This is a reproduction of the Tithe Map 1839.
The Tithe Act 1836, sometimes called the Tithe Commutation Act replaced the ancient system of payment of tithes, (a tax which required one tenth of all agricultural produce (crops, eggs, cattle, timber, fishing, etc.) to be paid annually to the church in kind) with monetary payments. Following the Reformation tithes went to those landowners who had gained land associated with tithes. Industrialisation, religious dissent and agricultural depression made these payments unpopular. There was a Tithe War (a nonviolent campaign) in Ireland 1831-36. The enclosure of land had led to some tithes being abolished or paid in cash. Some ridge and furrow land, known as the ‘Old Inclosures’ of John Roberts, Dennis Putnam and John Chadd had been seized prior to the formal enclosure of the parish of Bradwell in 1769 (See Buckinghamshire County Records Office I.R.103). This was a period of reorganisation of the manorial farms including the reconstructionand enlargement of Manor Farm. The legislation required all tithes in kind to be converted to tithe rentcharge (monetary payments). The Tithe Survey was established to find out which areas were subject to tithes, who owned that land, how much was payable and to whom. For more information on the tithe survey, see Maps for Family and Local History by G Beech and R Mitchell and Tithe Surveys by J P Kain and H Prince. There is also information on tithes on the site of The National Archives.
This is a list of Bradwell’s landowners and occupiers. The person who was owed the most tithes appears to have been William James Bailey Esq, followed by William Hooton, George Watkins and George Brooke. Elizabeth Rowland and Widow Pike are also on the list.
William James Bailey Esq:
3 Orchard
4 The Leys
95 Homestead and Rickyard
96 Farmyard and Building
102 Farm Homestead
104 Brooks Farm Homestead
105 Brooks Home Close
114 Benty Field
115 Spinney Close
116 Lower Bancroft
119 Home Ground
Celia Bailey:
1 Mansion, Pleasure Grounds, Gardens and premises
William Ashby, Hannah Delafield,
Matthew Davies:
2 Cottages and Gardens
William Pain:
97 House and Garden
Hannah Delafield:
98 Blacksmiths shop
William Pettit:
101 Garden
103 House and Garden
William Hooton Esq:
Richard Rogers:
Sa Part of Butlers leys
6 Lower Greenway
7 Breast ploughed Field
4 7 Church Piece
52 Dovehouse Close
53 Farmhouse, Homestead and Moiety of Brook
William Parish:
81 Tenement and Garden
John Gandell:
83 The Moat
84 The Moat House and Garden
Rev. William Smyth:
John Clode:
106 Rickyard, Orchard and Gardens
113 Town Piece
George Watkins:
William Higgins:
101 Barn and Garden
110 Farmyard, Building and paddock
111 The Pightle
112 Bradwell and half of Brook
Mary Delafield:
108 House and Yard
John Cooley and Jonathan Abbott:
109 Tenements and Gardens
John Cox:
58 Cottage and Gardens
Thomas Drinkwater:
75 House, Garden and Paddock
76 Farm House Yard
92 Small Close
John and Thomas Leech:
94 Tenements and Gardens
Thomas Sear and Elizabeth Sansom:
99 Tenements and Gardens
Jesse Parsons:
Richard Langborn:
68 House and Gardens
William Walter:
61 The Pightle
George Margetts:
Samual Walters, John Herring, William Faulkner:
62 Tenements and Gardens
Thomas Baldwin:
63 Tenement and Yard
65 Garden
William Hooton Senr:
Thomas Walter:
64 Tenement, Hovel and Yard
Thomas Sear:
66 Garden
William Higgins:
George Sansom, Samual Lee:
67 Tenement and Garden
William Morris:
72 Baker’s Shop and House
Joseph Hobbs:
James Ley:
70 Tenement and Garden
George Osborn:
71 Meeting House
George Brooks:
John Daniel, Thomas Martin:
73 Tenement and Garden
William Cooley and Joseph Leech:
77 Tenement and Garden
Joseph Surridge:
78 Orchard
85 Orchard
Joseph Surridge, Joseph Hobbs,
Charlotte Tite, William Lee, Thomas
Tidman:
87 Tenements, Barn and Gardens
William Kingston:
79 Tenement and Garden
William James:
80 House, Carpenters Shop and Garden
Elizabeth Rowland:
John Knight, Mary Woodfield, John Rogers, Charles Green, Francis Saunders, George Hedge, William Cotes, Thomas Byfield:
82 Tenement and Garden
John James:
86 Public House
Thomas Fossy:
James Sear:
88 Tenement and Garden
The Parish Officers of Newton Longville and Bradwell:
Thomas Dringwater:
91 Widows Bit
Widow Pike:
Sarah James and William Walter:
59 Garden and Close
William and Thomas Walter and Thomas Anstee:
93 Tenement and Garden
Revd Walter Drake (Glebe):
John James:
54 Church Yard
55 Meason’s Leys
56 Church Furlong
74 Close
Revd Walter Drake:
69 Parsonage House and Garden Close
William James Bailey Esq.:
100 Blacksmiths Close
The Parish:
89 Parish pound
TITHE-FREE LANDS
William Hooton, Esq:
Richard Rogers:
5 Part of Butlers Leys
William James Bailey, Esq:
105a Piece in Brookes Home Close
Revd W. Smyth:
John Clode:
113a Piece in Town Piece
Notes
No 71 is the Meeting House where the former Methodist Church now stands
No 98 the Blacksmith is on the corner of Loughton Road and Common Lane (which was the road from Stony Stratford to what is now the city centre).
Behind it is Blacksmith Close (100)
No 72 (in what is now Providence Place) was the bakery
The area which became part of a nursery was an orchard (78, 85). There were also orchards at 3 (in the grounds of Bradwell House, then called a Mansion, Pleasure Grounds, Gardens and premises) and 106 (where the sports club is now located)
At least three members of the Walters family lived in Bradwell, William, Thomas and Samuel (68, 65, 91, 59)
No 89 The pound. This would have been a walled enclosure used to confine stray livestock.
No 53 Farmhouse, Homestead and Moiety [part of] of Brook. This is now St Lawrence View. The other part of Brook is mentioned in 112 Bradwell and half of Brook. Brooks Farm is on the corner of Abbey and Primrose (104). George Brooks was also responsible for the payment of a tithe (71) though not all of Brooks was liable for such a charge (105)
No 69 was the Parsonage, later the Vicarage.
No 56, the motte and bailey, was then called Church Furlong.
The dovecote, which was on the area now used as a sports field, is recalled in 52 Dovehouse Close.