The earliest known map of Stanton dated 1763
When Sir Mark Parsons inherited the Manor of Stanton on the Wolds at the death of his father, Sir William Parsons in 1760, he commissioned a survey of his estates in Stanton to be carried out by Charles Wilkinson, a Nottingham Surveyor. The resultant book of maps and lists of tenants, their holdings and the rents, dated 1763 has survived and may be consulted in the Nottingham Archives on Castle Meadow Road, Nottingham under document number DD 2182/1 (you will need to register for a readers ticket).
The field boundaries for the holding of each tenant were checked against and traced over a 20 inch to the mile copy of the first O S Map of 1891 in the hope that some of the field boundaries had remained the same. Most field boundaries had fortunately remained the same but where hedges and field boundaries had been erased, or altered, a line of 'best fit' was drawn enabling the production of one composite map. The outline map below shows the position of the lands held by the Parsons Estate, which occupied approximately two thirds of the parish. The parish boundaries are shown by the red dots.
The colour-coded map below attempts to show the position of the various fields within the Estate in 1763. Most of the fields shown are still in existence today. It gives the first detailed breakdown of land holdings in the village, and provides a valuable list of the names of the individual fields in the Parsons estate.
The following mini tables, A to N, give the tenants, their holdings, the rateable value per holding and the total monies due to the Parsons estate as surveyed in 1763 and have been transcribed from the original book of maps by kind permission of Mark Dorrington, Principal Archivist at the Nottinghamshire Archives.
A: Tenancy of George Bowskill
|
Description of tenancy |
Area |
Rate £/acre |
£ s d |
|
A1: Manor House, outhouses, orchard & homestead |
11a 0r 16p |
18s 0d |
9 18 0 |
|
A2: Plantation |
2a 0r 23p |
10s 0d |
1 0 0 |
|
A3: Shaw’s Yard |
1a 0r 8p |
20s 0d |
1 0 0 |
|
A4: Cow Close |
18a 3r 35p |
12s 0d |
11 0 0 |
|
A5: Cottage Pasture |
13a 1r 15p |
9s 0d |
5 17 0 |
|
A6: Pingle |
2a 1r 19p |
5s 0d |
0 10 0 |
|
A7: Searcy Close |
9a 1r 33p |
8s 0d |
3 12 0 |
|
A8: Whiney Hill |
21a 2r 37p |
5s 0d |
5 5 0 |
Total £38 2s 0d
B: Tenancy of Samuel Page
|
Description of tenancy |
Area |
Rate £/acre |
£ s d |
|
B1: Great Langton Field |
45a 1r 17p |
12s 0d |
27 0 0 |
|
B2: Corn Field |
17a 3r 5p |
9s 0d |
7 13 0 |
Total £34 13s 0d
C: Tenancy of David Sheffield
|
Description of tenancy |
Area |
Rate £/acre |
£ s d |
|
C1: House and Home Close |
21a 0r 16p |
16s 0d |
16 16 0 |
|
C2: Nether Home Close |
14a 1r 18p |
16s 0d |
11 4 0 |
|
C3: Great Land Plats |
22a 0r 2p |
12s 0d |
13 4 0 |
|
C4: Little Land Plats |
7a 2r 28p |
12s 0d |
4 4 0 |
|
C5: South Pool Close |
18a 1r 35p |
10s 0d |
9 0 0 |
|
C6: Brick Kiln Close |
7a 2r 27p |
6s 6d |
2 5 6 |
|
C7: First Close in Langton Field |
18a 1r 25p |
9s 0d |
8 2 0 |
|
C8: Second Close in Langton Field |
10a 3r 27p |
9s 0d |
4 10 0 |
|
C9: Third Close in Langton Field |
9a 2r 36p |
12s 0d |
5 8 0 |
|
C10: Langton Field |
14a 1r 18p |
9s 0d |
6 6 0 |
Total £80 19s 6d
D: Tenancy of Sarah Shepperson
|
Description of tenancy |
Area |
Rate £/acre |
£ s d |
|
D1: Town Close |
11a 2r 27p |
23s 0d |
13 4 0 |
Total £13 4s 0d
E: Tenancy of William Cook and the widow Shepperson
|
Description of tenancy |
Area |
Rate £/acre |
£ s d |
|
E1: Church Close |
11a 1r 39p |
22s 0d |
12 2 0 |
|
E2: Part of Church Close |
4a 2r 10p |
22s 0d |
4 19 0 |
Total £17 1s 0d
F: Tenancy of John Stubbs
|
Description of tenancy |
Area |
Rate £/acre |
£ s d |
|
F1: House and homestead |
5a 3r 38p |
7s 0d |
2 0 0 |
|
F2: Langton Field |
6a 1r 30p |
11s 0d |
3 6 0 |
|
F3: Langton Field |
5a 0r 21p |
11s 0d |
2 15 0 |
Total £8 1s 0d
G: Tenancy of William Cook
|
Description of tenancy |
Area |
Rate £/acre |
£ s d |
|
G1: Langton Field |
8a 3r 10p |
10s 0d |
4 5 0 |
|
G2: Langton Field |
11a 1r 4p |
10s 0d |
5 10 0 |
Total £9 15s 0d
H: Tenancy of Joseph Atkins
|
Description of tenancy |
Area |
Rate £/acre |
£ s d |
|
H1: House and homestead |
0a 3r 28p |
21s 0d |
1 0 0 |
|
H2: Green Close |
0a 2r 4p |
13s 0d |
0 6 6 |
|
H3: Cottage Pasture |
6a 1r 17p |
5s 0d |
1 10 0 |
|
H4: Three Corn Fields |
13a 0r 8p |
7s 0d |
4 11 0 |
Total £7 7s 6d
I: Tenancy of Peter Baker
|
Description of tenancy |
Area |
Rate £/acre |
£ s d |
|
I1: Cottage and homestead |
0a 0r 32p |
20s 0d |
0 5 0 |
Total £0 5s 0d
J: Tenancy of Richard Morley
|
Description of tenancy |
Area |
Rate £/acre |
£ s d |
|
J1: House and homestead |
0a 2r 28p |
20s 0d |
0 10 0 |
|
J2: Green Close |
1a 0r 33p |
14s 0d |
0 14 0 |
|
J3: Cottage Pasture |
9a 0r 34p |
5s 0d |
2 5 0 |
Total £3 9s 0d
K: Tenancy of Thomas Hallam
|
Description of tenancy |
Area |
Rate £/acre |
£ s d |
|
K1: House and yard |
0a 1r 0p |
20s 0d |
0 5 0 |
|
K2: Cottage Pasture |
13a 2r 27p |
5s 0d |
3 5 0 |
Total £3 10s 0d
L: Tenancy of John Hemsley
|
Description of tenancy |
Area |
Rate £/acre |
£ s d |
|
L1: Land Plats |
11a 0r 28p |
14s 0d |
7 14 0 |
Total £7 14s 0d
M: Tenancy of Thomas Barnet
|
Description of tenancy |
Area |
Rate £/acre |
£ s d |
|
M1: Land Plats |
5a 1r 9p |
13s 0d |
3 5 0 |
|
M2: Land Plats |
8a 0r 0p |
13s 6d |
4 4 0 |
Total £7 9s 0d
N: Tenancy of William White and William Howard
|
Description of tenancy |
Area |
Rate £/acre |
£ s d |
|
N1: Land Plats |
11a 0r 5p |
9s 0d |
4 19 0 |
Total £4 19s 0d
Grand annual rental total £236 0s 0d