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The following table lists the principal holders of land in 1862 and 1962. The information is taken from Table 45 of AC Chibnall’s book “Sherington: Fiefs and Fields of a Buckinghamshire Village”. The 1962 information was supplied to AC Chibnall by Mr AG Hickson.
| Number on Enclosure Map | 1862 | 1962 | |||
| Owner | Tenant | Acreage | Owner | Name of farm or tenant | |
| 179 | Rector | – | 18 1⁄2 | Rev H Sparling | Bancroft Manor (so called) |
| 19 | Alfred Umney | Job Nicholls | 137 | R Lane | Home farm |
| 46 | Alfred Umney | Samuel Bennett | 72 | Dudley Gardner | Water Lane Farm |
| 52 | Alfred Umney | William Makeham | 93 1⁄2 | M G Hicks | The Lodge (no farm land) |
| 54 | Alfred Umney | ||||
| 89 | Alfred Umney | John Bass | 76 3⁄4 | P Perrottet J Cook |
Manor House Manor farm |
| 182 | W B Tyringham | – | 130 | J T Burgess | Griggs or FitzJohn Manor farm |
| 15 | W B Tyringham | Job Smeeton | 149 | A Rosenplatt | Church End farm, M Cook |
| 16 | W B Tyringham | – | 56 | ||
| 188 | Rev Anthony Chester | William Field | 183 | Chester estate | Church farm, F J Field |
| 82 | Rev Anthony Chester | William Field, Farside farm | 95 | J Cook | Farside farm (disused) |
| 157 | Thomas Borton | – | 33 | Dr R C L Griffiths | The Old House (no farm land) |
| 138 | Thomas Borton | – | 96 | J Robinson | Yew Tree Farm |
| 143 | Thomas Borton | – | 87 | ||
| 177 | – | – | 101 | J T Burgess | No farm land |
| 18 | Thomas Hale | – | 41 | George Fleet | Village Farm |
| 162 | Mercers’ Company | George Jefferson | 129 | Lord Hesketh | J Cook |