This is one of a number of reviews of the 1849 Tithe Registers, which look at the village layout and tenancies at that time, contrasting with the next main checkpoint of the 1918 Auction. The majority of these reviews are based on the tithe-holder name, looking at the various plots that make up their tithe commitment. This one however, looks at the centre of Church Lawford village, with a focus on the cottagers as well as the farmers and smallholders that live centrally.
The map is oriented at right angles to normal. The triangle is on the right, with Smithy Lane on the left.
It goes around the village in a clockwise direction, starting on the west side of School Street (which is at the bottom of the map), then going down one side of Smithy Lane and back up the other, back up School Street to the Green, then down Green Lane and back up, then down the north side side of Church Road, and back up the south, before completing the loop in School Street,
It thus starts with Walter Cooke at the triangle, then George Cotton near the old school area, down to James Benn in Village Farm etc. Some blocks such as 899 do not have a person allocated to them.
The tithe numbers shown match those Tithe entries on the map with dwellings (shown as black blocks).
| Walter Cooke (896) | George Cotton (898) | James Benn (900) | John Billingham (902) | Robert Edmonds (965) |
| Sarah Dalton (932) | William Bird (933) | Thomas Bushell (930) | William Ingram (929) | Joseph Mann (908) |
| John Alder (910) | Thomas Mowe (911) | Robert Clarke (912) | William Adams (913) | John Hirons (914) |
| Henry Phillips (915) | Mary Hirons (916) | William Samuel (920) | Thomas Burnham (921) | Thomas Woodfield (923) |
| Francis Barrett (924) | John Hands Townsend (882) | Sarah Benn (889) | Joseph Bench (890) | John Jones (891) |
| John Banbury (892) | Joseph Grant (894) |
In addition to the above, the tithe record for Henry Phillips, who is shown as living at location 915 on the above map, should also be considered to help locate the Village Pub. Although this information was compiled for 1849 tithe payments, it references him against the “Red Lion” in his first tithe (915), but the more likely location for the pub is his second tithe at location 909. Other evidence suggests that by this stage the local pub was now called the White Lion – and run by the Billingham Family – see here for details. The older maps shown on the Old Maps page help to confirm the location of the Village Inn as far back as the 18th Century – details here.
A similar review mapping people to location in the village centre has been done for the 1720 village map, as discussed here.