedule using the taskbar.
If you are searching for a name, go to the tithe schedule page; searching the schedule is with the Edit/Find function in the browser.
This has
some limitations, but will work. If you decide to look at the map and then need
to search
for a field number, go to the Field numbers in order page from the map page. Unfortunately, the first 386
field numbers were duplicated when the 1847 Enclosure Award was done: the map
for this Award can be seen on the Enclosure Map page.
The page containing the Tithe Schedule has nearly three thousand entries set
out in a table, and may take some time to load.
Keep this page open if you wish to refer back to the above information.
This information has been structured and collated for Acocks Green History
Society.
Introduction
Tithe Map
Field numbers in order
Tithe Award Schedule
Enclosure Award Map
Principal landowners, occupiers and
tenant farmers
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