1720 Tithe Mapping – King’s Newnham

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

Various annotations have been added in blue to the map above to help locate the residents of the area at that time. A more detailed view of Newnham Village is at the bottom of this page. The following chart lists those named on the tithe records, with an idea of the area they were farming and a code link to the above map – with those residing in the Newnham Village area also shown on the detailed map at the bottom of the page.

NameResidenceLand LocationLand AreaCode
Henry Armston Newnham Mill12 acresARM
William Bradford Newnham Grounds Area54 acresBRA
Richard CattelNewnham Village Area (see code)Smallholding40 acresRC
William CheckleyCottage in grounds of Manor FarmTithes 9, 10 and 13 alongside Avon16 AcresCHE
William CroftFennis FieldTithes 25-30, 33, 34, 42-44233 acresCRO
Widow Fairfax Area on Fosse near Abbey Hall Farm25 acresFAI
William Gibbards Newnham Grounds Area57 acresGIB
Richard GreenAssumed to be in Newnham Village   
George Johnston Abbey Hall Farm Area31 acresJON
William Lester Area on Cathiron Road32 acresLES
Joseph Licorish Newnham Grounds Area32 acresLIC
Thomas Newcombe Central area called Newcomb’s Grounds105 acresNEW
Thomas Slamaker Area between Brinklow and Hall Oaks74 acresSLA
Edward SmithNewnham HallTithes 89, 92,93, 95-105, 113-121248 acresES
William SuttonNewnham Village Area (see code)Tithes 20,23,24, 31,32, 54, 62,63,6669 acresWS
John VeerNewnham Village Area (see code)Tithes 1-8, 19,21198 acresJV
George WorthNewnham Village Area (see code)Tithes 35-41, 107-9124 acresGW
Newnham Tithe Chart 1720

Also listed as having small interests in this area at that time were Clement George and Ben Collis who appeared to have larger holdings in Church Lawford. There is also a William Croft based in the Church Lawford area, with 99 acres roughly in the modern Rookery Hall area, but whether this is the same person as in King’s Newnham isn’t too clear given the distances involved. The Croft / Crofts family had many interests in the local area over several centuries.

The zoomed in version of the map, shown below, helps to locate the residents of Newnham Village in 1720.

Newnham Centre Map Annotated

For a full list of the tithe allocations for both villages see here.