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 | John Kingsley transferred ownership to James Burgess | Edward Wilson | |
| 1811 | Land tax/HALS | James Burgess | Joseph Burgess | |
| 1812 | Land tax/HALS | James Burgess | James Burgess | James is a shepherd |
| 1814 | Land tax/HALS | James Burgess | James Burgess | |
| 1818 | Enclosure award/HALS | John Kingsley transferred ownership to James Burgess | house,yard and orchard 1 rood 21 perch | |
| 1841 | Census 1841 | Thomas Balls | Little Green Thomas Balls – age 38 | |
| 1851 | Census 1851 | Thomas Balls | Little Green Thomas Balls – Tea Dealer age 47 | |
| 1861 | Census 1861 | Sarah Balls | Little Green Sarah Balls – Plaiter age 55 | |
| 1871 | Census 1871 | Sarah Balls | Little Green Sarah Balls – Strawplaiter age 65 | |
| 1877 | Sanitation report/HALS | Stafford Allen | Sarah Balls | Cottage Cottage with `garden. well, drainage-None. 1 inmates sharing 2 living rooms, 2 sleeping rooms and 1/2 shared privy |
| 1881 | Census 1881 | Sarah Balls | Sarah Balls – Small grocer age 75 | |
| 1890 | Land sale/HALS | Stafford Allen transferred ownership to Frank Day | Frank Day | Well situate in the village of Pirton with frontage to the road leading to Holwell. F. Day.for £75 Well of water and a piece of garden ground in the rear. Well placed in the village, with a frontage to the road. Lean-to thatched barn,a small yard at the side, enclosed from the road by an iron fence. A timber and thatched wood and meal-barn. 2 Bedrooms and 2 rooms on the ground floor. A brick, lath, plaster and slated small dwelling house. 25peck |
| 1891 | Census 1891 | Frank Day | Near Little Green Frank Day – General Dealer age 30 | |
| 1899 | School admission register/HALS | Frank Day | Pirton 0 Maggie Trussell born 17/11/1890 enrolled 1899 living with Frank Day | |
| 1901 | Census 1901 | Frank Day | Near Little Green Frank Day – General builder age 40 | |
| 1906 | School admission register/HALS | Joseph Devereaux | Pirton Annie Devereaux born 20/3/1903 enrolled 2/4/1906 | |
| 1908 | School admission register/HALS | Joseph Deveraux | Pirton Charles Deveraux born 6/3/1900 enrolled 1908 Last school – Infants Dept, | |
| 1909 | Register of electors/HALS | Frank Day | dwelling house Dead Horse Lane | |
| 1909 | Register of electors/HALS | Joseph Devereaux | dwelling house Dead Horse Lane | |
| 1909 | School admission register/HALS | Joseph Devereaux | Pirton Maisie Devereaux born 4/6/1906 enrolled 14/6/1909 | |
| 1910 | Register of electors/HALS | Frank Day | Syringa Cottage Near Little Green | |
| 1910 | Rates/HALS | Frank Day | house & premises Dead Horse Lane 9 perch gross value £7 0s rateable value £5 5s | |
| 1910 | Rates/HALS | Frank Day | orchard, land & buildings Dead Horse Lane 2 rood 19 perch gross value £1 12s rateable value £1 10s | |
| 1910 | Register of electors/HALS | Frank Day | house Dead Horse Lane | |
| 1910 | Register of electors/HALS | Joseph Devereaux | dwelling house Little Green | |
| 1910 | School admission register/HALS | Joseph Deveraux | Pirton 0 Annie Deveraux born 20/3/1903 enrolled 1910 Last school – Pirton Infants, | |
| 1911 | Register of electors/HALS | Frank Day | Near Little Green | |
| 1911 | Register of electors/HALS | Frank Day | house Dead Horse Lane | |
| 1911 | Register of electors/HALS | Joseph Devereaux | Syringa Cottage Little Green | |
| 1911 | School admission register/HALS | Joseph Devereaux | Constance Devereaux born 28/7/1908 enrolled 11/9/1911 | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Joseph Devereux | Near Little Green 4 rooms 6 in household Joseph Devereux – Grocers Cowman age 30 | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Jane Devereux | Near Little Green 4 rooms 6 in household Jane Devereux – age 31 | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Charlie Devereux | Near Little Green 4 rooms 6 in household Charlie Devereux School – age 10 | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Annie Devereux | Near Little Green 4 rooms 6 in household Annie Devereux School – age 8 | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Maisie Devereux | Near Little Green 4 rooms 6 in household Maisie Devereux School – age 4 | |
| 1911 | Census 1911 | Constance Devereux | Near Little Green 4 rooms 6 in household Constance Devereux – age 2 | |
| 1912 | Register of electors/HALS | Frank Day | cottage and land Near Little Green | |
| 1912 | Register of electors/HALS | Joseph Devereaux | dwelling house Syringa Cottage | |
| 1913 | Register of electors/HALS | Frank Day | cottage and land Near Little Green | |
| 1913 | Register of electors/HALS | Joseph Devereaux | dwelling house Syringa Cottage | |
| 1914 | Register of electors/HALS | Frank Day | cottage Near Little Green | |
| 1914 | Register of electors/HALS | Joseph Devereaux | dwelling house Syringa Cottage, Near Little Green | |
| 1914 | School admission register/HALS | George Charlick | William Charlick born 21/7/1910 enrolled 14/9/1914 living with Charlick | |
| 1915 | Register of electors/HALS | Frank Day | cottage Near Little Green | |
| 1917 | School admission register/HALS | George Charlick | Pirton 0 William Last born 21/7/1910 enrolled 1917 Last school – Pirton Infants, living with George Charlick | |
| 1935 | Original rates/Hofton | Frank Day | Elizabeth Charlick | cottage and premises Holwell Rd 0 gross value £9 rateable value £ 5 |
| 1939 | National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives | Herbert A Tidy | Syringa Cottage married DOB 6/5/1909 Poultry man Age 30 | |
| 1939 | National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives | Mabel A Tidy | married DOB 3/12/1908 Unpaid domestic duties Age 31 | |
| 1939 | National Registration Identity Cards/National Archives | Hugh Tidy | Under school age |
