1720 Tithe Mapping – Church Lawford

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A Tithe map for the village, along with details of farmers and villagers for around 1720 has been kept in the records of Lord John Scott and published or referenced in various locations. A copy of the Lord John Scott maps are held in the Warwick Records Centre – the originals are in the Montagu Family Archive.

Church Lawford 1720

Householders in the village centre are listed on a more detailed historic map included below. As this can be difficult to read it has been annotated with a numbering scheme in blue, and then a table created to show the corresponding householders. Please note that these numbers are distinct from any tithe numbers.

HouseholderLocationStatusNote
Henry Pratt1Farmer44 acres
Widow Rowney2Smallholder21 acres
Robert Walmsley4Smallholder24 acres
Thomas Dolben5 & 11Rector5 acres
Daniel Dalton Jr6Smallholder11 acres
Thomas Tirol7Cottager
John Tirol8Cottager
Thomas Bushell9Cottager
Timothy Carter10Farmer32 acres
John Dalton Jr12Cottager
Ben Collis13Smallholder6 acres
Francis Garfield14Smallholder22 acres
Widow Green14aCottager
Thomas Sedgely15Cottager
Widow Bailey16Cottager
John Tarry17Cottager
Joseph Webb18Cottager
William Powers18aSmallholder16 acres
Daniel Dalton Sr19Smallholder9 acres
William Cotton21Smallholder13 acres
Richard Benn22Farmer30 acres
John Garfield23Smallholder18 acres
Thomas Enoch24Farmer133 acres
Widow Elkington25Farmer100 acres
John Bond25aCottager
John Asterling26Cottager
John Butlin27Farmer111 acres
John Rowney28Farmer178 acres
Widow Moe29Farmer99 acres
Mary Benn30Cottager
John Dalton Sr31Cottager

The map below has the triangle area at the top left, with the Village Green in the centre and Church at the bottom. The village centre ends on the right at what is the modern day Smithy Lane area. Perhaps one of the most striking similarities to the modern-day village is the presence of the four strips of tree-lined land between Church Road and the main Rugby Road.

In addition to the village-based farmers listed above, those based outside the village centre are detailed in the table below, with links to the related page illustrating their tithes and land farmed.

Richard Cattel28 acres
William Croft99 acres
Clement George433 acres
John Licorish37 acres
Joseph Licorish35 acres

Tithe mappings for those farmers highlighted in the central village map towards the top of this page can be found by clicking on the acreage link in the related table.

For a full chart of the tithe allocations see here.