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%iItsIJir2 Berurbs éurietp (formerly the Records Branch of the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society) VOLUME XXV FOR THE YEAR 1969 Impression of 400 copies ABSTRACTS OF WILTSHIRE INCLOSURE AWARDS AND AGREEMENTS EDITED BY R. E. SANDELL DEVIZES 1971 © Wiltshire Record Society (formerly Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, Records Branch), 1971 SBN: 901333 02 6 Set in Times New Roman 10/ll pt. PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY THE GLEVUM PRESS LTD., GLOUCESTER CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE . xi ABBREVIATIONS xii INTRODUCTION . Historical and Legislative Background The Documents . Inclosure by Parliamentary Award in Wiltshire Commissioners, Surveyors, and Mapmakers Arrangement of the Abstracts . 0'0—-..lUI-b'-* ABSTRACTS o1= WILTSHIRE INCLOSURE AWARDS AND AGREEMENTS 1. Aldbourne . 11 2. Alderbury . 12 3. Alderbury (Pitton and Farley) I3 4. Allington .. .. .. 13 5. Alvediston . 14 6. Ashton Keynes (Leigh) 14 7. Ashton Keynes . 15 8. Steeple Ashton . 16 9. Avebury . 13 l0. Barford St. Martin .. .. l9 ll. Great Bedwyn (Crofton Fields) 20 12. Great Bedwyn .. .. .. 20 13. Great Bedwyn (Marten) . 22 14. Little Bedwyn . 22 15. Berwick St. James 23 l6. Berwick St. John . 23 17. Berwick St. Leonard . 24 18. Biddestone . 25 19. Bishopstone (North Wilts.) 25 20. Bishopstone (South Wilts.) 26 21. Bishopstrow .. .. 27 22. Boscombe . 28 23. Boyton . 28 V CONTENTS PAGE Bradford on Avon (Trowle Common). 28 Bradford on Avon (Holt) . 29 Bradford on Avon (Bradford Leigh Common, Forwards Common) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 29 North Bradley and Southwick . 29 Bremhill . 31 Brinkworth 31 Britford . 32 Bromham.. .. .. .. .. .. 32 Burbage, Collingbourne Kingston, and Poulton 33 Calne . 34 All Cannings . 36 Bishop's Cannings (Coate) . 37 Bishop’s Cannings, Chittoe, and Marden . 37 Bishop's Cannings (Bourton, Easton, Horton, Nursteed, and Wick) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 39 Bower Chalke (1792) . 40 Bower Chalke (1860) 4l Broad Chalke . 41 Broad Chalke and Chilmark . 42 Charlton St. Peter . 43 Cherhill . 44 Great and Little Cheverell 45 Cricklade . .. 46 ChHun1FoHat .. .. .. .. .. .. 47 Chippenham (Tytherton Lucas and Langley Burrell) 47 Chippenham and Langley Burrell . 47 Chirton .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 48 Chirton (Conock) 48 Chiseldon (Badbury) . 49 Chiseldon .. .. 49 Chittcrne .. 50 Christian Malford 51 Chute . 51 Codford St. Mary .. .. 52 Codford St. Peter . 52 Codford St. Peter (Ashton Giffard) 53 Colerne . 53 vi CONTENTS PAGE Collingbourne Ducis . 54 Collingbourne Kingston (Aughton) .. 55 Collingbourne Kingston (Collingbourne Vallance) . 55 Compton Bassett . 56 Coombe Bissett . 56 Corsham .. .. .. .. .. 57 Cranborne Chase . 57 Cricklade (Great and Little Chelworth) . 58 Cricklade (Great and Little Chelworth and Braydon Forest) 59 Crudwell .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 60 West Dean .. 60 Kingston Deverill 61 Longbridge Deverill . 61 Dinton and Teffont Magna . 63 Donhead St. Mary . 63 Downton (Charlton) . 64 Downton . 64 Downton (Wick) . 66 Durnford (North End and Hungerford Durnford) . 66 Durnford (South End and Salterton and Newtown) 67 Durrington .. .. .. .. .. .. 68 Ebbesborne Wake .. .. .. 69 Edington.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 70 Enford (Compton) . 70 Enford (Coombe, Fifield, Longstreet, and East Chisenbury) 70 Enford (Littlecot) . 71 Enford (East Chisenbury) . 71 Erlestoke . 72 Fifield Bavant . 72 Figheldean . 73 Fisherton Anger . 73 Fisherton Delamere . 74 Fisherton Delamere (Bapton) . 74 Fittleton . 75 Fittleton (Haxton) . 75 Fovant . 75 Froxfield and Milton Lilborne . 76 Fugglestone St. Peter . 77 West Grimstead . 78 Ham . 78 VII CONTENTS PAGE Hankerton 79 Hannington 79 West Harnham . 80 Heddington . 81 Heytesbury . 81 Highworth (Broad Blunsdon) 83 Highworth (Eastrop, Westrop, and Hampton) 83 Broad Hinton and Clyffe Pypard . 84 Homington . 85 Idmiston . 85 Idmiston (Porton) 86 Keevil . 86 Kilmington 87 West Kington . 87 Knook . 88 East Knoyle (1799) 89 East Knoyle (1867) 89 Landford (1860) .. .. 90 Landford (1861) . 90 Steeple Langford (Hanging Langford). 90 Steeple Langford . 91 Langley Burrell . 91 Latton and Eisey 92 Laverstock . 92 Market Lavington . 93 Market Lavington (Easterton) .. 94 West Lavington . 94 Lea and Cleverton 95 Liddington . 96 Littleton Drew . 96 Ludgershall . 97 Maddington . 97 Maddington (Homanton Fields) 97 Malmesbury . 98 Manningford Bruce 98 Marston Meysey .. 99 Melksham and Seend . 99 Mere . 100 Mildenhall 101 VIII CONTENTS PAGE Milton Lilborne . I02 Minety .. .. .. .. I02 Netheravon . I03 Netheravon (Chisenbury de la Folly) I04 Netherhampton . I04 Nettleton . 105 North Newnton . I05 Norton Bavant . 106 Oaksey . 106 Odstock . 106 Ogbourne St. Andrew . I07 Ogbourne St. George . .. .. .. .. 107 West Overton (West Overton, Overton Heath, and Clatford Park) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 108 West Overton (East and West Overton and Fyfield) . 108 Patney .. .. .. .. .. .. 109 Pewsey (1777) . ll 0 Pewsey (1826) . ll Potterne . -I Purton (Momes Leaze) .. .. .. .. .. .. - I Purton (Great Purton, Purton Keynes, and Purton Pouchers) :- Purton .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Ramsbury . Road or Rode . Rodbourne Cheney . Rushall . Seagry and Christian Malford . Shalbourne and Oxenwood . Sherrington . Sherston Magna . Sherston Parva . j|il1lj|1l'|1l|1n|1l|1lip1g|1lp1g|1. l|ll|l|l1|1||||1l|| ©@"'--IO\o@L/'lL/'lLA’LlJ'\)l\JI¢ll—l Shrewton . 11 9 Great Somerford . 120 Little Somerford .. 120 Stanton St. Quintin 121 Stapleford . 122 Stockton . 122 Stratford sub Castle and Milford . 123 Stratton St. Margaret .. .. 124 Sutton Mandeville .. .. 125 ix CONTENTS PAGE 178. Sutton Veny 125 179. Swallowcliffe 126 180. Tidcombe .. 127 181. Tilshead .. .. .. 127 182. Tisbury . 128 183. Trowbridge and Hilperton . 128 184. Upavon .. .. .. 130 185. Upton Lovel . 130 186. Upton Scudamore . 131 187. Urchfont and Beechingstoke . 132 188. Wanborough . 133 189. Warminster and Corsley . 134 190. Westbury and Bratton and Dilton . 136 191. Whiteparish .. .. .. .. .. 138 192. Wilcot .. .. .. .. .. .. 139 193. Wilsford (North Wilts.) (Manningford Bohun) . 139 194. Wilsford (North Wilts.) . 139 195. Wilton, Burcombe, Fugglestone, and Netherhampton 140 196. Wingfield .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 141 197. Winterbourne Dauntsey 142 198. Winterbourne Earls . 142 199. Winterbourne Gunner . 143 200. Winterbourne Monkton. 143 201. Winterbourne Stoke 144 202. Great Wishford .. 14-4 203. Wootton Bassett .. 145 204. Wootton Rivers . 145 205. Wroughton . 146 206. Wroughton (Elcombe and Uffcott) . 147 207. Wylye . .. .. 148 APPENDIX I: Wiltshire Inclosure Awards in the Wiltshire Record Office .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 149 APPENDIX II: List of Principal Allottees, with Acreages allotted . 152 INDEX . 153 LIST OF MEMBERS . 211 PUBLICATIONS OF THE SOCIETY . 217 MAP OF WILTsHIRE INCLOSURE AwARDs berween pages 4 and 5 X PREFACE The idea of publishing abstracts of Wiltshire inclosure awards evolved in 1967 when Mr. Sandell was using the awards to compile information for the County Council in connexion with the registration of commons. The awards contain a great amount of varied material for the history and topography of Wiltshire, and it is thought that their publication in digested form will be useful for many sorts of historical inquiry. Most of the awards are in the custody of the Wiltshire County Council, to which the Society expresses its gratitude for help in the preparation of this volume—apart from its generous support of the Society year by year-—and for permission to publish the documents. In the same way the Society thanks the owners of other Wiltshire documents not in the Wiltshire Record Oflice, namely the late Earl of Pembroke, Mr. Ambrose Hussey-Freke, the Gloucestershire County Council, the Somerset County Council, and the Mayor and Corporation of the City of New Sarum. Mr. Sandell has asked me on his behalf to express his indebtedness and gratitude, to which are added those of the Society, to the County Archivist (Mr. M. G. Rathbone) and his staff for their help in providing access to the awards, to Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Willoughby for making the index, and to Mr. D. J. Bonney for computing the acreages of parishes for which figures were not otherwise available. The Society is indebted to Mr. Sandell not only for his labour in editing the volume but also for his generosity in meeting the cost of producing the map. November 1970 CHRISTOPHER ELRINGTON xi ABBREVIATIONS D.N.B. Dictionary of National Biography O.E.D. Oxford English Dictionary V.C.H. Victoria County History W.A.M. Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine W.R.O. Wiltshire Record Office X11 INTRODUCTION Inclosure is the process by which land that has formerly been owned and exploited collectively is divided into separate parcels, each owner exchanging his share of the common rights over the wider area for exclusive rights in part of it. It is not clear how far, in England, arable land was ever tilled, sown, or harvested in common. What was characteristic of a large part of England was the grazing in common, first, of land that for part of the year was owned, cultivated, and harvested (either of an arable crop or of hay) by individual owners and occupiers in severalty, and, secondly, of land that was essentially pasture land. The first sort of land is characteristically known as open and common fields and common meadow, the second as commons and wastes, more specifically and variously described as, for example, greens, pastures, leasows, marshes, moors, and downs. The commoners’ rights were not necessarily confined to grazing, and often included the right to collect fuel. It is perhaps necessary to emphasize that rights of common, of the sort referred