Woodborough’s Heritage

Woodborough, a Sherwood Forest Village, recorded in Domesday

• And also one other piece or parcel of land in the said Moor Field in Potter Hole (numbered in the said Map 6) containing seven acres three roods and thirty perches the tenure of which is free and common socage bounded on or towards the north by a close called Potter Hole Close belonging to the said Eleanor Smith on or towards the east by other lands hereby awarded to the said Eleanor Smith on or towards the south by a private carriage road and on or towards the west by old inclosures. And that the fences for inclosing such allotment against the said private carriage road shall be made and thereafter repaired by the said Eleanor Smith or the owner or occupier thereof for the time being. All which five parcels of open and inclosed land containing together twenty three acres and sixteen perches are hereby awarded to the said Eleanor Smith in full satisfaction of all her lands and common right in and upon the lands and grounds intended by the said Act of Parliament to be inclosed. And also in full compensation of the following parcels of old inclosed land in Woodborough aforesaid heretofore the property of the said Eleanor Smith (that is to say) one ley of ground in Fish Pond Pingle. Also one Ley of Ground in Mill Leys Close both hereby awarded to Elizabeth Bainbrigge and also for a small piece of land lying in a garden at Woodborough hereby awarded to the Parish officers of Woodborough.

• And we do award and allot unto and for the Trustees of Elizabeth Sardison one piece or parcel of land in the Moor Field (numbered in the said Map 23) containing ten acres one rood and thirty seven perches bounded on or towards the north by old inclosures called the North Dale Closes and by lands hereby awarded to the Prebendary of the Prebend of Woodborough on or towards the east by lands hereby respectively allotted to Samuel Thorpe and Samuel Southern on or towards the south by lands hereby allotted to John Lee and Samuel Southern and by ancient homesteads within the Town of Woodborough and on or towards the west by lands hereby awarded to Eleanor Smith and by a close called North Dale Close belonging to the Trustees of the said Elizabeth Sardison.  And that the fences for inclosing such allotment against the lands hereby awarded to the Prebendary of the Prebend of Woodborough against the lands hereby awarded to the said Samuel Thorpe and against the lands hereby awarded to the said Samuel Southern on the east shall be made and thereafter repaired by the Trustees for the said Elizabeth Sardison or the owner or occupier thereof for the time being.

• Also one other piece or parcel of land in the Meadow (numbered in the said Map 122) containing seven acres and thirty perches bounded on or towards the north by lands hereby awarded to the Prebendary of the Prebend of Oxton second part on or towards the east by an old inclosure belonging to the Prebendary of the Prebend of Woodborough on or towards the south by lands hereby awarded to the Prebendary of the said Prebend of Woodborough and on or towards the west by the public carriage road leading from Woodborough to Epperstone. And that the fences for inclosing such allotment against the said public carriage road and against the lands hereby awarded to the Prebendary of the said Prebend of Oxton second part shall be made and thereafter repaired by the Trustees of the said Elizabeth Sardison or the owner or occupier thereof for the time being.

• Also one other piece or parcel of land in the Hawley Field and Nether Field thereto adjoining (numbered in the said Map 152) containing ten acres three roods bounded on or towards the north by the public carriage road leading from Woodborough to Lowdham on or towards the east by other lands hereby awarded to the Trustees of the said Elizabeth Sardison on or towards the south by the Parish of Lowdham and on or towards the west by lands hereby awarded to William Cliff.  And that the fences for inclosing such allotment against the said public carriage road shall be made and thereafter repaired by the Trustees of the said Elizabeth Sardison or the owner or occupier thereof for the time being the tenure of which said three last allotments is Copyhold held of the said Manor called Woodborough Copyhold Manor.

• Also one other piece or parcel of land in the Nether Field (numbered in the said Map 151) containing two acres and sixteen perches the tenure of which is Copyhold held of the said Manor of Oxton first part or Nether Hall bounded on or towards the north by the public carriage road leading from Woodborough to Lowdham on or towards the east and west by other lands hereby awarded to the Trustees of the said Elizabeth Sardison and on or towards the south by the Parish of Lowdham. And that the fences for inclosing such allotment against the said public carriage road shall be made and thereafter repaired by the Trustees of the said Elizabeth Sardison or the owner or occupier thereof for the time being.

• And also one other piece or parcel of land in the said Nether Field (numbered in the said Map 150) containing three acres two roods and ten perches the tenure of which is Copyhold held of the said Manor of Oxton second part or Over Hall and bounded on or towards the north by the public carriage road leading from Woodborough to Lowdham on or towards the east by lands hereby awarded to the Parish Vicar of Southwell on or towards the south by the Parish of Lowdham and on or towards the west by other lands hereby awarded to the Trustees of the said Elizabeth Sardison And that the fences for inclosing such allotment against the said public carriage road and against the lands hereby awarded to the said Parish Vicar of Southwell shall be made and thereafter repaired by the Trustees of the said Elizabeth Sardison or the owner or occupier thereof for the time being.

All which five allotments of land containing together thirty four acres and thirteen perches are hereby awarded to the Trustees of the said Elizabeth Sardison in full satisfaction of all her or their lands and common right in and upon the lands and grounds intended by the said Act of Parliament to be inclosed and also in full compensation of the following closes or parcels of inclosed land in Woodborough aforesaid heretofore the property of the Trustees of the said Elizabeth Sardison and by them given up in exchange for other lands of equal value (that is to say) all that close called Burrow Close hereby awarded to Elizabeth Bainbrigge. Also all those two closes called the Crew Closes hereby awarded to John Taylor. And also all that other close called the Hunner Butts Close hereby awarded to the said John Taylor.

And we do award and allot unto and for the Parish Vicar of the Vicarage of Southwell and his successors for the time being one piece or parcel of land in the Moor Field (numbered in the said Map 15) containing one acre and twenty two perches the tenure of which is Copyhold held of the said Manor called Woodborough Copyhold Manor and bounded on or towards the north by lands hereby awarded to Samuel Alvey on or towards the east by the public carriage road leading from Woodborough to Epperstone and by a close called Flatewell Close belonging to the said Vicar on or towards the south by the said close called Flatewell Close and by lands hereby awarded to the Prebendary of the Prebend of Woodborough and on or towards the west by the same allotment hereby awarded to the Prebendary of the said Prebend of Woodborough. And that the fences for inclosing such allotment against the said public carriage toad being now made shall be hereafter repaired by the said Vicar or by the owner or occupier thereof for the time being.

• Also one other piece or parcel of land in the said Moor Field (numbered in the said Map 29) containing seven acres two roods and nineteen perches bounded on or towards the north by old inclosures called North Dale Closes on or towards the east by a close called North Dale Close hereby awarded to the said Vicar and his successors and by lands hereby awarded to Eleanor Smith on or towards the south by ancient homesteads within the Town of Woodborough and by lands hereby awarded to John Taylor and on or towards the west by the same allotment hereby awarded to the said John Taylor. And that the fences for inclosing such allotment against the lands hereby awarded to the said Eleanor Smith and against the lands hereby awarded to the said John Taylor from the North Dale Close to the first angle or turn in that fence being now made shall hereafter be repaired by the said Vicar or the owner or Occupier thereof for the time being.

• Also all that close in Woodborough called the North Dale Close being heretofore the property of Elizabeth Bainbrigge (numbered In the said Map 27) containing one acre two roods and seven perches.

 

• Also all that other close in Woodborough called the Hick Close being heretofore the property of John Taylor (numbered in the said Map 196) containing three roods and six perches.

 

• Also one piece or parcel of land in the Nether Field and Bath Holme thereto adjoining (numbered in the said Map 154) containing eleven acres three roods and ten perches bounded on or towards the north west by old inclosures and by lands hereby awarded to the Prebendary of the Prebend of Oxton second part on or towards the north east by the same allotment hereby awarded to the Prebendary of the said Prebend of Oxton second part on or towards the south east by the public carriage road leading from Woodborough to Lowdham and on or towards the south west by lands hereby awarded to James Lees and by old inclosures. And that the fences for inclosing such allotment against the said public carriage road and against the lands hereby awarded to the Prebendary of the said Prebend of Oxton Second part from the said public carriage road to the first angle or turn in that fence being now made shall hereafter be repaired by the said Vicar or the owner or occupier thereof for the time being.

• Also one other piece or parcel of land in the said Nether Field (numbered in the said Map 148) containing six acres one rood and eleven perches bounded on or towards the north by the public carriage road leading from Woodborough to Lowdham on or towards the east by lands hereby awarded to the Prebendary of the Prebend of Oxton second part on or towards the south by the Parish of Lowdham and on or towards the west by other lands hereby awarded to the said Parish Vicar of Southwell. And that the fences for inclosing such allotment against the said public carriage road and against the lands hereby awarded to the said Prebendary of the Prebend of Oxton second part being now made shall hereafter be repaired by the said Vicar or the Owner or Occupier thereof for the time being the tenure of which said five last mentioned allotments closes or parcels of land allotted is free and common socage.

• And also one other piece or parcel of land in the said Nether Field (numbered in the said Map 149) containing two acres one rood and thirty five perches the tenure of which is Copyhold held of the said Manor called Woodborough Copyhold Manor and bounded on or towards the north by the public carriage road leading from Woodborough to Lowdham on or towards the east by other lands hereby awarded to the said Parish Vicar of Southwell on or towards the south by the Parish of Lowdham and on or towards the west by other lands hereby awarded to the Trustees of Elizabeth Sardison. And that the fences for inclosing such allotment against the said public carriage road being now made shall hereafter be repaired by the said Vicar or the owner or Occupier thereof for the time being.

All which seven parcels of open and inclosed land containing together thirty one acres two roods and thirty seven perches (and after deducting so much land as in the judgment of the said Commissioners is equal in value to his the said Vicars proportion of the expense of the outside mounding or fencing such allotments respectively and of the charges and expenses incident to the obtaining passing and executing the said Act of Parliament) are hereby awarded to the said Parish Vicar of Southwell and his successors in full satisfaction of all his and their lands and common right in and upon the lands and grounds intended by the said Act to be inclosed and also in full compensation of the following closes or parcels of inclosed land in Woodborough aforesaid heretofore the property of the said Parish Vicar of Southwell and by him given up in exchange for other lands of equal value (that is to say):

• All that close called Dead Man Head Close.

 

• Also all that close called Mill Close.

 

• Also one ley of ground in the Mill Leys Close. All hereby awarded to Elizabeth Bainbrigge.

 

• Also all those two closes called North Dale Closes hereby awarded to Eleanor Smith.

 

• Also all that close called Hunner Butts Close hereby awarded to John Taylor.

 

• And also all that close called the Marshall Close hereby awarded to Gervas Thorp.

And we do award and allot unto and for Samuel Thorpe one piece or parcel of land in the Grimesmoor Common (numbered in the said Map 1) containing three acres two roods and twenty nine perches (the tenure of which is free and common socage) bounded on or towards the west by the Parish of Calverton on or towards the north by the Parish of Epperstone and on or towards the south east by the public carriage road leading from Calverton to Epperstone. And that the fences for inclosing such allotment against the said public carriage road shall be made and thereafter repaired by the said Samuel Thorpe or the owner or occupier thereof for the time being.

• Also one other piece or parcel of land in Southwood Bank Common (numbered in the said Map 263) containing one acre two roods and thirty nine perches the tenure of which Is free and common socage and bounded on or towards the north east and north west by lands hereby awarded to Elizabeth Bainbrigge on or towards the south east by the public carriage road leading from Woodborough to Arnold and on or towards the south west by lands hereby awarded to Joseph Hucknall. And that the fences for inclosing such allotment against the said public carriage road and against the lands hereby awarded to the said Joseph Hucknall shall be made and thereafter repaired by the said Samuel Thorpe or the owner or occupier thereof for the time being which two allotments of land containing together five acres one rood and twenty eight perches are hereby awarded to the said Samuel Thorpe his heirs and assigns (in free and common socage) for and in lieu of lands in Woodborough aforesaid deducted from the estate of the Parish Vicar of Southwell In consideration of the said Samuel Thorpe advancing the sum of one hundred and seventy seven pounds for defraying the necessary expenses of making the said Vicars proportion of the outside mounds and fences of the lands hereby awarded to him and his successors Vicars as aforesaid and of his the said Vicars proportion of the charges and expenses incident to the obtaining passing and executing the said Act of Parliament.

• And we do award and allot unto and for the said John Taylor as a proprietor of lands one piece or parcel of land in Southwood Bank Common and Southwood Coppice thereto adjoining (numbered in the said Map 260) containing two acres and thirteen perches the tenure of which is Copyhold held of the said Manor called Woodborough Copyhold Manor and bounded on or towards the north west by the public carriage road leading from Woodborough to Arnold on or towards part of the south west by the Parish of Lambley and on all other sides and parts thereof by other lands hereby awarded to the said John Taylor. And that the fences for inclosing such allotment against the said public carriage road shall be made and thereafter repaired by the said John Taylor or the owners or occupiers thereof for the time being.

• Also one other piece or parcel of land on Southwood Bank Common and Southwood Coppice thereto adjoining (numbered in the said Map 258) containing seventy acres one rood and eight perches bounded on or towards the north and part of the north east by old inclosures belonging to the said John Taylor on or towards the remainder of the north east by the public carriage road leading from Woodborough to Lambley on or towards the south part of the south west and west by the Parish of Lambley on or towards the remainder of the south west and part of the north west by other lands hereby awarded to the said John Taylor and on or towards the remainder of the north west by the public carriage road leading from Woodborough to Arnold. And that the fences for inclosing such allotment against the said public carriage roads shall be made and thereafter repaired by the said John Taylor or the owners or occupiers thereof for the time being.

• Also one other piece or parcel of land on Hunner Nook Common (numbered in the said Map 249) containing one rood and thirty six perches bounded on or towards the east by old inclosure belonging to the said John Taylor on or towards the south by the Parish of Lambley and on or towards the west by the public carriage road leading from Woodborough to Lambley. And that the fences for inclosing such allotments against the said public carriage road shall be made and thereafter repaired by the said John Taylor or the owners or occupiers thereof for the time being.

• Also one other piece or parcel of land being part of a land called the Back Lane (numbered in the said Map 214) containing two roods and sixteen perches bounded on or towards the north and south by ancient homesteads and old inclosures on or towards the east by the public carriage road leading from Woodborough to Lambley and on or towards the west by lands hereby awarded to Joseph Hucknall. And that the fences for inclosing such allotment against the said public carriage road shall be made and thereafter repaired by the said John Taylor or the owners or occupiers thereof for the time being.

• Also one other piece or parcel of land in the West Field and Southwood Bank Common thereto adjoining (numbered in the said Map 308) containing ten acres three roods and eight perches bounded on or towards the north west by lands hereby awarded to Elizabeth Bainbrigge on or towards the north east by old inclosures called Crew Closes hereby awarded to the said John Taylor and by lands hereby awarded to Joseph Hucknall on or towards part of the south by the Parish of Lambley and on all other sides and parts thereof by old inclosures. And that the fences for inclosing such allotment against the lands hereby awarded to the said Joseph Hucknall in the West Field shall be made and thereafter repaired by the said John Taylor or the owners or occupiers thereof for the time being.

• Also one other piece or parcel of land being a lane called Water Lane (numbered in the said Map 309) containing one acre two roods and twenty four perches bounded on or towards the north by old inclosures belonging to the said John Taylor called Water Closes on or towards the east by other lands hereby awarded to the said John Taylor on or towards the south by the Parish of Lambley and on or towards the west by lands hereby awarded to the Prebendary of the Prebend of Oxton first part.

• Also one other piece or parcel of land In the Moor Field (numbered in the said Map 45) containing twenty six acres two roods and twenty six perches bounded on or towards part of the north by an old inclosure called Potter Hole Close on or towards the remainder of the north and part of the east by lands hereby awarded to John Hopkinson and to the Curate of Woodborough aforesaid respectively on or towards the remainder of the east by a private carriage road and on or towards the south and west by ancient homesteads and old inclosures and lands hereby awarded to John Harvey. And that the fences for inclosing such allotment against the lands hereby awarded to the said John Hopkinson against the lands hereby awarded to the said Curate of Woodborough and against the said private carriage road shall be made and thereafter repaired by the said John Taylor or the owners or occupiers thereof for the time being.

• Also one other piece or parcel of land in the said Moor Field (numbered in the said Map 32) containing thirteen acres and twenty eight perches bounded on or towards the north by a private carriage road and by lands hereby awarded to the Parish Vicar of Southwell on or towards the east by a close called North Dale Close belonging to the said John Taylor and by lands hereby awarded to the Parish Vicar of Southwell on or towards the south by ancient homesteads within the Town of Woodborough and by lands hereby awarded to Edward Buck and on or towards the west by a homestead belonging to the said John Taylor by lands hereby awarded to the said Edward Buck and by a private carriage road respectively and that the fences for inclosing such allotment against the said private carriage road and from an ancient homestead belonging to the said John Taylor against the lands hereby awarded to the said Parish Vicar of Southwell in the second angle or turn in that division shall be made and thereafter repaired by the said John Taylor or the owner or occupiers thereof for the time being.

• Also one other piece or parcel of land in the said Moor Field and Grimesmoor Common thereto adjoining (numbered in the said Map 3) containing twenty eight acres and eighteen perches bounded on or towards the north and part of the north west by a public carriage road leading from Calverton to Woodborough on or towards other parts of the north west north east and south west by lands hereby awarded to the Surveyor of the Highways of Woodborough aforesaid on or towards the east and part of the south by lands hereby awarded to the Prebendary of the Prebend of Woodborough aforesaid on or towards other parts of the south by a private carriage road by lands hereby awarded to Eleanor Smith and by a close called Potter Hole Close belonging to the said John Taylor and or towards the west by lands hereby awarded to the said Eleanor Smith by old inclosures called Potter Hole Close and by the Parish of Calverton respectively. And that the fences for inclosing such allotment against the said public and private carriage roads against the lands hereby awarded to the Prebendary of the said Prebend of Woodborough and against the lands hereby awarded to the said Eleanor Smith on the south shall be made and thereafter repaired by the said John Taylor or the owners or occupiers thereof for the time being.

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Enclosure of Woodborough 1795 - Page 6 of 7