The table below gives details about who owned and occupied the house. The sources for information vary; the records pre 1800 are mainly manor court rolls. Every time a property changed hands, even between family members, the transaction had to be recorded at the manorial court. The names of those who surrendered and those who were admitted and the entry fines they paid were written in the rolls of parchment by the clerk. An entry fine was paid to the lord of the manor and the new owner was given a written copy of the transaction, hence the term copyhold.
All records were in abbreviated medieval latin until 1752 except for a short period during the commonwealth between 1650 and 1660.Freehold property is rarely mentioned but can sometimes be found in the manor rentals. It is difficult to trace the history of a house as addresses are never given and therefore the only way is to use the owners name or very occasionally the name of the house.
Post 1800 there are many more sources of information although actual addresses are not used until mid 20th century. One method of identifying a house in the records is by the description of the land that went with it or the annual rent paid to the lord of the manor which often didn’t change over a hundred years.
The table is arranged over five columns. The first gives the year of the record and the second is the source document sometimes with a reference number. The next two columns record the transfer of ownership and the occupier of the property. Click on the names to link to the people database. Sometimes there is no link to the database so go to the people page on the top navigation bar and simply type in the name you are searching for. The search function returns all documents where the name searched for appears in that document. Click on a name match to view the document in which that name appears. When viewing a record that contains other names, it is possible to perform a new search on that name by clicking on the name link.
The last column shows information about the property and any comments.
| date | source | owner/buyer | occupier | comment |
| 1521 | Manor of Ramerick Court bool/ St Johns College Cambridge | John Colman | Arnoldes. | |
| 1524 | Manor of Ramerick Court bool/ St Johns College Cambridge | John Colman transferred ownership to John Humfrey | Arnoldes. 69 acres a pightle called Dovehouse and 1 called Godgrene | |
| 1528 | Manor of Ramerick Court bool/ St Johns College Cambridge | John Humfrey | Messuage. house is ruined and in decay and must be repaired before lady Day | |
| 1535 | Manor of Ramerick Court bool/ St Johns College Cambridge | John Humfrey transferred ownership to John Humfrey | Arnoldes. 69 ac a pightle called Dovehouse and 1 called Godgrene father died leaves to son but he is a minor so Thomas Humphrey is his guardian | |
| 1547 | Manor of Ramerick Court bool/ St Johns College Cambridge | Thomas Ansell transferred ownership to John Humfrey | Arnoldes. 69 ac a pightle called Dovehouse and 1 called Godgrene | |
| 1550 | Manor of Ramerick Court bool/ St Johns College Cambridge | Thomas Ansell | Arnoldes. 69 ac a pightle called Dovehouse and 1 called Godgrene conditional surrender? | |
| 1618 | Manor of Ramerick Court bool/ St Johns College Cambridge | John Humfrey transferred ownership to George Turner | Messuage. half acre close of pasture, 7 roods arable in strips meadow called a pole in Lott Meadow, 2ac, 1ac abutting North End Close, 1 rood in Northmead Hurste, half ac by Hurst End Hedge,1 rood abutting Sladehead | |
| 1647 | Manor of Ramerick Court bool/ St Johns College Cambridge | George Turner transferred ownership to Agnes Turner | Messuage. George is a tailor. to Agnes for life contains 1 ac, ground of John Robertson west, house of Tom Hamond on east | |
| 1650 | Manor of Ramerick Court bool/ St Johns College Cambridge | Agnes Turner transferred ownership to Matthew Driver | Messuage. Matthew is Agnes son | |
| 1660 | Manor of Ramerick Court bool/ St Johns College Cambridge | Matthew Driver transferred ownership to David Driver | Messuage. David is Matthews son, he gets it at 21 | |
| 1680 | Manor of Ramerick Court bool/ St Johns College Cambridge | Hannah Driver transferred ownership to Michael Hamond | Widow Hanscombe | Messuage. Hannah widow of Hitchin |
| 1696 | Manor of Ramerick Court bool/ St Johns College Cambridge | Thomas Hamond | Robert Hamond | Messuage. |
| 1707 | Manor of Ramerick Court bool/ St Johns College Cambridge | Thomas Hamond transferred ownership to John Hamond | William Kaines | Messuage. a close of pasture and half acre. |
| 1712 | Manor of Ramerick Court bool/ St Johns College Cambridge | John Hamond transferred ownership to Ann Bradwin | William Kaines | Messuage. Ann is a widow a close of pasture and half acre. Wm Kaines dies 1713 |
| 1712 | Manor of Ramerick Court bool/ St Johns College Cambridge | Ann Bradwin transferred ownership to Thomas Hinds | Messuage. Thomas is a labourer a close of pasture and half acre. | |
| 1724 | Manor of Ramerick Court bool/ St Johns College Cambridge | Thomas Hinds transferred ownership to Thomas Kaines | Messuage. a close of pasture and half acre. | |
| 1732 | Manor of Ramerick Court bool/ St Johns College Cambridge | Thomas Kaines | Cottage and garden surrendered to use of will | |
| 1740 | Manor of Ramerick Court bool/ St Johns College Cambridge | Thomas Kaines transferred ownership to Alice Kaines | Messuage. a close of pasture and half acre. | |
| 1776 | Manor of Ramerick Court bool/ St Johns College Cambridge | Alice Kaines transferred ownership to Ann Purton | Messuage. divided into 3 Alice widow has 2 daughters Ann Purton widow, Alice wife of John Hodson, house should be divided between the 2 | |
| 1780 | Manor of Ramerick Court bool/ St Johns College Cambridge | Ann Purton transferred ownership to Thomas Purton | Messuage divided into 2. Ann Purton of Hadley Middx widow, left to her only son a sawyer of Kingsland rd Middx | |
| 1797 | Manor of Ramerick Court bool/ St Johns College Cambridge | Thomas Purton transferred ownership to John Throssell | Sarah Throssell | Messuage divided into 1 divided into 3 cottages occupied by Croxford, Sarah Throssoll, Wm Burnage, after by Croxford, Bottoms, Perrin. Mess, 1 rood of land, ley ground in Northmead clayfield abutting Slavemead rent 2half pence. Cost £28 |
| 1811 | pre enclosure plan/Hofton | John Throssell | Edward Throssell | Between 1 and 3 Burge end |
| 1813 | Manor of Ramerick Court bool/ St Johns College Cambridge | John Throssell transferred ownership to John Throssell | William Burnage | Messuage divided into 3 cottages occupied by Croxford, Sarah Throssoll, Wm Burnage, after by Croxford, Bottoms, and Perrin. John is a nephew |
| 1818 | Manor of Ramerick Court bool/ St Johns College Cambridge | John Throssell | Cottage and garden orchard2r 30 p | |
| 1824 | Manor of Ramerick Court bool/ St Johns College Cambridge | John Throssell transferred ownership to Samuel Allen | Messuage divided into 1 divided into 3 cottages occupied by Croxford, Sarah Throssoll, Wm Burnage, after by Croxford, Bottoms, Perrin. Allen of West Mill,£180 | |
| 1841 | Census 1841 | James Croxford | Burge End. James Croxford – Agricultural labourer age 48 | |
| 1841 | Manor of Ramerick Court bool/ St Johns College Cambridge | Samuel Allen transferred ownership to James Kimpton | divided into 2 mess, half ac pasture, half ac land, 2 rood garden Kimpton farmer of Arlesey cost £280 | |
| 1841 | Census 1841 | Ann Bottoms | Burge End. Ann Bottoms – age 40 | |
| 1843 | Deeds/HALS | Samuel Allen transferred ownership to James Kimpton | Joseph croxford | Messuage divided into 3 Burge End enfranchised 1893 divided into 3 cottagesoccupiedby Croxford, Sarah Throssoll, Wm Burnage, after by Croxford, Bottoms, Perrin. |
| 1844 | Register of electors/HALS | James Kimpton | house and land Near Burge End | |
| 1845 | Register of electors/HALS | James Kimpton | house and land Near Burge End | |
| 1846 | Register of electors/HALS | James Kimpton | house and land Near Burge End | |
| 1847 | Register of electors/HALS | James Kimpton | house and land Near Burge End | |
| 1849 | Register of electors/HALS | James Kimpton | house and land Near Burge End | |
| 1850 | Register of electors/HALS | James Kimpton | house and land Near Burge End | |
| 1851 | Census 1851 | James Croxford | James Croxford – Ag Lab age 66 | |
| 1851 | Register of electors/HALS | James Kimpton | house and land Near Burge End | |
| 1851 | Census 1851 | John Bottoms | John Bottoms – Ag Lab age 56 | |
| 1852 | Register of electors/HALS | James Kimpton | house and land Near Burge End | |
| 1853 | Register of electors/HALS | James Kimpton | house and land Near Burge End | |
| 1854 | Register of electors/HALS | James Kimpton | house and land Near Burge End | |
| 1855 | Register of electors/HALS | James Kimpton | house and land Near Burge End | |
| 1857 | Register of electors/HALS | James Kimpton | house and land Near Burge End | |
| 1858 | Register of electors/HALS | James Kimpton | house and land Near Burge End | |
| 1859 | Register of electors/HALS | James Kimpton | house and land Near Burge End | |
| 1860 | Register of electors/HALS | James Kimpton | house and land Near Burge End | |
| 1861 | Census 1861 | James Baines | James Baines – Agricultural labourer age 67 | |
| 1861 | Census 1861 | Abraham Hare | Abraham Hare – Wheelwright age 31 | |
| 1861 | Register of electors/HALS | James Kimpton | house and land Near Burge End | |
| 1863 | Rates/HALS | James Kimpton | James Baines | Cottage. rateable value £3 0s 0d |
| 1864 | Cassey – trade directory/HALS | Abraham Hare | Farmer. | |
| 1864 | Register of electors/HALS | James Kimpton | Abraham Hare | house and land Near Burge End |
| 1865 | Register of electors/HALS | James Kimpton | house and land Near Burge End | |
| 1866 | Register of electors/HALS | James Kimpton | house and land Near Burge End | |
| 1867 | Register of electors/HALS | James Kimpton | house and land Near Burge End | |
| 1868 | Register of electors/HALS | James Kimpton | house and land Near Burge End | |
| 1868 | Register of electors/HALS | James Kimpton | house and land Near Burge End | |
| 1869 | Register of electors/HALS | house and land Near Burge End | ||
| 1871 | Census 1871 | James Baines | James Baines – Shepherd age 74 | |
| 1871 | Census 1871 | Joseph Croxford | Joseph Croxford – Ag lab age 29 | |
| 1871 | Census 1871 | William Dawson | William Dawson – Ag lab age 31 | |
| 1871 | Register of electors/HALS | house and land Near Burge End | ||
| 1872 | Register of electors/HALS | James Kimpton | house and land Near Burge End | |
| 1873 | Register of electors/HALS | James Kimpton | house and land Near Burge End | |
| 1874 | Register of electors/HALS | James Kimpton | house and land Near Burge End | |
| 1875 | Register of electors/HALS | James Kimpton | house and land Near Burge End | |
| 1876 | Register of electors/HALS | James Kimpton | house and land Near Burge End | |
| 1877 | Sanitation report/HALS | Mr Kimpton | James Baines | Share cottage with garden. Well, drainage-None. 4 inmates sharing 1 living room, 1 sleeping room and 1/3 shared privy |
| 1877 | School admission register/HALS | William Dawson | Percy Dawson born 4/12/1873 enrolled 1877 | |
| 1877 | Sanitation report/HALS | Mr Kimpton | William Dawson | Share cottage with garden. Well, drainage-into moat. 7 inmates sharing 1 living room, 2 sleeping rooms and Privy |
| 1877 | Register of electors/HALS | James Kimpton | house and land Near Burge End | |
| 1877 | Sanitation report/HALS | Mr Kimpton | Oswald Reynolds | Share cottage with garden. Well, drainage-None. 4 inmates sharing 1 living room, 1 sleeping room and Privy |
| 1877 | Sanitation report/HALS | Mr Kimpton | William Smith | Cottage with garden. Well, drainage-None. 2 inmates sharing 1 living room, 1 sleeping room and 1/3shared privy |
| 1877 | Sanitation report/HALS | Mr Kimpton | James Baines | Share cottage with garden. Well, drainage-None. 4 inmates sharing 1 living room, 1 sleeping room and 1/3 shared privy |
| 1877 | Sanitation report/HALS | Mr Kimpton | John Reynolds | Share cottage with garden. Well, drainage-None. inmates sharing living room, sleeping room and 1/3 shared privy |
| 1879 | School admission register/HALS | William Dawson | Percy Dawson born 4/12/1872 enrolled 1879 | |
| 1881 | Census 1881 | William Dawson | William Dawson – Ploughman ag lab age 40 | |
| 1882 | School admission register/HALS | William Dawson | Harry Dawson born 6/9/1879 enrolled 17/4/1882 | |
| 1889 | School admission register/HALS | William Dawson | Pirton Harry Dawson born 6/9/1879 enrolled 1889 | |
| 1891 | Census 1891 | James Baines | Burge End James Baines – Shepherd (formerly) age 93 | |
| 1891 | Census 1891 | William Dawson | Nr Burge End. William Dawson – Agricultural Laborer age 51 | |
| 1891 | HALS | James Kimpton transferred ownership to Henry Gibbons | Dawson | Messuage. Burge End. Close bounded on west by Moat close [enc 50], total of 1ac 1r 20p formerly occupied by Bottoms, Croxford and Perrin. Now James Baines, Dawson and ? |
| 1891 | Manor of Ramerick Court bool/ St Johns College Cambridge | Henry Gibbins transferred ownership to William Dawson | Cottage and premises Burge End old cottages still there close bounded on west by Moat close [enc 50],total of 1ac 1r 20p Gibbins was nephew of James Kimpton baker of Baldocki | |
| 1891 | Manor of Ramerick Court bool/ St Johns College Cambridge | Henry Gibbins transferred ownership to William Dawson | Close. Burge End. Dawson got the close[49] and must have built new cottage higher up the lane | |
| 1893 | Manor of Ramerick Court bool/ St Johns College Cambridge | William Dawson | James Baines | Messuage. divided into 3 occupied by Baines,? and Dawson |
| 1901 | Census 1901 | William Dawson | Near Burge End. William Dawson – Small farmer age 60 | |
| 1910 | Rates/HALS | Percy & Harry Dawson | William Dawson | House & buildings Nr Burge End 31 perch gross value £9 10s rateable value £7 5s |
| 1910 | Rates/HALS | Percy & Harry Dawson | William Dawson | Land. Nr Burge End. 1 acre 16 perch gross value £2 2s rateable value £2 0s |
| 1911 | Register of electors/HALS | William Dawson | Dwelling house Near Burge End | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | William Dawson | Burge End. 6 rooms 2 in household William Dawson Old Age Pensioner – age 70 | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Percy Dawson | Burge End. 6 rooms 2 in household Percy Dawson Farmer – age 37 | |
| 1912 | Register of electors/HALS | William Dawson | Dwelling house Near Burge End | |
| 1913 | School admission register/HALS | Harry Dawson | Harry Dawson born 8/6/1905 enrolled 1913 Last school – Pirton Infants, | |
| 1913 | School admission register/HALS | Harry Dawson | Lilian Dawson born 18/4/1910 enrolled 21/4/1913 | |
| 1914 | Register of electors/HALS | Percy Dawson | Dwelling house Burge End | |
| 1915 | School admission register/HALS | Harry Dawson | Pirton Reginald Dawson born 27/4/1908 enrolled 1915 Last school – Pirton Infants, | |
| 1915 | Register of electors/HALS | Percy Dawson | Dwelling house Burge End | |
| 1916 | Delme Radcliffe collection / HALS | William Dawson transferred ownership to Thomas Franklin | Emma Dawson | Cottage. Burge End. Wm Dawson mortgaged the cottage to Thomas Franklin of Walnut Tree Farm. Wm dies and leaves cottage to 2 sons Harry and Percy Dawson |
| 1917 | Delme Radcliffe collection / HALS | Thomas Franklin transferred ownership to Harry Dawson | Emma Dawson | Cottage. Burge End. The sons are fighting Franklin for the cottage |
| 1917 | School admission register/HALS | Harry Dawson | Pirton. Lilian Dawson born 18/4/1910 enrolled 1917 Last school – Pirton Infants, | |
| 1918 | School admission register/HALS | Harry Dawson | Emily Mary Dawson born 2/9/1906 enrolled 1918 Last school – Childs Hill, L.C.C., | |
| 1919 | School admission register/HALS | Harry Dawson | Pirton. Charles Dawson born 23/2/1914 enrolled 22/9/1919 | |
| 1919 | Absent voters/HALS | Harry Dawson | Pirton. Spring 1919 | |
| 1924 | School admission register/HALS | Harry Dawson | Pirton. Chas R Dawson born 23/2/1914 enrolled 1924 Last school – Pirton Junior, | |
| 1927 | School admission register/HALS | Harry Dawson | Burge End. Doris Winifred Dawson born 26/9/1921 enrolled 1927 Last school – None, | |
| 1929 | School admission register/HALS | Leonard Dawson | Burge End. Rita Elizabeth Dawson born 2/10/1923 enrolled 1929 | |
| 1935 | Original rates/Hofton | Harry & Percy Dawson | Harry& Percy Dawson | Cottage and premises Burge End gross value 14 rateable value 8 |
| 1939 | National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives | Rose Leonard | Burge End Lane. married DOB 22/4/1904 Unpaid domestic duties Age 35 | |
| 1939 | National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives | Ernest Leonard | Burge End Lane. single DOB 29/5/1925 at school Age 14 | |
| 1939 | National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives | Harry Dawson | Burge End Lane. married DOB 6/9/1881 Builders labourer Age 58 | |
| 1939 | National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives | Charlotte Dawson | Burge End Lane. married DOB 14/3/1876 Unpaid domestic duties Age 63 | |
| 1939 | National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives | Harry Dawson | Burge End Lane. single DOB 8/6/1906 general bricklayer Age 33 | |
| 1939 | National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives | Reginald Dawson | Burge End Lane. single DOB 27/4/1908 Builders labourer Age 31 | |
| 1939 | National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives | Charles Dawson | Burge End Lane. single DOB 23/9/1914 Public works labourer Age 25 | |
| 1939 | National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives | Doris Dawson | Burge End Lane. single DOB 26/9/1921 Grocers shop assistant Age 18 |
