The Return of Owners of Land arose from the question put in the House of Lords on 19th February 1872, by the Earl of Derby to the Lord Privy Seal, of “Whether it was the intention of Her Majesty’s Government to take any steps for ascertaining the number of proprietors of land and houses in the United Kingdom, with the quantity of land owned by each proprietor?“.
So, the Local Government Boards were ordered to compile a list of owners of land from ratings records. The Return shows the holding, in acres, roods and poles, and estimated yearly rental, of all land holdings over 1 acre in size.
It is organised by county and landowner and an address for each landowner also is given, but the address may not correspond to the location of the land and could be outside the county in question. The location of the land owned is not given. These returns are also sometimes referred to as the Modern Domesday.
[Information from Cefnpennar.com]
These are the entries for the local area.
| Name of Owner |
Address of Owner |
Extent of Lands (Acres, Roods & Perches)
|
Gross Est. Rental (£.s)
|
| Bedfordshire |
|
|
|
| Executors of J. W. Adkins |
Aspley |
57 1 38
|
£105.5
|
| Duke of Bedford |
Woburn Abbey |
33,589 3 13
|
£47,421.5
|
| Thomas Bennett |
Woburn Abbey |
2 0 0
|
£3.12
|
| Mrs Mary Brinkler |
Aspley Guise |
10 3 10
|
£24.15
|
| Alfred Britten |
Aspley |
10 3 6
|
£33.10
|
| Trustees of Charity |
Wavendon |
99 2 3
|
£115.0
|
| Mary Circuitt |
Woburn |
1 3 26
|
£61.2
|
| William H. Denison |
Woburn Sands |
25 0 16
|
£29 10
|
| Somers Douglas |
Aspley |
149 0 28
|
£210 4
|
| Edward Ernest Dymond |
Aspley |
16 0 14
|
£86 0
|
| Joseph George Fisher |
Woburn Sands |
2 3 0
|
£11 0
|
| Messrs Fowler |
Woburn |
3 3 14
|
£125 5
|
| Henry Fowler |
Woburn |
2 0 9
|
£130 5
|
| James Fowler |
Woburn, Beds |
1 0 22
|
£15 10
|
| Dees. of Thomas Fowler |
H. Fowler, Woburn |
1 3 21
|
£51 10
|
| Rev. S. Hervey Gem |
Aspley |
91 1 27
|
£203 10
|
| John Giles, senr |
Woburn Sands |
4 0 23
|
£14 0
|
| George Goodhall |
Aspley Guise |
26 1 39
|
£37 10
|
| John Goodhall |
Aspley |
8 2 1
|
£62 7
|
| John Thomas Green |
Woburn |
21 1 12
|
£168 1
|
| Charles Grimshawe |
Aspley Guise |
14 3 28
|
£100 4
|
| William Handscomb |
Aspley |
10 1 33
|
£77 5
|
| William Hanley |
Woburn Sands |
2 3 20
|
£12 0
|
| Samuel Henman |
Woburn Snads |
2 0 25
|
£7 10
|
| Samuel Higgins |
Aspley |
8 2 2
|
£39 5
|
| Edmund Hobbs |
Aspley |
22 0 29
|
£55 10
|
| George Hobbs |
Aspley |
6 0 0
|
£26 10
|
| Lucy Howe |
Aspley Guise |
168 2 29
|
£328 15
|
| Thomas Hudson |
Woburn Sands |
1 1 30
|
£29 11
|
| George Ireland |
Woburn Sands |
4 0 0
|
£7 0
|
| Benjamin Jackson |
Aspley |
7 2 8
|
£37 12
|
| Mrs Jackson & Francis Moore |
Aspley |
51 1 38
|
£235 5
|
| Richard Key |
Woburn Sands |
4 2 10
|
£66 15
|
| Mrs H. Letchworth |
Aspley |
2 0 0
|
£55 0
|
| Thomas Letchwoth |
Aspley |
7 2 0
|
£15 0
|
| Executors of Rev. G. W. Mahon |
Aspley |
26 3 29
|
£97 10
|
| James Thomas Maling |
Aspley |
1 2 0
|
£2 1
|
| Willian Owens Mell |
Aspley |
2 3 0
|
£37 10
|
| Trustees of Charles Nicholls |
Woburn |
1 0 33
|
£34 0
|
| Executors of Ann Obborn |
Aspley Guise |
11 0 0
|
£25 0
|
| James Pain |
Woburn Sands |
14 0 30
|
£76 0
|
| Carlisle S. Parker |
Aspley |
4 1 27
|
£43 5
|
| Thomas Pickering |
Aspley |
17 1 1
|
£34 12
|
| John Robinson |
Aspley |
2 0 0
|
£2 12
|
| Mrs. Skinner |
Woburn, Beds |
149 1 38
|
£218 0
|
| Alfred Smith |
Woburn Sands |
76 0 11
|
£122 10
|
| Abraham P. Turney |
Aspley |
7 2 0
|
£54 5
|
| Henry Veasey |
Aspley Guise |
9 0 38
|
£157 18
|
| Thomas B. Webster |
Aspley |
1 2 0
|
£41 8
|
| George White |
Aspley Heath, Woburn |
1 0 32
|
£27 0
|
| Edward Woods |
Aspley Guise |
7 0 16
|
£35 5
|
|
|
|
|
| County Population in 1871: |
146,257 |
|
|
| Inhabited Houses: |
30506 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Buckinghamshire |
|
|
|
| William Adkins |
Wavendon |
4.2.2
|
£12.12
|
| James Anderson |
Wavendon |
183.0.38
|
£337.18
|
| Duke of Bedford |
Woburn |
3036.2.17
|
£2,710.18
|
| Thomas Brandon |
Wavendon |
2.0.10
|
£30.0
|
| Rev. H. Burney |
Wavendon |
83.2.0
|
£216.5
|
| Charity |
Wavendon |
1.0.27
|
£2.6
|
| David Cook |
Wavendon |
81.0.0
|
£120.15
|
| Henry G. Denison |
Wavendon |
132.3.35
|
£226.0
|
| William H. Denison |
Wavendon |
44.0.25
|
£194.15
|
| John Emery |
Wavendon |
9.3.30
|
£10.0
|
| Rev. H. M. Erskin |
Woburn Sands |
1.0.15
|
£1.17
|
| Jonothan Giles |
Wavendon |
6.1.29
|
£11.9
|
| George Handscomb |
Aspley |
3.0.4
|
£6.1
|
| Thomas Higgins |
Woburn Sands |
5.0.0
|
£50.0
|
| William Higgins |
Woburn Sands |
72.3.8
|
£129.12
|
| Surveyors of Highways |
Wavendon |
3.0.7
|
£5.6
|
| Henry Arthur Hoare |
Wavendon Hall |
1317.0.27
|
£2,362.8
|
| Ann Hobbs |
Wavendon |
1.2.27
|
£9.1
|
| John King |
Wavendon |
9.1.11
|
£32.5
|
| Thomas King |
Wavendon |
7.3.30
|
£52.16
|
| William O. Mell |
Wavendon |
6.1.32
|
£10.17
|
| Sam Milliner |
Woburn Sands |
1.3.20
|
£38.0
|
| John Scotchings |
Wavendon |
6.2.12
|
£25.0
|
| Alfred Smith |
Woburn Sands |
4.3.18
|
£51.17
|
| Feoffees of Town Land |
Wavendon |
10.0.32
|
£15.16
|
|
|
|
|
| County Population in 1871: |
175,879 |
|
|
| Inhabited Houses: |
37,257 |
|
|
|
Page last updated Dec. 2018.
