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Eccleshill Land Names in the 17th century
« on: Saturday 26 January 19 05:30 GMT (UK) »
   I am currently doing my best to transcribe pages I purchased from National Archives on a Land litigation between William Hutton of Eccleshill with Edward Ackroyd in 1685.   I can work out all the land names in the dispute for there was what looks like the same dispute a year earlier and the details of that have been transcribed and published on the net from the Cause Case Court.
CP.H.3830
Reference:CP.H.3830
Repository:Borthwick Institute GB 193
Court:Consistory
Case: Tithe (wheat, barley, oats, hay)
Details:13 Pieces; No deposition; Has libel; Has sentence
Outcome:  defendants won
Date:17/7/1684 — 11/12/1684
Participant:Edward   Ackroyd [Aikeroyd;  Akeroyd; Aikroid]
Role:plaintiff
Details:male; yeoman
Location:Calverley (YorkshireWestRiding)
Place(s):Stone Stile (Stonesteele) : undefined
Calverley (Calverley) : ecclesiastical parish
Notes:farmer of tithes
Participant:William   Hutton [Hutton]
Role:defendant
Details:male
Location:Bradford, St Peter (YorkshireWestRiding)
Place(s):Eccleshill  (Eccleshill, Ecklesall, Ecclesall) : undefined
Bradford, St Peter (Bradford) : ecclesiastical parish
Participant:Elizabeth   Fairbank [Fairbancke;  Fairebanck]
Role:defendant
Details:female
Location:Bradford, St Peter (YorkshireWestRiding)
Place(s):Eccleshill (Eccleshill) : undefined
Bradford, St Peter (Bradford) : ecclesiastical parish
Location:Near Middle Field (Neare Middlefeild, Greate Middlefeild, Neare Midlefeild) : fieldname
Location:Far Middle Field (Farre Middlefeild, Farr Middlefeild) : fieldname
Location:Over Fagley (Over Fagley) : fieldname
Location:Johnson's Fagley (Johnson's Fagley) : fieldname
Location:Fletcher's Fagley (Fletcher's Fagley) : fieldname
Location:Walkers Fagley (Walkers Fagley, Aikeroyds Fagley) : fieldname
Location:Calverley (YorkshireWestRiding)
Place(s):Calverley (Calverley) : ecclesiastical parish
Stone Stile (Stone Steele, Stonesteele) : undefined
Location:Milner Close (Milner Close) : fieldname
Location:Cole Pit Close (Cole Pitt Close) : fieldname
Location:Phagleys Close (Phagleys Close) : fieldname
Location:Wood Close (Wood Close) : fieldname
Location:Springwell Close (Springwell Close) : fieldname
Location:Nether Field (Netherfeild) : fieldname
Location:South Field Close (Southfeild Close) : fieldname
Location:Old Leylands Close (Old Leylands Close) : fieldname
Location:Rycroft Close (Rycroft Close) : fieldname
Location:Norman's Plot (Norman's Plott, Norman's Flatt) : fieldname
Location:Meane Close (Meane Close) : fieldname

      One great thing I've learned from all this is that the Church had sold off their rights to collect Tithes to Land owners and Hereditary Tenants who more or less owned the land in many cases.
      This as to be expected led to disputes over who should have the tithes.

      I can tell by a land memorial of 1829 that my Hutton ancestors were intestate but could claim the land because parents, grandparents etc. were there, and the Deeds show them being on the same land called Near Radfield, Middle Radfield and Far Radfield.

      The earliest date on the Deeds is 1712 just 32 years later than the 1685 court case and so I think it possible that Middlefeild (e before i ? ) later on became Radfield.

       Are there any old maps for that 17th century period in Eccleshill?    I think there could be judging by the short example of tithe records which the West Yorks Archive Office have on one of their pages.

        'Farmer of Tithes' -   How can you farm tithes?

 Malcolm
Hutton: Eccleshill,Queensbury
Grant: Babworth,Chinley
Draffan: Lesmahagow,Douglas,Coylton, Consett
Oliver: Tanfield, Sunderland, Consett
Proudlock: Northumberland
Turnbull:Northumberland, Durham
Robson:Sunderland, Northumberland
Dent: Dufton, Arkengarthdale, Hunstanworth
Currie: Coylton
Morris and Hurst: East Retford, Blyth, Worksop
Elliot: Castleton, Hunstanworth, Consett
Tassie, Greenshields

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Re: Eccleshill Land Names in the 17th century
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 26 January 19 13:55 GMT (UK) »
I may have misunderstood exactly what you're looking for - if so, apologies, but if not, is the following any help?

I'm not sure where you've been looking at WYAS, but I found a page about Eccleshill tithe maps at http://wytithemaps.org.uk/maps/eccleshill/ - it's from a later date, but the field and plot names may have stayed the same.

At the bottom of the page there's a spreadsheet which you can filter by surname, plot name etc, and get the plot reference numbers. However, for some reason I couldn't expand the map enough to see the numbers.

I did find a way round this, though. The Genealogist also has tithe maps, and the Eccleshill one can be greatly expanded until the plots are clear. However, there's a drawback here as well, since the transcriptions, and thus search terms, don't include the names of plots, such as Radfield. However, the site does have images of the original applotment books, which include the plot names as well as numbers.

By combining the information from both sites, I think you may be able to find what you need.

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Re: Eccleshill Land Names in the 17th century
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 26 January 19 18:45 GMT (UK) »
    Thank you for your help and interest Arthur.    I did look at that same page of the WY Archive service and same thing I couldn't enlarge the pages to a point where they were clear.   However I do have the plot numbers from a Tithe Map which was freely available on the net a few years ago, and I do have a table with all the plot numbers and names of owners and even names of the plots as they were circa 1836.   But there aren't any names of land plots, closes, pastures or crofts anything like the names in the litigation, which is a good reason that they changed.

    It was the WY Archive Service page which lent me to believe that they do have earlier maps and records since the bit at the right hand top of their home page is dated 1724.

     I would ask them but they have a problem with their payments.    About two weeks ago they were ready to go ahead with a land search and a check on the 1705 to 1708 land tax records.   I spent nearly half an hour on calls which they made to me one evening and all I could get when transferred to the automatic payment service was the end of the call, 'Thank you for using our payment service' or something like that.

    The kind lady who was trying to help said that they were having problems and the only thing would be to wait until they introduced a better way of accepting overseas payments.

      However from your advice, I think the way to go now is the Genealogist.

    Thank you again,    Malcolm
Hutton: Eccleshill,Queensbury
Grant: Babworth,Chinley
Draffan: Lesmahagow,Douglas,Coylton, Consett
Oliver: Tanfield, Sunderland, Consett
Proudlock: Northumberland
Turnbull:Northumberland, Durham
Robson:Sunderland, Northumberland
Dent: Dufton, Arkengarthdale, Hunstanworth
Currie: Coylton
Morris and Hurst: East Retford, Blyth, Worksop
Elliot: Castleton, Hunstanworth, Consett
Tassie, Greenshields

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Re: Eccleshill Land Names in the 17th century
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 26 January 19 19:25 GMT (UK) »
Before you spend money at The Genealogist, I've just had another look and their tithe records for Eccleshill are from 1848. So although there's a better map, it might still not be exactly what you want.


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Re: Eccleshill Land Names in the 17th century
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 26 January 19 19:53 GMT (UK) »
Thanks Arthur.    Looks like will have to wait until the West Yorks Archive service get their act together.
Hutton: Eccleshill,Queensbury
Grant: Babworth,Chinley
Draffan: Lesmahagow,Douglas,Coylton, Consett
Oliver: Tanfield, Sunderland, Consett
Proudlock: Northumberland
Turnbull:Northumberland, Durham
Robson:Sunderland, Northumberland
Dent: Dufton, Arkengarthdale, Hunstanworth
Currie: Coylton
Morris and Hurst: East Retford, Blyth, Worksop
Elliot: Castleton, Hunstanworth, Consett
Tassie, Greenshields

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Re: Eccleshill Land Names in the 17th century
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 27 February 22 03:51 GMT (UK) »
Hi Malcolm, I believe Elizabeth Fairbank is a relative of mine. Was she unrelated to your Edward Ackroyd?  Regards, Doug (in Australia)