The Tithe Map gives a snap shot of the village as it was in 1843.
The Tithe was a system where a person gave 10% of their income or crops to the church or those lay people who had the rights to receive the former monastery tithes.
In the early years of Victoria’s reign the government undertook a vast land survey of England and Wales to cover the majority of these two countries between 1837 and the mid 1850s. The authorities used the information to create apportionment books which detailed the plots of land owned and occupied by all levels of society. These schedules were then linked to very detailed maps to identify where the plot was.
This page shows the Tithe Map itself, with all the numbered plots representing properties and land. Note that the map was created with EAST at the top (rather than the more familiar North) so bear that in mind when trying to locate properties!
Below you will find the full map of the parish, and a larger scale map of the village.
You can find a list of apportionments (ie who owned what - represented by the numbers on the Tithe Map) in the written archive section, by following this link.
Click on the map below to open it in a separate window - if you know which area you want to explore, use the version below it to click on and open the relevant section of the map in our Google Drive folder. Further down you will find a version with just the village represented
