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The following table lists the principal holders of land in 1797 after the Enclosure Award. The information is taken from Table 43 of A C Chibnall’s book “Sherington: Fiefs and Fields of a Buckinghamshire Village”.
Number on Enclosure Map | Owner | Tenant | Total Land (acres) |
179 | Rector | – | 18 1⁄2 |
89 | Dryden Smith | William Baker, George Griggs | 119 |
188 | Charles Chester | William Field | 183 |
162, 178** | Mercers’ Company | Benjamin Griggs | 128 3⁄4 |
138 | Sir John Riddell | William Pike | 96 1⁄2 |
33** | Sir John Riddell | Thomas Harding | |
19 | George Pitt Hurst | James Nicholls | 183 |
54 | Rev Samuel Greatheed and Ann, his wife | Robert King | 215 3⁄4 |
15 | Richard Shrieve | ||
182 | Rev Samuel Greatheed | Thomas Davison | 165 1⁄4 |
– | Rev Samuel Greatheed (lifehold) | Thomas Rogers | 28 |
52, 46 | Thomas Battans | Thomas Harding | 88 1⁄4 |
157 | William Brooks | – | 142 1⁄4 |
177 | John Clayton | – | 101 1⁄2 |
143, 139** | Samuel Boddington | – | 88 |
16 | Richard Higgins | Thomas Baker | 56 1⁄2 |
18 | John and Richard Hale | – | 40 3⁄4 |
– | William Praed | – | 52 |
201 | Thomas Odell | – | 20 3⁄4 |
186 | William Field | – | 10 3⁄4 |
– | Six miscellaneous small allotments | – | 25 1⁄2 |
– | Cottages | – | 20 1⁄4 |
– | Stone pit | – | 2 3⁄4 |
– | Roads | – | 21 3⁄4 |
– | TOTAL | – | 1762 1⁄2 |
Note: ** = Farmhouse no longer in use