Maps - 1840 Tithe Map of Belchalwell

Most Parishes were mapped and a Tithe Award and Map produced for each. A Tithe was the money paid to the Church (Rectors wages) by each person in the Parish for their Parish. It is a record of ownership and tenants of the land and tithes to be paid by each, and so rationalised an 'ad hock' method of 'payment in kind' or cash to wholly cash payments. We have taken Belchalwell's Tithe Map and coloured it to show the different land use of the time and listed the owners and Tenants associated with each numbered plot of land. The actual amount of Tithe to be paid by each was worked out on 1/10th of the profit from each plot of land. It's interesting to see how Belchalwell Street was entirely surrounded by orchards, but these have now all but disappeared, though they are still shown on the 1890 Ordanance Survey map. If you look hard enough in the village, there are the odd few aging fruit trees in hedgerows and corners which could have been around at that time, or are possibly their offspring. Recently, a new private orchard has been planted in Belchalwell Street, a small replacement of those sacrificed to agriculture in the World Wars. It is also noticeable how the land use has 'switched', with the arable mainly on the hill top and grazing in the vale now, whilst the exact reverse was true then. The current road which joins Lower Belchalwell to Belchalwell Street was not the major route through the village at the time of the Tithe Map. Dark Lane linked Belchalwell to Okeford Fizpaine. This can be seen clearly on the map, and ran from just south of the Church running south-east and is for at least part of its length still visible on the ground. A public footpath closely follows it's line, and the associated Netherway, another 'lost lane'.

No.	Owner	Occupier	Name	Description	Name Now	Area (Acres, Roods and Perches)
1	Reverend John BASTARD (Glebe)	Reverend Richard TYRWHILL	Church and Yard		St Aldhelm Church	- 1r 8p
2	Robert JEANS (Tithe; 1841 census) Stephen JEANS (Tithe; 1841 census) William JEANS (Tithe; 1841 census; 1851 census; Burial))	Stephen JEANS	Cottages and Garden		Saints Hill Cottage	0a 0r 13p
3	BARTHOLEMEW	John WARREN	Wises	Pasture		4a - -
4	Benjamin ROSE	HIMSELF	Orchard			- - 26p
5	Elizabeth PITMAN	HERSELF	Great and Little Burables	Pasture		5a 2r 22p
6	BARTHOLEMEW	John WARREN	Wises	Arable		8a - 1p
7	Elizabeth PITMAN	HERSELF	Great Overshut	Meadow		4a 1r 20p
8	Elizabeth PITMAN	HERSELF	Little Overshut	Meadow		2a 2r 3p
9	Mary WILLIAMS	John PHILLIPS	Corn Riles	Meadow
10	BARTHOLEMEW	John WARREN	Riles	Arable
11	Maria STRANGE	HERSELF	Riles	Arable
12	Elizabeth PITMAN	Henry POPE	Great Riles	Meadow
13	BARTHOLEMEW	John WARREN	Rushy Close	Pasture
14	Lord RIVERS	Thomas WITERIDGE	Rodford	Pasture
15	BARTHOLEMEW	John WARREN	Goswell	Pasture
16	Mary WILLIAMS	John PHILLIPS	Dodford	Pasture
17	Mary WILLIAMS	John PHILLIPS	Hill Foot	Pasture
18	Elizabeth PITMAN	HERSELF	Sewells	Meadow
19	Elizabeth PITMAN	HERSELF	Sewells Coppice	Coppice
20	James STRANGE	Edward PHILLIPS	Lower Hill Close	Arable
21	James STRANGE	Edward PHILLIPS	Higher Hill Close	Arable
22	Elizabeth PITMAN	HERSELF	Hill Close	Arable
23	Nathaniel TEMPLEMAN	Maria STRANGE	Great East	Pasture
24	Nathaniel TEMPLEMAN	Maria STRANGE	Corn East	Arable
25	Nathaniel TEMPLEMAN	Maria STRANGE	Six Acres	Arable
26	Nathaniel TEMPLEMAN	Maria STRANGE (Tithe Map; 1841 census)	Farm House, Garden and Orchard		Earls Farm
27	Nathaniel TEMPLEMAN	Maria STRANGE	Bottom Close	Arable
28	Lord RIVERS	Thomas WITERIDGE (Tithe; 1841 census; 1851 census; Burial)	House, Garden and Orchard		Lost
29	Mary WILLIAMS	John PHILLIPS	House, Garden and Orchard		Lost
30	Elizabeth PITMAN (Tithe; 1841 census; Burial)	HERSELF	House, Garden and Orchard
31	Lord RIVERS	Thomas WITERIDGE	Copse Hay Close	Arable
32	THE RENT CHARGE IN LIEU OF THE TITHES OF THESE LANDS IS INCLUDED IN THE SUM CHARGED TO THE DIFFERENT ESTATES AND IS STOCKED IN COMMON BY THE SEVERAL OCCUPIERS THEREOF		Belchalwell Hill	Pasture
33	Lord RIVERS	Robert VATER and another	Tunsay	Arable
34	John PHILLIPS	Henry PADDOCK	Coombe	Arable
35	Maria STRANGE	HERSELF	Farm House, Orchard and Garden	Garden	Brooks Cottage
36	Nathaniel TEMPLEMAN	Maria STRANGE	Bullings	Pasture
37	James STRANGE	Edward PHILLIPS	Combe	Arable
38	James STRANGE	Edward PHILLIPS	Butts	Meadow
39	BARTHOLEMEW	John WARREN	Freaks Mead	Meadow
40	BARTHOLEMEW	John WARREN	Barn, Stables, Barton and Orchard
41	Henry PADDOCK (Tithe Map; 1841 census)	HIMSELF	House and Garden		Lost
42	William PITMAN	William MONK (Tithe Map; 1841 census; Burial; Memorial)	House, Garden and Orchard		Brook Farm
43	Elizabeth PITMAN	HERSELF	Orchard
44	Elizabeth PITMAN	HERSELF	Farm House, Garden and Orchard		Old Brooks Farmhouse
45	BARTHOLEMEW	John WARREN (Tithe; 1841 census;)	Farm House Premises, Garden and Orchard		Lost
46	BARTHOLEMEW	John WARREN	Turnwell	Meadow
47	Lord RIVERS	Thomas WITERIDGE	Turnwell	Meadow
48	Mary WILLIAMS	John PHILLIPS	Green Riles	Meadow
49	Nathaniel TEMPLEMAN	Maria STRANGE	Little and Great Riles	Pasture
50	Benjamin ROSE	HIMSELF	Riles	Arable
51	Elizabeth PITMAN	HERSELF	Higher Smalways	Pasture
52	Elizabeth PITMAN	HERSELF	Hither Smalways	Pasture
53	BARTHOLEMEW	John WARREN	Snailways	Meadow
54	Nathaniel TEMPLEMAN	Maria STRANGE	Netherway	Meadow
55	Benjamin ROSE	HIMSELF	Netherway	Meadow
56	Elizabeth PITMAN	HERSELF	Wood Serrell	Meadow
57	BARTHOLEMEW	John WARREN	Netherway	Meadow
58	Elizabeth PITMAN	HERSELF	Netherway	Meadow
59	Lord RIVERS	Thomas WITERIDGE	Netherway	Meadow
60	Reverend John BASTARD	Henry PADDOCK	Netherway	Meadow
61	Nathaniel TEMPLEMAN	Maria STRANGE	Cross Close	Meadow
62	Job MORPHUS (Tithe; 1841 census)	HIMSELF	Cottage and Garden		Morphus Cottage (lost)
63	Joseph ROBINS	HIMSELF	Garden
64	BARTHOLEMEW	John WARREN	Bell Wood	Pasture
65	Nathaniel TEMPLEMAN	Maria STRANGE	Bell Close	Meadow
66	Benjamin ROSE	HIMSELF	Home Ground	Meadow
67	Benjamin ROSE (Tithe; 1841 census; 1851 census; 1861 census; 1871 census; Memorial)	HIMSELF	House, Garden and Orchard		Church Cottage
68	Reverend John BASTARD (Glebe)	Reverend Richard TYRWHILL	Parsonage House, Garden and Close	Meadow	The Rectory
69	OVERSEERS of the PARISH	Robert VATER and others (Tithe Map; 1841 census; 1851 census; 1861 census; Burial)	Cottage and Garden		Primrose Cottage
70	Reverend John BASTARD	Robert VATER	Garden		Primrose Cottage
71	OVERSEERS of the PARISH	Robert VATER and others	Cottage and Garden		Raven Cottage
72	Lord RIVERS	Joseph ROBINS (1841 census (16))	Cottage and Garden		Raven Cottage
73	BARTHOLEMEW	John WARREN	Git Hay	Meadow
74	BARTHOLEMEW	John WARREN	Bears	Pasture
75A	Eliza ROBINS (Tithe Map; 1841 census)	HERSELF	House and Garden		Lowbrook Farm Cottage
75B	Mary WILLIAMS	John PHILLIPS	Chit Croft	Meadow
76	BARTHOLEMEW	John WARREN	Lake Mead	Meadow
77	Nathaniel TEMPLEMAN	Maria STRANGE	Lake Mead	Meadow
78	BARTHOLEMEW	John WARREN	Wilsoms	Meadow
79	William PITMAN	William MONK	Moor Mead	Meadow
80	Maria PITMAN	William MONK	Late Croft	Pasture
81	William PITMAN	William MONK	Late Croft	Meadow
82	William PITMAN	William MONK	Cross Close	Meadow
83	John HARDING	Thomas ALDRIDGE	Garden
84	John HARDING	Thomas ALDRIDGE (1841 census (42); Married+)	House and Garden
85	Fanny ROBINS (Tithe Map; 1841 census)	HERSELF	House and Garden		The Cross House
86	James ROSS (Tithe Map; 1841 census ; 1851 census; 1861 census; 1871 census; Burial)	HIMSELF	House and Garden
87	Joseph MORPHUS	HIMSELF	House and Garden
88	OVERSEERS of the PARISH	Robert VATER and others	Pound
89	Maria PITMAN	William MONK	Pound Close and Nashwell	Meadow
90	Maria PITMAN	William MONK	Nashwell	Meadow
91	Nathaniel TEMPLEMAN	Maria STRANGE	Nashwell	Meadow
92	Elizabeth PITMAN	HERSELF	Nashwell	Meadow
93	BARTHOLEMEW	John WARREN	Pit Close	Arable
94	BARTHOLEMEW	John WARREN	Four and Six Acres	Arable
95	Elizabeth PITMAN	HERSELF	Higher Mead	Meadow
96	Elizabeth PITMAN	HERSELF	Little and Great Batten Acres	Meadow
97	Elizabeth PITMAN	HERSELF	Half Crown Ground	Meadow
98	Benjamin ROSE	HIMSELF	Stibles	Meadow
99	BARTHOLEMEW	John WARREN	Bull Allies	Meadow
100	BARTHOLEMEW	John WARREN	Shoulder of Mutton	Meadow
101	William PITMAN	William MONK	Pile	Meadow
102	Nathaniel TEMPLEMAN	Maria STRANGE	Higher and Lower Stibles	Meadow
103	William PITMAN	William MONK	Stibles	Meadow
104	Philip GODWIN	George BAKER	Stibles	Meadow