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 ad 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 |
| 1811 | Pre enclosure plan/hofton | James Burgess | James Burgess | |
| 1811 | Land tax/HALS | James Burgess | Robinson | late Joseph burgess |
| 1818 | Enclosure award/HALS | James Burgess | cottage, garden 1 rood 27 perch | |
| 1841 | Census 1841 | Thomas Dawson | Nr Little Green Thomas Dawson -Tailor aged 50 | |
| 1841 | Census 1841 | William Reynolds | Nr Little Green William Reynolds – Agricultural labourer age 31 | |
| 1850 | Quarter Sessions/HALS | Samuel Allen | Thomas Brown | Notice from Samuel Allen and Thomas Brown, owner and occupier of a certain dwelling-house situate at Pirton, certifying that the same or part thereof is intended to be used as a place of religious worship by an assembly or congregation of Baptists, and it is requested that such be recorded at the next general quarter sessions of the peace. |
| 1851 | Census 1851 | Thomas Brown | Thomas Brown – Tailor age 59 | |
| 1851 | Census 1851 | William Reynolds | William Reynolds – Ag Lab age 41 | |
| 1861 | Census 1861 | Thomas Brown | Thomas Brown – Tailor age 71 | |
| 1861 | Census 1861 | William Reynolds | William Reynolds – Agricultural labourer age 53 | |
| 1863 | Rates/HALS | Samuel Allen | Thomas Brown | Cottage rateable value £4 0s 0d |
| 1863 | Rates/HALS | Samuel Allen | William Reynolds | Cottage rateable value £4 0s 0d |
| 1868 | Register of electors/HALS | Stafford Allen | Cottage Holwell Road | |
| 1869 | Register of electors/HALS | Stafford Allen | Cottage Holwell Road | |
| 1871 | Register of electors/HALS | Stafford Allen | Cottage Holwell Road | |
| 1871 | Census 1871 | William Reynolds | William Reynolds – Ag lab age 64 | |
| 1871 | Census 1871 | Ambrose Brown | Ambrose Brown – Tailor age 41 | |
| 1877 | Sanitation report/HALS | Stafford Allen | Ambrose Brown | Cottage Cottage with garden. well, drainage-None. 7 inmates sharing 2 living rooms, 2 sleeping rooms and Privy |
| 1877 | Sanitation report/HALS | Stafford Allen | William Reynolds | Cottage Cottage with garden. , drainage-None. 2 inmates sharing 1 living rooms, 2 sleeping rooms and 1/2 shared privy |
| 1877 | School admission register/HALS | Ambrose Brown | Caroline Brown born 8/9/1866 enrolled 1877 | |
| 1877 | School admission register/HALS | Ambrose Brown | Alice Brown born 6/12/1870 enrolled 1877 | |
| 1878 | School admission register/HALS | Ambrose Brown | Emma Brown born 4/1/1874 enrolled 13/5/1878 | |
| 1881 | School admission register/HALS | Ambrose Brown | Emma Brown born 4/1/1874 enrolled 1881 Last school – Infant Department, | |
| 1881 | Census 1881 | Ambrose Brown | Ambrose Brown – Tailor & bird stuffer age 50 | |
| 1881 | Census 1881 | John Odell | John Odell – Agricultural labourer age 24 | |
| 1887 | School admission register/HALS | John Odell | Silver street Martha Odell enrolled 1887 | |
| 1887 | School admission register/HALS | John Odell | Silver street Martha Odell born 19/4/1885 enrolled 1887/88 | |
| 1890 | Land sale/HALS | Stafford Allen transferred ownership to Clement Lucas for £145 for 2 cottages | John Hanscombe | Well situate in the village of Pirton with frontage to the road leading to Holwell. Garden ground for each at the rear, and W.C. Cottage 1 has 2 bedrooms and 3 rooms on the ground floor, with lean-to barn at the side. Cottage 2 has 2 bedrooms and a living room. Also a wood-barn. 2 Brick, lath, plaster and thatched cottages 1rood 26perch |
| 1890 | School admission register/HALS | John Odell | Pirton Jane Odell born 10/9/1881 enrolled 1890 | |
| 1890 | Land sale/HALS | Stafford Allen transferred ownership to Clement Lucas for £145 for 2 cottages | John Odell | Well situate in the village of Pirton with frontage to the road leading to Holwell. Garden ground for each at the rear, and W.C. Cottage 1 has 2 bedrooms and 3 rooms on the ground floor, with lean-to barn at the side. Cottage 2 has 2 bedrooms and a living room. Also a wood-barn. 2 Brick, lath, plaster and thatched cottages 1rood 26perch |
| 1891 | Census 1891 | James Hanscombe | Nr Little Green James Hanscombe – Railway Labourer age 60 | |
| 1891 | School admission register/HALS | John Odell | Silver street Nellie Odell born /7/1889 enrolled 1891/92 | |
| 1892 | School admission register/HALS | John Odell | James Odell born 17/6/1884 enrolled 1892 | |
| 1893 | School admission register/HALS | John Odell | Silver street Frank Odell born 9/12/1891 enrolled 1893/94 | |
| 1894 | School admission register/HALS | John Odell | Pirton Robert Odell born 25/7/1886 enrolled 1894 | |
| 1895 | School admission register/HALS | John Odell | Pirton Martha Odell born 19/4/1886 enrolled 1895 | |
| 1895 | School admission register/HALS | John Odell | Silver street Willie Odell born 10/8/1893 enrolled 1895/96 | |
| 1896 | School admission register/HALS | James Handscombe | Silver street Ethel Handscombe born 1894 enrolled 1896/97 | |
| 1898 | School admission register/HALS | John Odell | Pirton Nellie Odell born 9/8/1888 enrolled 1898 | |
| 1899 | School admission register/HALS | John Odell | Pirton Frank Odell born 29/12/1891 enrolled 1899 | |
| 1899 | School admission register/HALS | John Odell | Silver street Arthur Odell born 1896 enrolled 1899 | |
| 1901 | Census 1901 | James Handscombe | Nr Little Green James Handscombe – General agricultural labourer age 70 | |
| 1901 | Census 1901 | John Odell | Nr Little Green John Odell – Ordinary agricultural labourer age 44 | |
| 1902 | School admission register/HALS | James Handscombe | Pirton Ethel Handscombe born 7/2/1894 enrolled 1902 Last school – Pirton Infants, | |
| 1902 | School admission register/HALS | John Odell | William Odell born 10/8/1893 enrolled 1902 Last school – Pirton, | |
| 1902 | School admission register/HALS | John Odell | Pirton Frederick Odell born 4/7/1899 enrolled 9/7/1902 | |
| 1905 | School admission register/HALS | John Odell | Pirton Arthur Odell born 4/5/1896 enrolled 1905 Last school – Pirton Infants S., | |
| 1905 | School admission register/HALS | John Odell | Pirton Margery Odell born 4/3/1902 enrolled 28/3/1905 | |
| 1907 | School admission register/HALS | John Odell | Pirton Fred Odell born 4/7/1899 enrolled 1907 Last school – Pirton Infants, | |
| 1908 | School admission register/HALS | John Odell | Pirton Minnie Odell born 25/10/1900 enrolled 1908 Last school – Infants Dept, | |
| 1909 | Register of electors/HALS | James Handscombe | dwelling house Dead Horse Lane | |
| 1909 | Register of electors/HALS | John Odell | dwelling house Dead Horse Lane | |
| 1909 | School admission register/HALS | John Odell | Pirton Marjory Odell born 4/3/1902 enrolled 1909 Last school – Pirton Infants, | |
| 1910 | Rates/HALS | Peggie Burton | James Handscombe | land, buildings & cottage Dead Horse Lane 19 perch gross val £6 10s rateable val £5 0s |
| 1910 | Register of electors/HALS | James Handscombe | dwelling house Dead Horse Lane | |
| 1910 | Rates/HALS | Amos Burton | James Handscombe | cottage & garden Dead Horse Lane 2 rood 36 perch gross val £16 0s rateable val £12 0s |
| 1910 | Rates/HALS | Peggie Burton | John Odell | cottage Dead Horse Lane 1 rood 7 perch gross val £4 15s rateable val £3 15s |
| 1910 | Register of electors/HALS | John Odell | dwelling house Dead Horse Lane | |
| 1911 | Register of electors/HALS | James Handscombe | dwelling house Dead Horse Lane | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | James Handscombe | 6 rooms 3 in household James Handscombe Old Age Pensioner – age 81 | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Charlotte Handscombe | 6 rooms 3 in household Charlotte Handscombe Old Age Pensioner – age 78 | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Emma Handscombe | 6 rooms 3 in household Emma Handscombe – age 52 | |
| 1911 | Register of electors/HALS | John Odell | dwelling house Dead Horse Lane | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | John Odell | Dead Horse Lane 4 rooms 8 in household John Odell Labourer – age 53 | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Mary Odell | Dead Horse Lane 4 rooms 8 in household Mary Odell – age 50 | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Martha Odell | Dead Horse Lane 4 rooms 8 in household Martha Odell Farm Labourer – age 26 | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Frank Odell | Dead Horse Lane 4 rooms 8 in household Frank Odell Farm Labourer – age 20 | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | William Odell | Dead Horse Lane 4 rooms 8 in household William Odell Farm Labourer – age 17 | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Arthur Odell | Dead Horse Lane 4 rooms 8 in household Arthur Odell Farm Labourer – age 15 | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Frederick Odell | Dead Horse Lane 4 rooms 8 in household Frederick Odell – age 11 | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Marjorie Odell | Dead Horse Lane 4 rooms 8 in household Marjorie Odell – age 9 | |
| 1912 | Register of electors/HALS | James Handscombe | dwelling house Dead Horse Lane | |
| 1912 | Register of electors/HALS | John Odell | dwelling house Dead Horse Lane | |
| 1913 | Register of electors/HALS | James Handscombe | dwelling house Dead Horse Lane | |
| 1913 | Register of electors/HALS | John Odell | dwelling house Dead Horse Lane | |
| 1914 | Register of electors/HALS | James Handscombe | dwelling house Dead Horse Lane | |
| 1914 | Register of electors/HALS | John Odell | dwelling house Dead Horse Lane | |
| 1915 | Register of electors/HALS | James Handscombe | dwelling house Dead Horse Lane | |
| 1915 | Register of electors/HALS | John Odell | dwelling house Dead Horse Lane | |
| 1935 | Original rates/Hofton | Frank Day | J Spencer | cottage and premises Holwell Rd gross value £ 10.5 rateable value £6 |
| 1935 | Original rates/Hofton | Frank Day | John Odell | cottage and premises Holwell Rd gross value £ 7.5 rateable value £ 4 |
| 1939 | National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives | David Saggers | 1 Primrose Cottage married DOB 30/4/1887 Horseman at farm Age 52 | |
| 1939 | National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives | Alma G Saggers | 1 Primrose Cottage married DOB 18/10/1897 Unpaid domestic duties Age 42 | |
| 1939 | National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives | William C Saggers | 1 Primrose Cottage single DOB 18/6/1922 tractor driver on farm Age 17 | |
| 1939 | National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives | John A Saggers | 1 Primrose Cottage single DOB 27/8/1924 market gardner helper Age 15 | |
| 1939 | National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives | Leonard G Saggers | 1 Primrose Cottage single DOB 18/1/1926 at school Age 13 | |
| 1939 | National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives | Evelyn Taylor | 2 Primrose Cottage married DOB 17/11/1914 Unpaid domestic duties Age 25 | |
| 1939 | National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives | Keith Taylor | 2 Primrose Cottage single at school |
