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 | Occupier | Comment |
1612 | Manor Rolls – Manor of Pirton Doddingselles | John Hanscombe Transferred Ownership To Thomas Hamond | Messuage bridgende land of Robert Ancell on West | |
1644 | Manor Rolls – manor of Pirton Doddingselles | Thomas Hammond Transferred Ownership To Michael Hammond | tenant – Thomas Hammond | messuage bridge End 3 and a half acres and a 5 ac pasture called North end close,half acre of pasture in Harthill close |
1663 | Hearthtax | Micheall Hamond | ||
1722 | pollbook | Edward Lacey Of Pirton Herts | ||
1727 | pollbook | Edward Lacey Gent Of Pirton Herts | ||
1734 | pollbook | Edward Lacy Of Pirton Herts | ||
1811 | owners | James Hanscombe | John Wright | Homestead |
1818 | enclosure | James Hanscombe | Michael Hammond | House,Yard And Building |
1832 | register of electors | William Woolston | Hammonds Farm, Burg farm & land | |
1833 | register of electors | William Woolston | Burghend farm rent rent of more than £50 a year | |
1834 | register of electors | William Woolston | Burghend farm rent rent of more than £50 a year | |
1835 | register of electors | William Mitchell | Near Little Green farm | |
1835 | register of electors | William Woolston | Burg End farm | |
1836 | register of electors | William Woolston | Burg End farm | |
1837 | register of electors | William Woolston | Burgend farm | |
1838 | register of electors | William Woolston | Burgend farm | |
1839 | register of electors | William Woolston | Burgend farm | |
1840 | register of electors | William Woolston | Burgend farm | |
1841 | register of electors | William Woolston | Burgend farm | |
1841 | census | William Woolston – Farmer | ||
1842 | register of electors | William Woolston | Burgend farm | |
1844 | register of electors | William Woolston | Burgend | |
1845 | register of electors | William Woolston | Burgend | |
1846 | register of electors | William Woolston | Burge End | |
1847 | register of electors | William Woolston | Burge End | |
1849 | register of electors | William Woolston | Burge End | |
1850 | register of electors | William Woolston | Burge End | |
1851 | register of electors | William Woolston | Burge End | |
1851 | census | William Woolston – Farmer 200 A 9 Men 2 Boys | ||
1852 | register of electors | William Woolston | Burge End | |
1853 | register of electors | William Woolston | Burge End | |
1854 | register of electors | William Woolston | Burge End | |
1855 | register of electors | William Woolston | Burge End | |
1857 | register of electors | William Woolston | Burge End | |
1858 | register of electors | William Woolston | Burge End | |
1859 | register of electors | William Woolston | Burge End | |
1860 | register of electors | William Woolston | Burge End | |
1861 | register of electors | William Woolston | Burge End | |
1861 | census | William Woolston – Farmer | ||
1863 | rates | William Hanscombe | William Woolston | Farm |
1864 | register of electors | William Woolston | Burge End | |
1865 | register of electors | William Woolston | Burge End | |
1866 | register of electors | William Woolston | Burge End | |
1867 | register of electors | William Woolston | Burge End | |
1868 | register of electors | William Woolston | Burge End | |
1869 | register of electors | William Woolston | Burge End | |
1871 | register of electors | William Woolston | Burge End | |
1871 | census | William Woolston – Farmer 83 Acres 5 Men 1 Boy | ||
1872 | register of electors | William Woolston | Burge End | |
1873 | register of electors | Joseph Gudgin | Burge End | |
1873 | register of electors | William Woolston | Burge End | |
1874 | register of electors | Joseph Gudgin | Burge End | |
1877 | sanitation | William Hanscombe | Mrs Woolston | Farmhouse With Yard & Garden. Well, Drainage-0. 3 Inmates Sharing 0 Living Rooms, 0 Sleeping Rooms And Privy |
1881 | census | Sarah Woolston – Farmer | ||
1891 | census | Sarah Woolston – Farmer | ||
1901 | census | Joseph Kingsley – Farmer | ||
1909 | register of electors | John Henry Mitchell | Hammonds Farm, Burge End land and tenement (joint) | |
1909 | register of electors | Joseph Kingsley | Hammonds Farm, Burge End land and tenement (joint) | |
1910 | register of electors | John Henry Mitchell | Hammonds Farm, Burge End land and tenement (joint) | |
1910 | register of electors | Joseph Kingsley | Hammonds Farm, Burge End land and tenement (joint) | |
1910 | rates | William Hanscombe | Joseph Kingsley | House & Homestead |
1911 | register of electors | John Henry Mitchell | Hammonds Farm, Burge End tenement and land (joint) | |
1911 | register of electors | Joseph Kingsley | Hammonds Farm, Burge End tenement and land (joint) | |
1912 | register of electors | John Henry Mitchell | Hammonds Farm, Burge End tenement and land | |
1913 | register of electors | John Henry Mitchell | Hammonds Farm, Burge End land and tenement | |
1914 | register of electors | John Henry Mitchell | Hammonds Farm, Burge End land and tenement | |
1915 | register of electors | John Henry Mitchell | Hammonds Farm, Burge End land and tenement | |
1915 | register of electors | John Henry Mitchell | Hammonds Farm James Griffin Kingsley was a lodger | |
1927 | School admissions | Hammond’s Farm | Denise Mary Weeden born 16/11/1921 | Last school – None, living with Albert Weeden |
1930 | School admissions | Hammond’s Farm | Ronald William Weeden born 2/1/1925 | living with Bert Weeden |
1933 | School admissions | Hammond’s Farm | Ruby Joan Weeden born 12/11/1927 | living with Albert Weeden |
1935 | rates | J A B Hanscombe | Albert Weedon | Agricultural Dwelling Hse |
1941 | Farm survey | William Hanscombe Of Pirton Hall | A Weedon, Full Time Farmer |