Build 5 — 9 Aug 2026
This work is based on a set of photographs of the original Book of Reference taken some years ago by Dorian Gerhold. It has been transcribed by Philip Boys, with AI-assisted manuscript reading by Claude (Anthropic), April-August 2026. I am very grateful to Dorian for providing these images.
[N.B. The transcription and annotations require close checking against the page photographs since it is easy to make errors, and rather hard to root them out. Contact me if you can suggest improvements.
Checking the pages against Dorian's photographs, it seems likely that several pages are missing between his photos 205 and 206 - this would correspond to the Book's pp 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and their respective facing pages. What was on those pages? How does it affect the pp devoted to the Plots? So far as I can tell, there are 388 plots - other tables do not refer to any plot whose number is greater than 388. A puzzle that needs solving!]
– Introduction
– Page Photographs — the original ledger, page by page
– The Parcels: a complete list
– Proprietors and Tenants
– Earl Spencer’s Tenants (alphabetical)
– Search by Name
– Parish Totals
– Notes
John Corris’s large-scale map of Battersea, surveyed c.1782–1786, is one of the most detailed and important cartographic records of the parish before the great urban transformation of the nineteenth century. It shows the parish in the last decades before enclosure changed the face of what was still, in essence, a rural and riverside community on the south bank of the Thames.
Accompanying the map is a Book of Reference—a manuscript register listing every numbered parcel of land depicted on the map, together with its name or description, its acreage, and the names of its proprietor and tenant. The book thus provides an extraordinarily detailed snapshot of land ownership and occupation in Battersea at the end of the eighteenth century.
So far as I know, the Book of Reference has never previously been transcribed in full. The transcription presented here covers all 388 numbered parcels in the Battersea Inclosures section, together with the open-field and common-land entries, the complete proprietors-and-tenants registers, and the separate alphabetical list of Earl Spencer’s tenants.
The grand total of Battersea parish as recorded in the document is 2,133 acres 0 roods 38 perches.
The dominant landowner throughout is Earl Spencer, whose estate in Battersea parish amounted to 893 acres 3 roods 32 perches. He also held the "Great Tithes" of the entire parish, with only the "Small Tithes" going to the Vicar.
Other significant proprietors include Mark Bell, Thomas Ponton, Joshua Smith, and Richard Southby. Battersea Glebe and the Church Wardens appear as institutional proprietors.
[Tithes: By tradition, one tenth of produce (tithe means one tenth) was paid annually in tax to support the church and its vicar. Two types of tithes were payable: the "Rector's" or "Great Tithes" were paid out of the main crops (wheat and other grain, hay, and wood), while the "Vicar's" or "Small Tithes" were levied on livestock and sundry produce covered livestock, wool, milk, and garden produce.
The "Rector" was usually the major landowner (an individual, such as Earl Spencer, or an institution, such as Magdalen College Oxford).
On great and small tithes, see e.g. A.E.C.Prescott's short article for the Church Times in 192?, A Summary of the Law relating to Tithes. The History of Tithes, West End Local History Society, is accessible and very helpful. See also Origins of the Tithe Custom, Swansea History Web.]
The document records a rich variety of land types: arable strips and meadows in the open fields, riverside docks and wharves, market gardens, orchards, public houses (the Old Swan, Fox & Garter, Nags Head, White Hart, Castle, Plough, Raven Inn, Nine Elms, Princes Head, and Falcon among them), the Manor Pound, the Alms House, the Watch House, a Presbyterian Meeting House, a distillery, windmills, and tide meadows along the Thames.
Acreages are given in the traditional notation A–R–P (Acres, Roods, Perches). The letter following the measurement indicates the land category in the original: F = Freehold, B = Copyhold belonging to the Bishop of Rochester, C = Copyhold belonging to Battersea Parish.
[Are the following notes helpful/correct? Copyhold was a form of land tenure derived from the old manorial system, and in this document it has a very specific local meaning.
In medieval England, copyhold land was held "by copy of the court roll" — meaning the tenant's title was recorded in the rolls of the manorial court rather than by a freehold deed. The tenant held the land at the will of the lord of the manor, according to the custom of the manor, and on the tenant's death the heir had to pay a fine to be admitted to the holding. The name comes from the fact that the tenant received a copy of the relevant entry in the court roll as their title document.
By the 1780s when Corris was surveying Battersea, copyhold was already an archaic survival, but it remained legally significant because it determined who held the superior lordship and who received the fines on transfer or inheritance.
In the Battersea Book of Reference, the distinction drawn is between three types of tenure:
F (Freehold) — the most straightforward: the proprietor owned the land outright, subject only to the Crown.
B (Copyhold of the Bishop of Rochester) — land held copyhold of the manor of Battersea and Wandsworth, the lordship of which was vested in the Bishop of Rochester. This was an unusual arrangement with deep medieval roots: the Bishops of Rochester had held the manor since at least the eleventh century. [Rochester? Not York?Not Westminster? I'm confused.]
C (Copyhold of the Parish) — land held copyhold of a subordinate or distinct manorial jurisdiction associated with the parish itself.
Copyhold tenure was finally abolished altogether by the Law of Property Act 1922, which converted all remaining copyholds to freehold.
It would be good to know (and say) more about this Court Roll — Where was it kept - St Mary's Church? Are there any copies? Is it still available to see today? How was it linked to manorial institutions such as the Court Leet, the Court Baron and the Homage (which I recall e.g. John Buckmaster mentions)?.
Were all copyholders entitled/obliged to participate in these? Do any of these records survive today. How similar/different are they to Wimbledon's, that Philip Lawrence transcribed/translated and annotated in the C19?]
In relation to the Five Houses along what is now Bolingbroke Grove, see plots 351—365. Notice some of the land on the edge of the "West Common" (i.e. Battersea's West Common, adjoining Wandsworth's "East Common") has explicitly been enclosed. These enclosures, abstracted by Spencer, will shortly be integrated into the gardens of the Five Houses. I wonder if there are any legal documents detailing their sale to the owners of the Five Houses?
Measurements: A = Acres [4840 sq. yards or 0.4 hectares] | R = Roods [4 per acre] | P = Perches [40 per rood] |
Categories: F = Freehold | B = Copyhold (Bishop) | C = Copyhold (Parish)
| No. on Plan | Names of the Parcels | Quantity in each Parcel, and its Category A–R–P |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Church & Church Yard | 0–3–20 | |
| 2 | Manor House & sundry Buildings &c | 2–1–13 | F |
| 3 | Tide Meadow & Buildings | 6–0–6 | F |
| 4 | Garden Ground & Buildings | 12–2–15 | F |
| 5 | Shoulder of Mutton Field | 3–0–15 | F |
| 6 | A Garden & Buildings | 4–3–16 | F |
| 7 | Fox & Garter Pub. House & other Buildings &c | 0–1–12 | F |
| 8 | A Garden & Buildings | 1–0–22 | F |
| 9 | Mr Greenwood Buildings & Garden | 0–2–15 | B |
| 10 | Buildings & Garden | 0–0–18 | C |
| 11 | The Raven Inn Buildings & Gardens | 0–0–19 | C |
| 12 | A House & Garden | 0–0–5 | C |
| 13 | Buildings & Yard | 0–0–3 | F |
| 14 | Buildings & Gardens | 0–1–15 | B |
| 15 | Buildings & Yard | 0–0–8 | C |
| 16 | Buildings Yard and Garden | 0–0–28 | C |
| 17 | do | 0–1–9 | C |
| 18 | Old Swan Pub. House Outbuildings &c | 0–0–34 | B |
| 19 | Buildings and Garden | 0–2–15 | B |
| 20 | Buildings and Yard | 0–0–27 | B |
| 21 | Buildings and Gardens | 0–1–9 | B |
| 22 | A House & Garden | 0–1–4 | F |
| 23 | A Garden | 0–0–24 | B |
| 24 | Buildings & Garden | 0–0–24 | B |
| 25 | House & Gardens &c | 0–2–12 | B |
| 26 | Buildings Yard Garden &c | 0–2–2 | F |
| 27 | do | 0–3–10 | C |
| 28 | do | 0–1–2 | C |
| 29 | do | 0–0–27 | C |
| 30 | do | 0–0–13 | C |
| 31 | Buildings Yard & Garden | 0–3–16 | C |
| 32 | do | 0–0–7 | C |
| 33 | do | 0–0–18 | F |
| 34 | do | 0–2–10 | B |
| 35 | do | 0–1–22 | C |
| 36 | do | 0–0–12 | C |
| 37 | ditto Pt. of Bishop’s &c | 0–0–10 | C |
| 38 | A Yard and Garden | 0–0–15 | B |
| 39 | Buildings Yard & Garden | 1–1–24 | B |
| 40 | do | 5–0–24 | B |
| 41 | A Cottage House & Garden | 0–0–8 | F |
| 42 | A House | 0–0–3 | C |
| 43 | do | 0–0–3 | B |
| 44 | Buildings & Garden | 0–0–19 | C |
| 45 | White Hart Pub. House &c | 0–0–26 | C |
| 46 | Buildings Yards & Gardens | 0–0–26 | C |
| 47 | do | 0–0–23 | B |
| 48 | Garden Ground | 0–0–37 | C |
| 49 | do | 0–1–0 | B |
| 50 | House Yard &c | 0–2–4 | F |
| 51 | Stables Yard &c | 0–1–14 | B |
| 52 | Garden Ground | 0–0–12 | B |
| 53 | Buildings Yard and Garden | 0–2–19 | C |
| 53a | A Building & small Yard | 0–0–4 | C |
| 54 | Buildings Yards Gardens &c | 1–1–0 | C |
| 55 | 2 Pieces of Garden Ground with Ponds &c | 0–3–14 | B |
| 56 | Buildings and Garden | 0–0–36 | B |
| 57 | The 7 Houses Gardens &c | 2–0–8 | C |
| 58 | Buildings Pond, Garden Close &c | 3–2–38 | B |
| 58a | York Place Creek | 0–2–20 | B |
| 59 | York Place Buildings &c | 4–0–6 | B |
| [59a] | A Garden | 0–0–35 | B |
| 61 | Distill House Foundry Buildings Gardens &c | 5–1–7 | B |
| 62 | A House and Garden | 2–0–21 | B |
| 63 | Buildings & Garden | 3–3–8 | B |
| 64 | do | 2–0–31 | B |
| 65 | A parcel called 2 Roods | 0–1–22 | F |
| 66 | Buildings Ground &c called 2 Roods | 0–1–35 | B |
| 67 | Road in Common to Earl Spencer’s tenants | 0–0–22 | F |
| 68 | Buildings and Garden Ground | 13–2–17 | B |
| 69 | do | 4–0–22 | B |
| 70 | ditto with the Hogshead &c | 25–3–20 | B |
| 71 | Bumpers Close Garden Ground | 12–2–27 | B |
| 72 | East side of Spanish Close | 13–0–18 | B |
| 73 | Buildings Gardens &c | 0–1–33 | F |
| 74 | ditto late Sewells | 1–0–0 | F |
| 75 | do | 1–3–20 | F |
| 75a | A Strip taken of the Common | 0–1–22 | F |
| 76 | Ponds & a parcel lately enclosed | 0–2–6 | F |
| 77 | Buildings Garden &c | 0–2–34 | F |
| 78 | do | 0–3–15 | F |
| 79 | ditto The Plough Ale House | 0–2–5 | F |
| 80 | ditto St John’s Place | 0–3–20 | F |
| 81 | ditto do | 0–1–0 | F |
| 82 | A Garden do | 0–0–24 | F |
| 83 | Buildings and Garden do | 0–0–16 | F |
| 84 | ditto do | 0–0–7 | F |
| 85 | ditto do | 0–0–7 | F |
| 86 | ditto do | 0–0–12 | F |
| 87 | ditto do | 0–1–0 | F |
| 88 | ditto do | 1–0–20 | F |
| 89 | ditto do | 0–2–0 | F |
| 90 | A small Building & Garden Ground | 16–1–13 | B |
| 91 | House and Garden | 0–0–38 | F |
| 92 | Buildings and Garden | 0–1–34 | F |
| 93 | A Pond | 1–0–6 | F |
| 94 | do | 0–3–36 | F |
| 95 | &c & small Garden &c | 0–3–28 | F |
| 96b | The Falcon Public House, Pit front &c | 0–2–1 | F |
| 97 | A House and Garden | 0–0–14 | F |
| 98 | do | 0–0–10 | F |
| 99 | Garden Ground | 7–2–0 | B |
| 100 | do | 18–3–20 | B |
| 101 | do | 17–2–26 | B |
| 102 | Dozits Meadow | 1–3–12 | B |
| 103 | do | 2–1–17 | B |
| 104 | do | 3–2–2 | B |
| 105 | Little Meadow | 1–2–14 | F |
| 106 | The Easternmost Meadow | 2–2–33 | F |
| 107 | The Westernmost do | 2–2–33 | F |
| 108 | A Meadow | 1–1–28 | B |
| 109 | do | 1–0–32 | F |
| 110 | Buildings & Garden Ground | 11–2–18 | B |
| 110a | Garden Ground nr York Place Bridge | 0–1–0 | F |
| 111 | Round Close Meadow | 4–1–17 | F |
| 112 | Buildings & Garden Ground | 6–0–24 | F |
| 113 | do | 0–3–28 | B |
| 114 | A Garden | 0–1–24 | B |
| 115 | A House & Yard | 0–0–9 | B |
| 116 | A Garden | 2–2–28 | F |
| 117 | Buildings & Yard | 0–0–11 | F |
| 118 | Princes Head Public House &c | 0–0–13 | F |
| 119 | Buildings & small Garden | 0–0–5 | F |
| 120 | The Manor Pound | 0–0–2 | |
| 121 | A small House and Garden pt. of gate | 0–0–5 | F |
| 122 | A small Garden | 0–0–21 | F |
| 123 | The Corner Close | 0–2–10 | B |
| 124 | A Building & Close | 0–3–23 | F |
| 125 | do | 1–1–7 | B |
| 126 | A piece of Garden Ground called T &c | 0–4–16½ | F |
| 127 | do | 0–0–3½ | F |
| 128 | Buildings & Garden Ground | 1–2–17 | B |
| 129–130 | do | 1–0–[?] | B |
| 130a | Presbyterian Meeting House & Yard | 0–0–10 | B |
| 131 | Buildings & Garden | 0–3–15 | C |
| 132 | Buildings & Garden | 0–5–16 | C |
| 133 | Garden Ground | 1–2–8 | B |
| 134 | do | 0–1–2–32 | F |
| 135 | Saffron Close | 1–0–0 | B |
| 135a | Buildings & Garden Ground | 0–9–34 | F |
| 136 | A Building & small Garden | 0–0–6 | B |
| 137 | ditto & garden | 1–0–29 | B |
| 138 | One Rood in Pether Garden | 0–1–4 | B |
| 139 | Buildings & Garden Ground | 1–2–38 | C |
| 140 | do | 0–0–15 | B |
| 141 | do | 0–0–15 | C |
| 142 | ditto Pt. of Bishops &c | 0–2–0 | C |
| 143 | do | 0–1–27 | B |
| 144 | A Close | 3–28 | B |
| 145 | Buildings Yard & Close | 4–1–0 | F |
| 146 | Buildings Gardens &c | 1–3–10 | B |
| 147 | Garden Ground | 1–0–0 | B |
| 148 | Buildings Yards &c | 0–3–22 | C |
| 149 | Barn Yard adjoining | 1–2–20 | C |
| 150 | The Bell Ale House | 0–3–24 | F |
| 151 | A House & Garden | 0–1–0 | F |
| 152 | The Castle Pub. House Yards Gardens &c | 0–1–16 | C |
| 153 | Buildings and Gardens | 0–1–18 | C |
| 154 | Buildings & small Yard | 0–0–11 | C |
| 155 | A House and Garden | 0–0–6 | F |
| 156 | do | 0–0–6 | F |
| 157 | do | 0–0–6 | F |
| 158 | do | 0–0–6 | F |
| 159 | A Yard & Garden | 0–0–11 | B |
| 160 | Buildings & Carpenters Yard | 0–1–4 | B |
| 161 | An Orchard | 2–2–12 | B |
| 162 | Buildings Yards & Gardens | 0–3–3 | B |
| 163 | do | 0–2–9 | C |
| 164 | do | 1–1–4 | B |
| 165 | do | 2–0–[?] | B |
| 166 | do | 0–0–13 | B |
| 167 | do | 0–0–11 | B |
| 168 | do | 0–0–20 | C |
| 169 | Buildings Yard & Garden | 0–0–27 | C |
| 170 | do | 0–0–12 | C |
| 171 | do | 0–0–15 | C |
| 172 | The Alms House | 0–0–2 | F |
| 173 | The Watch House | 0–0–1 | F |
| 174 | Buildings Yards & Gardens | 1–0–5 | F |
| 175 | Buildings & strips of Ground &c called Iwood | 0–3–13 | B |
| 176 | Buildings Garden & Close | 2–2–4 | C |
| 177 | A Garden called 1½ Acre | 1–1–18 | B |
| 178 | A Garden | 0–3–38 | F |
| 179 | Buildings Yard & Gardens | 0–1–7 | C |
| 180 | do | 0–3–26 | C |
| 181 | do | 2–0–38 | C |
| 182 | do | 1–0–30 | B |
| 183 | A Garden | 1–1–38 | B |
| 184 | A Close | 2–1–32 | B |
| 185 | do | 5–1–3 | B |
| 186 | do | 0–2–20 | B |
| 187 | ditto called Weather Shots | 4–1–13 | F |
| 188 | Buildings & Gardens | 10–0–21 | B |
| 189 | A Garden | 1–0–27 | F |
| 190 | do | 0–1–22 | F |
| 191 | Buildings and Garden | 0–1–18 | F |
| 192 | do | 1–1–10 | F |
| 193 | A Garden | 3–2–22 | F |
| 194 | Buildings & Garden | 3–0–5 | F |
| 195 | do | 0–0–31 | F |
| 196 | do | 2–3–4 | F |
| 197 | A Garden | 0–1–6 | F |
| 198 | do | 2–2–36 | F |
| 199 | Buildings & Garden | 3–3–4 | F |
| 200 | do | 6–1–7 | F |
| 201 | A Garden | 3–3–37 | F |
| 202 | Buildings & Garden | 1–1–49 | F |
| 203 | A Garden | 8–2–29 | F |
| 204 | A small House & Garden | 0–0–12 | F |
| 205 | A House and Garden | 0–0–14 | F |
| 206 | do | 0–0–23 | F |
| 207 | A House & small Gardens | 0–0–15 | F |
| 208 | Buildings & small Garden | 0–0–6 | F |
| 209 | do | 0–0–27 | F |
| 210 | Ozier Ground | 6–2–15 | F |
| 211 | The Creek Dock | 0–1–4 | F |
| 212 | A Dock | 2–1–12 | F |
| 213 | do | 1–3–0 | F |
| 214 | do | 0–2–20 | F |
| 215 | A New Dock formerly called Birdsmouth | 5–2–11 | F |
| 216 | do | 0–2–14 | F |
| 217 | do | 0–0–28 | F |
| 218 | A Garden | 4–1–20 | F |
| 219 | do | 0–3–33 | F |
| 220 | do | 1–0–0 | F |
| 221 | do | 2–0–28 | F |
| 222 | ditto called ½ Acre | 1–2–20 | F |
| 223 | ditto do | 1–0–20 | C |
| 224 | ditto 1 Acre | 0–3–25 | C |
| 225 | A House & Garden Ground | 5–3–34 | C |
| 226 | Buildings & Garden Ground | 2–2–3 | B |
| 227 | A Dock | 0–1–27 | B |
| 228 | do | 1–0–4 | C |
| 229 | Tide Meadow Dock | 2–0–9 | B |
| 230 | A Dock | 1–0–0 | F |
| 231 | do | 0–3–22 | F |
| 232 | [Dock] | 0–3–14 | F |
| 233 | Bank adjoining the 3 last parcels | 0–2–16 | F |
| 234 | A Dock | 0–1–24 | F |
| 235 | Part of the Bank | 0–0–20 | F |
| 236 | do | 0–0–17 | F |
| 237 | A Dock | 0–2–18 | F |
| 238 | Part of the Bank | 0–0–9 | F |
| 239 | ditto & a Dock | 0–1–26 | F |
| 240 | Glebe Dock & Bank | 0–1–9 | F |
| 241 | Waste adjg. the White House Bank &c | 0–3–16 | F |
| 242 | Part of the Bank | 0–0–34 | F |
| 243 | The Westernmost White House & Garden | 0–0–21 | B |
| 244 | The Easternmost do | 0–0–16 | F |
| 245 | West end of the Red House Garden | 0–0–15 | B |
| 246 | Other part of ditto adjoining the last | 0–0–15 | F |
| 247 | Red House & Garden adjoining | 0–1–7 | F |
| 248 | Part of the Bank | 0–1–8 | F |
| 249 | A House Garden & part of the Bank | 0–0–33 | F |
| 250 | A Dock | 0–0–27 | F |
| 251 | Windmill Wharf, the Miller’s House & Garden | 0–1–16 | F |
| 252 | W. end of the Miller’s Garden & Bank adjg. do | 0–0–24 | F |
| 253 | Dock | 0–0–26 | F |
| 254 | Waste | 0–0–1–38 | F |
| 255 | Part of the Bank & of the Sluice | 0–2–12 | F |
| 256 | Windmills Buildings Wharf & Garden | 0–2–5 | F |
| 257 | Part of the Bank adjg. the last | 0–0–3 | F |
| 258 | An Island | 0–1–26 | F |
| 259 | Dock | 0–2–21 | F |
| 260 | Ozier Ground | 3–1–15 | B |
| 261 | do | 1–3–18 | F |
| 262 | Dock | 0–3–14 | F |
| 263 | do | 1–1–37 | F |
| 264 | do | 0–2–4 | F |
| 265 | Mill & Water from the Bridge to the River | 0–2–4 | F |
| 266 | Buildings Yards &c | 0–3–18 | F |
| 267 | Dock & Bank &c | 0–3–31 | F |
| 268 | A House & Garden | 0–0–23 | F |
| 269 | Buildings Yards Gardens &c | 0–0–25 | F |
| 270 | do | 0–0–38 | F |
| 271 | do | 0–1–4 | F |
| 272 | do | 0–2–0 | F |
| 273 | Buildings and Wharf | 0–1–13 | F |
| 274 | Buildings Yards & Gardens | 1–1–0 | F |
| 275 | Buildings Yards Gardens &c w. Windmill | 2–3–4 | F |
| 276 | Buildings & Garden Ground | 12–1–8 | F |
| 277 | Several Tenements & Gardens | 0–1–6 | F |
| 278 | Garden Ground | 1–1–28 | F |
| 279 | Nine Elms Pub. House & Sundries | 0–2–27 | F |
| 280 | Buildings & Yard | 0–0–25 | F |
| 281 | Garden Ground | 4–3–2 | F |
| 282 | Buildings & Garden Ground | 4–2–17 | F |
| 283 | ditto & small Close | 1–0–27 | F |
| 284 | ditto & Garden Ground | 7–1–2 | F |
| 285 | Garden Ground | 4–0–31 | F |
| 286 | do | 6–1–34 | F |
| 287 | A Close | 5–3–26 | F |
| 288 | do | 13–2–33 | F |
| 289 | A Meadow | 6–3–14 | F |
| 290 | do | 10–1–6 | F |
| 291 | Mill Dams & Banks | 12–2–27 | F |
| 292 | Buildings Garden & Close adjoining | 6–0–10 | F |
| 293 | Great Field | 112–2–14 | F |
| 294 | Meadow | 20–3–22 | F |
| 295 | Small Gains Meadow | 4–1–37 | F |
| 296 | House Close | 7–3–38 | F |
| 297 | Buildings Garden, Gardens & Road to Yard Meadow | 6–2–14 | F |
| 298 | A Garden | 0–1–10 | F |
| 299 | The Three Acres | 3–0–20 | F |
| 300 | Barn Field &c | 21–3–0 | F |
| 301 | Long Hams | 9–3–8 | F |
| 302 | Meadows | 19–3–15 | F |
| 303 | Oven Meadow | 2–0–25 | F |
| 304 | Stobourn’s | 6–2–17 | F |
| 305 | The 8 Acres | 8–3–0 | F |
| 306 | Meadow | 4–3–1 | F |
| 307 | The 4 Acres Close | 4–2–7 | F |
| 308 | 3 Roods Butts No. on Sheep Cut Lane | 0–3–14 | B |
| 309 | 1 Acre do | 1–0–7 | C |
| 310 | A parcel called 2 Roods Butts on Sheep Cut Lane | 0–2–27 | C |
| 311 | An Encroachment in Sheep Cut Lane | 0–0–3 | F |
| 312 | ditto do | 0–0–10 | F |
| 313 | ditto do | 0–0–4 | F |
| 314 | Birds Close | 2–3–32 | F |
| 315 | Latchmoor Close | 1–3–36 | C |
| 316 | An Encroachment | 0–0–12 | F |
| 317 | Close Butting No. on Sheep Cut Lane | 4–1–27 | B |
| 318 | Three Acres do | 2–2–38 | B |
| 319 | 2 Acres do | 1–3–20 | C |
| 320 | Hobourn’s Garden Ground | 12–3–37 | F |
| 321 | Hobourn’s Meadow | 3–0–17 | F |
| 322 | Easternmost Longlands Meadow | 8–2–5 | F |
| 323 | Westernmost do | 4–2–31 | F |
| 324 | Southernmost Meadow pt. Ditch | 2–0–11 | F |
| 325 | Southernmost Middle Meadow | 1–3–26 | F |
| 326 | Northernmost do | 1–3–16 | F |
| 327 | Southernmost Meadow pt. Ditch | 2–1–17 | F |
| 328 | Buildings and Garden Ground | 3–3–0 | F |
| 329 | do | 1–1–24 | B |
| 330 | Meadow adjoining the Road | 4–0–14 | F |
| 331 | Garden Ground | 5–0–12 | F |
| 332 | do | 9–3–6 | F |
| 333 | Buildings Garden & Close | 3–2–14 | F |
| 334 | do | 9–0–18 | F |
| 335 | do | 1–2–24 | F |
| 336 | do | 3–1–20 | F |
| 337 | do | 2–3–10 | F |
| 338 | Sun Hill | 8–1–38 | F |
| 339 | A Close | 4–2–22 | F |
| 340 | do | 4–0–32 | F |
| 341 | do | 5–0–2 | F |
| 342 | Road Piece | 0–1–20 | F |
| 343 | Buildings Garden &c | 49–1–33 | F |
| 344 | do | 8–2–17 | F |
| 345 | Buildings Gardens &c | 4–0–8 | F |
| 346 | do | 18–3–8 | F |
| 347 | do | 13–2–0 | F |
| 348 | Close | 7–1–17 | F |
| 349 | Buildings Gardens &c Circular Road &c | 14–3–19 | F |
| 350 | Buildings Yard & Garden | 0–0–39 | F |
| 351 | Buildings & Close | 29–2–0 | F |
| 352 | An Encroachment on W. lost Common | 0–3–7 | F |
| 353 | Buildings Garden & Close | 6–2–33 | F |
| 354 | An Encroachment do | 0–2–37 | F |
| 355 | Buildings Garden & Close | 5–3–39 | F |
| 356 | Encroachment do | 0–2–12 | F |
| 357 | Buildings Garden & Close | 5–3–32 | F |
| 358 | Encroachment do | 0–2–12 | F |
| 359 | Buildings Garden & Close | 6–0–0 | F |
| 360 | Encroachment do | 0–2–14 | F |
| 361 | Buildings Garden & Close | 5–2–35 | F |
| 362 | A Close | 3–0–26 | F |
| 363 | Buildings & Close | 3–3–17 | F |
| 364 | A Close | 4–0–4 | F |
| 365 | A Close pt. Balham Lane | 5–0–12 | F |
| 366 | do | 9–1–13 | F |
| 367 | A Close | 5–1–17 | F |
| 368 | do | 8–1–33 | F |
| 369 | Buildings Gardens & Closes | 17–0–22 | F |
| 370 | A Close adjoining Balham Lane | 4–3–31 | F |
| 371 | ditto adjg. Mr Baldwin’s House | 5–0–6 | F |
| 372 | ditto &c adjg. the last | 4–2–38 | F |
| 373 | Buildings Garden & Close | 4–1–32 | F |
| 374 | A Close | 4–1–33 | F |
| 375 | do | 5–3–36 | F |
| 376 | do | 5–2–18 | F |
| 377 | do | 1–2–3 | F |
| 378 | do | 4–1–5 | F |
| 379 | A Bath House and Close with Garden | 6–2–33 | F |
| 380 | Buildings Garden & Closes | 47–2–7 | F |
| 381 | Buildings Garden &c | 5–0–20 | F |
| 382 | A Close | 8–0–0 | F |
| 383 | A small Building & Close | 4–1–16 | F |
| 384 | A Close | 4–1–7 | F |
| 385 | do | 4–0–2 | F |
| 386 | do | 4–2–28 | F |
| 387 | Buildings Gardens &c | 23–3–22 | F |
| 388 | do | 7–1–7 | F |
The following table lists all entries from the Proprietors and Tenants registers as they appear in the manuscript, in page order. Where only “do” (ditto) appears in the original, the repeated name has been supplied in square brackets for clarity. Parcel numbers shown in the right-hand column are as given in the adjacent parcels columns of the manuscript where legible.
| Proprietor | Tenant | Parcel(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Thos. Rhodes | 1–7 | |
| Greenwood | 9 | |
| Thomas Bunker | ||
| Barry | Mrs Jennings | |
| Elizabeth Satchwell | ||
| James Hogg | ||
| George Culverwell | ||
| Smith | ||
| Joseph Stacey | ||
| Tench | ||
| Crickell | ||
| Earl Spencer | Thomas Davis | 20 |
| Earl Spencer | Thomas Rhodes | 21 |
| Gilliard | ||
| Earl Spencer | Thos. Rhodes | 23 |
| Earl Spencer | Miss Gilliards | |
| Earl Spencer | Mr Sibbons | |
| Glebe Land | ||
| Bristow | ||
| Thomas Rhodes | ||
| Bingham | ||
| Butler | ||
| Abbot | ||
| Cox | ||
| Earl Spencer | The Free School | |
| Alderman | ||
| Hallett | ||
| Monger | ||
| Atkinson | ||
| Earl Spencer | Mrs Atkinson | |
| Earl Spencer | Mungo Clarke | |
| Earl Spencer | Thomas Ponton Esqre | |
| Mark Bell Esqre | ||
| Earl Spencer | Thos. Ponton Esqre | |
| Mark Bell Esqre | ||
| John Bongo | ||
| Thomas West | ||
| Earl Spencer | John Bowes | |
| Joshua Smith Esqre | ||
| Earl Spencer | Joshua Smith Esqre | |
| Joshua Smith Esqre | ||
| Earl Spencer | Joshua Smith Esqre | |
| Earl Spencer | ditto and let to Webster | |
| Webster | ||
| Mark Bell Esqre | ||
| Earl Spencer | Mark Bell Esqre | |
| Earl Spencer | John Cundell | 56 |
| Jno. Baptiste Bushman | ||
| Earl Spencer | Thos. Ponton Esqre | |
| Mark Bell Esqre | Robt. Moseley | |
| Earl Spencer | Mark Bell Esqre | |
| Earl Spencer | Elizth. Farr | |
| Earl Spencer | Daniel Carter | |
| Earl Spencer | Elizth. Farr | |
| Earl Spencer | Daniel Carter | |
| Earl Spencer | Thomas Bartlett | |
| Earl Spencer | Sundries | |
| Earl Spencer | Thomas Bartlett | |
| Earl Spencer | Elizth. Farr | |
| Earl Spencer | Daniel Carter | |
| Earl Spencer | Robt. Mousley | |
| Earl Spencer | Thos. Varden | |
| Earl Spencer | Jane Middleton | |
| Earl Spencer | Thos. Varden | |
| Earl Spencer | William Burford | 77 |
| Earl Spencer | Jacob Hogan | 78 |
| Earl Spencer | Ison Chapman | 79 |
| Earl Spencer | John Smith | 80 |
| Earl Spencer | William Wood | 81 |
| Earl Spencer | William Newman | 82 |
| Earl Spencer | Thos. Tomes | 83 |
| Earl Spencer | Willm. Newman | |
| Earl Spencer | Willm. Bradfield | 85 |
| Earl Spencer | Willm. Grips | 86 |
| Earl Spencer | Thos. Langdon | 87–89 |
| Earl Spencer | Sherbin Elderton | 90 |
| Earl Spencer | Jacob Jay | 91 |
| Earl Spencer | Wm. Saintree | 92 |
| Earl Spencer | Robert Heath | 93 |
| Earl Spencer | Sherbin Elderton | 95 |
| Earl Spencer | Robert Heath | |
| Earl Spencer | Edward Somender | |
| Earl Spencer | Moses Stacey | 98 |
| Earl Spencer | Henry Brown | 99 |
| Earl Spencer | Robt. Mousley | 100 |
| Earl Spencer | Willm. Hoggs | 101 |
| Earl Spencer | Thos. Rhodes | 102–104 |
| Earl Spencer | Milloways Exrs | 105–107 |
| Earl Spencer | Robt. Mousdoley | |
| Earl Spencer | Abraham West | 112 |
| Earl Spencer | Catherine Hallett | 113 |
| Earl Spencer | Elizabeth Farr | 114 |
| Earl Spencer | John Davis | 115 |
| Earl Spencer | Elizabeth Farr | 116 |
| Earl Spencer | John Weston | 118 |
| James Hales | ||
| Earl Spencer | Widow Dutch | |
| Richard Southby | John Weston | |
| Crickett | ||
| Earl Spencer | Mrs Camden | 124 |
| Hull | ||
| Earl Spencer | Thos. Rhodes | |
| Ezekiel Pennington | ||
| Earl Spencer | Mrs Daintra | |
| Earl Spencer | Mark Bell Esqre & others | |
| Allington | ||
| Kennedy | 169 | |
| Edwards | 170 | |
| Sanders | 171 | |
| Earl Spencer | Battersea Church Wardens | 172–173 |
| Earl Spencer | Wm. Houston Lingham | 174 |
| Earl Spencer | Thos. Lingham | 175 |
| Ann Camm | 176 | |
| Thos. Lawrence | Thos. Lingham | 177–178 |
| Earl Spencer | ||
| Bingham | Mrs Hines | 179 |
| Bingham | Brook | 180 |
| Bingham | Oldham | 181 |
| Bingham | Brook | 182 |
| Bingham | Oldham | 183 |
| Earl Spencer | Richard Southby | 184–185 |
| Geo. Culverwell | James Hogg | 186 |
| Joshua Smith Esqre | 187 | |
| Earl Spencer | Lamb | 188–189 |
| Earl Spencer | George Farr | 190–191 |
| Earl Spencer | Thomas Cooke | 192–193 |
| Earl Spencer | Jenkins | 194 |
| Earl Spencer | William Burrage | 195–196 |
| Earl Spencer | Thos. Cooke & Geo. Farr Undert | 197–198 |
| Earl Spencer | Geo. Farr | 201–202 |
| Earl Spencer | Mungo Clarke | 203 |
| Mrs Stephenson | ||
| Earl Spencer | William Burrage | 204 |
| Earl Spencer | Thos. Goslin | 205 |
| Earl Spencer | Nicholas Chandler | 206 |
| Earl Spencer | Thos. Holmes | 207 |
| Reprs. of Battersea Bridge | 208–210 | |
| Earl Spencer | George Farr | 211 |
| Earl Spencer | John Lyons | 212 |
| Earl Spencer | Thos. Cooke, Hankes & Mills | 213–214 |
| Earl Spencer | Hankes & Mills | 215 |
| Mark Bell Esqre | 216 | |
| Earl Spencer | Thomas Gains | 217 |
| Earl Spencer | Geo. Farr | 218 |
| Earl Spencer | Thomas Cook | 219 |
| Earl Spencer | Jenkins | 220 |
| Earl Spencer | Lamb | 221 |
| Earl Spencer | Thomas Gains | 222 |
| Cox | 223 | |
| Gilliard | 224 | |
| Calcroft | Thomas Gains | 225–226 |
| Earl Spencer | Randale | 227 |
| Hughes & Russell | Thos. Rhodes | 228 |
| Earl Spencer | Fox & Hankes & Mills | 229 |
| Mark Bell Esqre | 230–238 | |
| Barry | 236 | |
| Earl Spencer | 237 | |
| Earl Spencer | Thos. Goslin | |
| Battersea Glebe | 240 | |
| Earl Spencer | William Burt | 243–248 |
| Joshua Smith Esqre | ||
| Battersea Glebe | ||
| Mark Bell Esqre | ||
| Earl Spencer | William Collins | 252 |
| Battersea Glebe | ||
| Earl Spencer | James Tuggey | 255–256 |
| Barry | ||
| Mark Bell Esqre | ||
| Crickett | ||
| Thos. Ponton Esqre | 258–272 | |
| William Walton | ||
| Hollingworth | ||
| Sanders | Cowie & others | |
| Thos. Ponton Esqre | Cuff | |
| Thos. Ponton Esqre | Thos. Goring | |
| Thos. Ponton Esqre | Willis | |
| Thos. Ponton Esqre | Craig | |
| Thos. Ponton Esqre | Hollingworth | |
| Wagstaff | ||
| Thos. Ponton Esqre | Willis | |
| Thos. Ponton Esqre | William Watson | |
| Thos. Ponton Esqre | Sr. Joseph Mawby | |
| Richd. Southby | John Harrison | |
| Thos. Ponton Esqre | Sr. Jos. Mawby | |
| Richd. Southby | Harrison | 282–300 |
| Spencer | James Tuggey | |
| Barry | ||
| Gilliards | ||
| Earl Spencer | Thomas Smith | |
| Earl Spencer | Thomas Fennell | |
| Earl Spencer | Richd. Wright | 313 |
| Joshua Smith Esqre | ||
| Abbott | Mungo Clarke | |
| Earl Spencer | Smith | |
| Lawrence | ||
| Earl Spencer | James Tuggey | |
| Cox | Jane Spencer | |
| Earl Spencer | Milloways Exrs | 320–321 |
| Earl Spencer | George Farr | 322–323 |
| Earl Spencer | Sherbin Elderton | 324–330 |
| Sewell | Moses Stacey | |
| Mills | ||
| Taylor | ||
| Wilson | ||
| Barry | Lloyd | |
| Barry | Davis | |
| Davenport | ||
| Price | 345 | |
| Sherman | 346 | |
| Lovelace | 347 | |
| Burnell | 348–349 | |
| Elderton | 350 | |
| Church | 351 | |
| Earl Spencer | Wintchilft | 352 |
| William Dent | 353 | |
| Earl Spencer | Trunks | 354 |
| William Dent | 355 | |
| Earl Spencer | Gooding | 356 |
| Wm. Dent | 357 | |
| Earl Spencer | Cole | 358 |
| Cole | 359 | |
| Earl Spencer | Wm. Dent | 360 |
| Wm. Dent | 361–365 | |
| Robert Dent | 366–369 | |
| Cavendish | 370–372 | |
| Richd. Baldwin | 373–378 | |
| Cole | 379 | |
| Lovelace | 380–383 | |
| Sherman | 384–387 | |
| Waspells | 388 |
The final section of the manuscript is a separate alphabetical schedule of all Earl Spencer’s tenants in Battersea, cross-referencing each with their parcel numbers and total acreage. This is the only part of the document arranged alphabetically and constitutes an invaluable index for family and local historians.
| No. | Tenant | Parcel(s) | Description | A–R–P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atkinson, Mrs | 38 | A Yard & Garden | 0–0–15 |
| 2 | Bartlett, Thos | 66, 68 | Buildings Garden &c; Buildings & House Ground | 14–0–12 |
| 3 | Battersea Church Wardens | 172, 173 | The Alms House; The Watch House | 0–0–3 |
| 4 | Bell, Mark Esqre | 55, 61, 130a | 2 pieces of Garden Ground; Distill House Ground; Presbyterian Meeting Ho. | 6–0–31 |
| 5 | Bowes, John | 47, 136, 48, 49 | Buildings Yard & Garden; A Building & small Garden; open field lots | 1–1–36 |
| 6 | Bradfield, Willm | 85 | Buildings & Garden | 0–0–17 |
| 7 | Brown, Henry | 99 | Garden Ground | 7–2–0 |
| 8 | Burford, William | 77 | Buildings Garden &c | 0–2–34 |
| 9 | Burrage, William | 195, 196, 203, 209 | Buildings & Garden; Garden near York Bridge; House & Garden; Long Shots | 7–3–8 |
| 10 | Burt, William | 243, 244, 245, 247 | Whitehouse & Red House Gardens | 0–2–29 |
| 11 | Camden, Mrs | 124 | A Building & Close | 0–3–23 |
| 12 | Carter, Daniel | 63, 65, 70 | Buildings & Garden; strip of Gdn Ground; Nags Head Pub. Ho. | 30–0–10 |
| 13 | Chandler, Nicholas | 206 | A House & Garden | 0–0–23 |
| 14 | Chapman, Tison | 79 | The Plough Pub. Ho. | 0–2–5 |
| 15 | Clarke, Mungo | 39, 201, open field lots | Buildings Yds & Garden; A Garden; Lower Rowditch; Black Horse Lane | 6–1–34 |
| 16 | Cooke, Thomas | 192, 193, 197, 198, 213, 214, 219 | Buildings & Garden; Gardens; Docks; Garden in Hand | 11–1–17 |
| 17 | Collins, William | 252 | W. end of a Garden & Bank | 0–0–24 |
| 18 | Cole, Mr | 258 | An Encroachment | 2–12 |
| 19 | Crips, William | 86 | Buildings & Garden | 0–0–12 |
| 20 | Cundell, John | 56 | Buildings & Garden | 0–0–36 |
| 21 | Daintree, Widow | 92 | Buildings & Garden | 0–1–34 |
| 22 | Daintree, Mrs | 130 | do | 1–0–11 |
| 23 | Davis, John | 115 | A House & Yard | 0–0–9 |
| 24 | Davis, Thomas | 20 | Buildings & Yard | 0–0–27 |
| 25 | Death, Robert | 93, 94, 96b | Ponds; Falcon Pub. Ho. &c | 2–2–3 |
| 26 | Dent, William | 360 | An Encroachment | 0–2–14 |
| 27 | Dutch, Widow | 121 | House & Garden pt. Friar’s Gate | 0–0–5 |
| 28 | Elderton, Sherbin | 90, 95, 324–330, open field lots | Small house & Garden; Pond; Meadows; Bramlands; Wellditch | 58–0–1 |
| 29 | Farr, Elizabeth | 62, 64, 69, 114, 116, 117, open field lots | Houses & Gardens; Bramlands; Upper Rowditch | 40–2–27 |
| 30 | Faulks, Mr | 354 | An Encroachment | 0–2–37 |
| 31 | Fennel, Thos | 312 | Encroachment in Sheep’s Lane | 0–0–10 |
| 32 | Finch, Samuel | 156 | A House & Garden | 0–0–6 |
| 33 | Fox (Hankes & Mills) | 229 | Tide Meadow Dock | 2–0–9 |
| 34 | Gains, Thomas | 217, 222, 226, open field lots | Dock; Garden; Buildings & Garden Ground; Black Horse Lane; Thorny Shot; Broom Close | 10–2–23 |
| 35 | Gilliard, Miss | 24 | Buildings & Garden | 0–0–24 |
| 36 | Gooding, Mr | 356 | Encroachment on Wt. Common | 0–2–12 |
| 37 | Goslin, Thos | 205 | A House & Garden | 0–0–14 |
| 38 | Hagan, Jacob | 78 | Buildings & Garden | 0–3–15 |
| 39 | Hallett, Catherine | 113, open field lots | Buildings Brewery &c; Little Hill Shot; Popes Pond; Long Shot | 5–3–13 |
| 40 | Hankes & Mills | 215 | A New Dock | 5–2–11 |
| 41 | Harrison, Wm | 174 | Buildings Yards & Gardens | 1–0–5 |
| 42 | Hoggs, William | 101 | Garden Ground | 17–2–26 |
| 43 | Wintchilft, Mr | 352 | Encroachment on Wt. Common | 0–3–7 |
| 44 | Holmes, Thos | 207 | House & small Gardens | 0–0–15 |
| 45 | Jay, Jacob | 91 | A House & Garden | 0–0–38 |
| 46 | Jenkins | 194, 220 | Buildings & Garden; A Garden | 4–0–5 |
| 47 | Jones, Betty | 155 | A House & Garden | 0–0–6 |
| 48 | Farr, George | 100, 191, 199, 200, 211, 218, 322, 323, open field lots | Gardens; Creek Dock; Longlands Meadow; Wellditch; Drivers Shot; Long Shot | 27–2–31 |
| 49 | Lamb | 188, 189, 221, open field lots | Buildings & Gardens; Gardens; Popes Pond Shot | 13–3–27 |
| 50 | Lambourne, Richd | open field lots | Cross Road Shot; Long Marsh Bg. Shot | 0–[?] |
| 51 | Langdon, Thomas | 27, 28, 29 | Buildings & Garden | 0–0–21 |
| 52 | Lingham, Thomas | 175, 178 | Buildings & Pts. of Gdn Ground; A Garden | 1–3–11 |
| 53 | Lyons, John | 212 | A Dock | 2–1–12 |
| 54 | Middleton, Jane | 73 | Buildings & Garden | 0–1–33 |
| 55 | Milloways Exrs | 105, 106, 107, 320, 321, open field lots | Little Meadow; Easternmost & Westernmost Meadow; Hobourn’s; Flood Marsh; Thorny Shot; Broom Close; Short Marsh | 55–1–14 |
| 56 | Mungo, Thomas | open field lots | Oaken Sub Shot | 3–0–22 |
| 57 | Mousley, Robert | 60, 71, 100, 108, 109, 110, 110a, 111, open field lots | A Garden; Bumpers Close; Garden Ground; Meadows; Round Close; Wellditch; Rowditch; Stony Shot | 65–3–4 |
| 58 | Newman, Willm | 82, 83 | A Garden; Buildings & Garden, St John’s Place | 0–0–31 |
| 59 | Pennington, Ezekiel | 158, 159 | A House & Garden; A Yard and Garden | 0–0–17 |
| 60 | Ponton, Thos Esqre | 40, 41, 43, 58, 58a, 183 | Buildings Yard & Garden; Cottage House; A House; Buildings Pond &c; York Place Creek; Buildings & Garden | 10–3–2 |
| 61 | Rhodes, Thomas | 21, 23, 25, 102, 103, 104, 127, 128, open field lots | Buildings & Garden; Gardens; Dozits Meadow; Garden Ground; Thorny Shot; Cross Road Shot | 17–0–11 |
| 62 | Randale, Mr | 227 | A Dock & Haynes’s Garden | 0–1–27 |
| 63 | Free School | 33 | School House Yard &c | 0–0–18 |
| 64 | Smith, Joshua Esqre | 49, 51, 52, 133, 135, 135a | Garden Ground; Stables Yard; Garden Ground; Saffron Close; Buildings & Garden Ground | 4–0–28 |
| 65 | Smith, Richard | 316, open field lots | Encroachment in Sheep Cut Lane; Upper Wellditch; Black Horse Lane; Little Hill Shot; Popes Pond Shot; Long Shot | 7–3–22 |
| 66 | Smith, John | 80 | Buildings &c St John’s Place | 0–3–10 |
| 67 | Smith, Thomas | 311 | Encroachment Sheep Cut Lane | 0–0–3 |
| 68 | Southby, Richd | 184, 185, open field lots | Closes; Upper Wellditch; Short Marsh; Midmoor Shot | 10–2–8 |
| 70 | Spencer, Earl (own occupation) | 67, 120, 236, 239, 241, 242, 248, 254 | Road pt. Wandsworth Parish; Manor Pound; Bank; Waste; Sluice | 2–2–9 |
| 71 | Spencer, Jane | open field lots | Upper Wellditch; Lower Wellditch; Upper Rowditch; Wallworth Shot; Drivers Shot; Popes Pond Shot; Cross Road Shot; Birds Hedge Shot; Flood Marsh; Petticoat Bridge Shot; Short Marsh | 6–2–6 |
| 72 | Stacey, Moses | 98, open field lots | A House & Garden; Upper Wellditch; Oakton Stub Shot; Wallworth Shot; Cross Road Shot | 5–0–7 |
| 73 | Tomes, Thomas | 83 | Buildings & Garden | 0–0–16 |
| 74 | Tritton, J.H. | 147, 173 | Garden Ground; Carcas Close | 1–1–0 |
| 75 | Tuggey, James | 255, 256, 308, 318, open field lots | Bank E. of Sluice; Windmill Garden; Butts; Wellditch; Stony Shot; Long Shot; Long Hedge Shot; Flood Marsh; Long Marsh; Thorny Shot; Broom Close; Short Marsh; Midmoor Shot | 55–0–23 |
| 74 | Varden, Thos | 72, 74, 75, 75a, 76; (in Wandsworth: 235, 236) | East side of Spanish Close; Buildings late Savells; Encroachment; A parcel lately inclosed; (Wandsworth) West side of Spanish Close | 18–1–4 |
| 77 | West, Abraham | 112 | Buildings & Garden Ground | 6–0–24 |
| 78 | Weston, John | 118 | Princes Head Pub. House &c | 0–0–13 |
| 79 | Williams, Thos | 157 | A House and Garden | 0–0–6 |
| 80 | Wood, Mrs | open field lots (Midmoor Shot) | Midmoor Shot | 0–2–23 |
| 81 | Wood, William | 81 | A House & Garden | 0–1–0 |
| 82 | Wright, Richd | 313 | An Encroachment in Sheep Cut Lane | 0–0–4 |
Use the search box below to find any person mentioned in this document, whether as proprietor, tenant, or in the alphabetical tenants’ schedule. The search covers all three tables above simultaneously.
| Category | A–R–P |
|---|---|
| Battersea Inclosures (parcels 1–388) | 1,319–2–33 |
| Open Field Lands | 488–3–24 |
| Commons (East & West, excl. Latchmoor 19–0–25) | 814–2–16 |
| Roads through the Inclosures: | |
| Balham Lane | 8–3–17 |
| Road between the East & West Commons | 1–2–0 |
| ditto between Nos. 347 & 348 | 0–1–8 |
| ditto between the Ponds Nos. 349 & 350 | 0–2–18 |
| ditto between Nos. 75 & 77 | 0–0–10 |
| Turnpike Road from Clapham Parish to Wandsworth Parish | 7–2–21 |
| Sundry other Roads through the Town &c | 14–2–31 |
| Total of Battersea Parish | 2,133–0–38 |
| Earl Spencer’s Estate: | |
| Total of Earl Spencer’s Estate in Battersea Parish | 893–3–32 |
| Note: The Great Tithes of Battersea Parish belong to Earl Spencer; the small tithes to the Vicar. | |
1. Transcribed and introduced by Philip Boys, with AI-assisted manuscript reading by Claude (Anthropic)" — it is believed to be the first complete transcription of this invaluable document.
2. I was inspired to produce this transcription by Dorian Gerhold's study, "John Corris's Map of Wandsworth in 1787, published by the Wandsworth Historical Society in 2002 (Wandsworth Paper 11). Further, I am indebted to Dorian for his excellent photographs of the individual pages of the original manuscript, from which this transcription was made. I am also very grateful to Keith Bailey for sending me a superb high-resolution photograph of the original Corris plan.
3. The transcription and annotations require close checking against the page photographs since it is easy to make errors, and often hard to root them out. Some entries are difficult to read and are marked [?] where uncertain. Spellings of personal names have been preserved as found. It seems likely that about 18 pp are missing, since there were no photographs in Dorian's collection as sent to me (the sequence of the photographs is continuous, though, with no missing numbers. Surely Dorian wouldn't have overlooked these pages - so where and what are they?
4. The column headings in the original parcels tables record the tenure of land within Earl Spencer’s estate as: Freehold; Copyhold belonging to the Bishopric of Rochester [PB: This may be an error in Claude's transcription — check against the original images.]; Copyhold belonging to Battersea Parish; and Sundries/others.
5. The open-field section (Nos. 47–50 in the manuscript) records lots in the common fields (Midmoor Hill, Short Marsh, Long Marsh, and Shooting) with proprietors&rsquo names and fractions indicating relative lot sizes.
6. “Milloways Exrs” [sic?] refers to the executors of a deceased person named Milloway, holding several significant meadow parcels including the Little Meadow, Hobourn’s and extensive open-field strips.
7. Parcel 293 (Great Field, 112 acres 2 roods 14 perches) is by far the largest single enclosed parcel in the document, dwarfing all others.
8. Thomas Varden’s holding is notable in including land in both Battersea and Wandsworth parishes: the east and west sides of Spanish Close respectively.