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 all the information about the property and any comments.
| Date | Source | Owner/Buyer | Occupier | Comment |
| 1663 | 1663 Hearth tax | Widow Sex | ||
| 1811 | Pre enclosure | John Barber | Abraham Barber | Cottage and land in front. also has garden late Odell 178 |
| 1818 | enclosure | John Barber | 1 rood 8 perches | |
| 1818 | 1818 enclosure | John Barber | House,Yard And Garden | |
| 1861 | 1861 census | William Furr – Butcher | ||
| 1863 | 1863 rates | Squires | James Furr | house and premises rateable value £9.16s. 1 rood 24 perches |
| 1871 | register of electors | Charles Burton | Charles Burton | Near Church |
| 1871 | 1871 census | Charles Burton – Ag Lab | ||
| 1872 | register of electors | Charles Burton | Charles Burton | Near Church |
| 1873 | register of electors | Charles Burton | Charles Burton | Near Church |
| 1874 | register of electors | Charles Burton | Charles Burton | Near Church |
| 1875 | register of electors | Charles Burton | Charles Burton | Near Church |
| 1876 | register of electors | Charles Burton | Charles Burton | Near Church |
| 1877 | register of electors | Charles Burton | Charles Burton | Near Church |
| 1877 | 1877 sanitation | Alfred Burton | Charles Burton | Ivy Cottage With Garden. Well, Drainage-Into Road Drain. 8 Inmates Sharing 3 Living Rooms, 4 Sleeping Rooms And Privy |
| 1878 | register of electors | Charles Burton | Charles Burton | Near Church |
| 1879 | register of electors | Charles Burton | Charles Burton | Near Church |
| 1880 | register of electors | Charles Burton | Charles Burton | Near Church |
| 1881 | register of electors | Charles Burton | Charles Burton | Near Church |
| 1881 | 1881 census | Charles Burton – Agricultural Labourer | ||
| 1882 | register of electors | Charles Burton | Charles Burton | Near Church |
| 1883 | register of electors | Charles Burton | Charles Burton | Near Church |
| 1884 | register of electors | Charles Burton | Charles Burton | Near Church |
| 1885 | register of electors | Charles Burton | Charles Burton | Near Church |
| 1891 | 1891 census | Charles Burton – Agricultural Laborer | ||
| 1901 | census | Charles Burton | Living with wife Phoebe and grandson Charles. | |
| 1909 | register of electors | Charles Burton | Near Church, dwelling house | |
| 1910 | rates | Abraham Sheppard | Frank Baines | occupied previously by Abraham Shepherd and owned by Peggy Burton . 2 roods 24 perches |
| 1911 | 1911 census | Frank Baines – Farm Labourer | Charlotte Burton is a cow keeper. | |
| 1912 | register of electors | Frank Baines | Ivy Cottage dwelling house | |
| 1912 | register of electors | Frank Baines | Ivy Cottage dwelling house | |
| 1913 | register of electors | Frank Baines | Ivy Cottage dwelling house | |
| 1913 | register of electors | Frank Baines | Ivy Cottage dwelling house | |
| 1914 | register of electors | Frank Baines | Ivy Cottage dwelling house | |
| 1914 | register of electors | Frank Baines | Ivy Cottage dwelling house | |
| 1915 | register of electors | Frank Baines | Ivy Cottage dwelling house | |
| 1915 | register of electors | Frank Baines | Ivy Cottage dwelling house | |
| 1935 | 1935 rates | Minnie Baines | Minnie Baines | House And Premises |
| Oral | Alfred Burton married Peggy Barber Kingsley | Abraham Sheppard | Alfred Burton was Charles and Phoebe’s eldest son. Peggy sold Ivy Cottage to her brother in law after her husband’s suicide.. Mary Ann Sheppard [ wife of Abraham]was Charles and Phoebe Burton’s daughter. Abraham and Mary Ann moved to Holly cottage | |
| Oral | Abraham Sheppard | Frank Baines |
