[2,538 a.]
Act 43 G.III c.75 (not printed).
Award 25 October 1805 (enrolled 21 October 1806). W.R.O. 67.
Commissioners:
Richard Richardson of Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Middlesex;
John Gale of Stert.
Surveyor:
Thomas Crass of Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Middlesex.
Lord of Manor of Norridge, Thomas Thynne, marquess of Bath.
Rector: Thomas Owen.
Area: [1,892 a.]
Norridge Hill,
Norridge Common,
Norridge Wood,
Bourne Ditch Field,
One Barrow Field,
Two Barrow Field,
Hay Furlong Field,
Upper East Field,
White Way Down,
Ramscomb,
Tenantry Down,
Ridgeway Down,
Broad Mead,
Goose Nest,
Court Field,
Woeberry Piece,
Forward Cow Down,
Backward Cow Down,
Cold Castle Field,
Thoulston Field,
Great and Little Moat Ground,
Rye Bottom,
Behind Town Field,
Garston.
Allotments 26.
Public:
1 stone pit 5 a.
Marquess of Bath 308 a. (including leases,
John Barter 69 a.;
Robert Turner 18 a.;
William Miller;
John Withey);
Heytesbury almshouse 91 a. (including leases,
Jane Somerville and Mary Seaman 90 a.;
Robert Butt);
trustees of Anthony Kington 136 a. (including an allotment for glebe of Norridge Parsonage);
Jane Somerville and Mary Seaman 452 a.;
William Temple 379 a.;
Thomas Hollway 94 a.;
John Pearce 183 a.;
James Bayly 59 a.;
Lady Hester Seymour 50 a.;
Louisa Barton 44 a.;
Andrew Pearce 16 a.;
rector of Upton Scudamore 20 a.;
Thomas Hickman;
Samuel Provis;
Edmund Miles;
Thomas Payne;
Robert Baker;
John Turner;
churchwardens of Upton Scudamore;
Charles Lewis Phipps;
John, Susannah, and Elizabeth Coope;
Nathaniel Barton;
John Moore;
John Coward;
John Eyres;
(the last five for estates in Corsley).
Tithes: Certain rearrangements effected.
Roads: 7 public roads, 3 public footpaths, 1 public bridle way, 10 private roads.
Maps:
Thomas Crass.
(1) West part of parish.
(2) East part.
Whole parish and village. Allottees and acreages shown.
Schedules:
(1) Lands allotted, exchanged, or awarded.
(2) Lands not allotted.
See also: Warminster and Corsley Inclosure Award.
Notes: Trustees of Anthony Kington claimed tithes (123 a.) and glebe (19 a.) belonging to the free chapel of Norridge. Marquess of Bath claimed great tithes on 67 a. belonging to the prebendary of Luxfield in Wells Cathedral and on 41 a. held under the dean and chapter of Salisbury. As these lands had been reallotted the commissioners attached the tithes to other allotments and declared certain lands to be tithe free.