Tithe Apportionment Detail for Draycott Moor (Southmoor)
From the Anglo Saxon period, the local church was entitled to one tenth of the local produce, known as the tithe. The Tithe Commutation Act of 1836 provided a general framework under which tithes that had been paid in kind could be converted to cash payments. The process of determining the amount of tithe payable by each landowner produced a series of documents - particularly large scale maps and lists of local land owners and occupiers. These are excellent for charting againgst the 1841 census.
Tithe Apportionment for Draycott Moor (Southmoor) 27th March 1844.
| LANDOWNER | OCCUPIER | |
| Blandy John | Himself | |
| Blandy John | Kimber | |
| Blandy John | Thatcher | + others |
| Blandy John | Blandy John-himself | |
| Blandy John | Kimber, John | |
| Blandy John | Shepherd, John | + others |
| Bowles, Thomas | Himself | |
| Brown, Thomas | Brooks, Isaac | |
| Church, Richard | Himself | |
| Church, Richard | Shurey, John | + others |
| Church, Richard | Himself | |
| Church, Richard | Comley, Philip | + another |
| Clarke, Thomas | Weaver, Thomas | + another |
| Clarke, Thomas | Himself | |
| Clarke, Henry | Himself | |
| Eaton, John | Himself | |
| Giles, Richard | Himself | |
| Herbert, James | Himself | |
| Hinton William | Himself | |
| Hissey, John | Himself | |
| Hissey, John | Truman, Joseph | |
| King, Charles | Himself | |
| King, William | Himself | |
| Litchfield, Thomas | Himself | |
| Litchfield, Thomas | Dean, John | + another |
| Prior, Elizabeth | Clark, Thomas | |
| Sexton, John | Himself | |
| Shepherd, George | Himself | |
| Shepherd, George | Jowett, Rev. | + others |
| Stone, George | Himself | |
| Weslyan Chapel | 10 perches | |
| Parish Pound | 8 perches | |
| Public Roads in the Township. |
The actual tithe apportionment book,is very large and wide.