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Principal Holders of Land in 1797

The following table lists the principal holders of land in 1797 after the Enclosure Award. The information is taken from Table 43 of A C Chibnall's book "Sherington: Fiefs and Fields of a Buckinghamshire Village".

Number on Enclosure Map
Owner
Tenant
Total Land (acres)
179 Rector - 18 12
89 Dryden Smith William Baker, George Griggs 119
188 Charles Chester William Field 183
162, 178** Mercers' Company Benjamin Griggs 128 34
138 Sir John Riddell William Pike 96 12
33** Sir John Riddell Thomas Harding
19 George Pitt Hurst James Nicholls 183
54 Rev Samuel Greatheed and Ann, his wife Robert King 215 34
15 Richard Shrieve
182 Rev Samuel Greatheed Thomas Davison 165 14
- Rev Samuel Greatheed (lifehold) Thomas Rogers 28
52, 46 Thomas Battans Thomas Harding 88 14
157 William Brooks - 142 14
177 John Clayton - 101 12
143, 139** Samuel Boddington - 88
16 Richard Higgins Thomas Baker 56 12
18 John and Richard Hale - 40 34
- William Praed - 52
201 Thomas Odell - 20 34
186 William Field - 10 34
- Six miscellaneous small allotments - 25 12
- Cottages - 20 14
- Stone pit - 2 34
- Roads - 21 34
- TOTAL - 1762 12

Note: ** = Farmhouse no longer in use

See also the Enclosure Map, which has a complete list of plots.

Other dates: 1312, 1400, 1460, 1580, 1650, 1700, 1750, 1797, 1862/1962


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