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Wickhamford tithe map, 1842

The tithe map is a large scale map of the parish of Wickhamford which was mapped in 1842. Note Wickhamford Church is marked by a sketch of the building.

A digitised version of this map is on the Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service website. Click on the 'Tithes' button at the top left of the page. Then to find Wickhamford you can use the 'Find Tithes' search box on the bottom left. This brings up Wickhamford results at the bottom of the screen. Clicking on one of the entries will zoom into that parcel of land, you can then zoom out to the whole Parish. A list of the results is also given below.

No Owner Tenant Name of Parcel of Land Area Tithes Land Use
1 Lord Sandys Samuel Taylor Knowl Hill 10,3,32 £3 13s 3d Arable
2 Lord Sandys Samuel Taylor Bengeworth Ditch 19,0,3 £6 6s 8d Arable
3 Lord Sandys Samuel Taylor Longdon Hill 10,2,14 £3 10s 0d Arable
4 Lord Sandys Samuel Taylor Longdon Hill 16,0,13 £5 6s 8d Arable
5 Lord Sandys Samuel Taylor Longdon Hill 12,0,0 £4 0s 0d Pasture
6 Lord Sandys Samuel Taylor Longdon Ground 15,1,35 £5 3s 2d Pasture
7 Lord Sandys Samuel Taylor Longdon Ground 17,0,5 £5 13s 3d Arable
8 Lord Sandys Samuel Taylor First Anmoor Field 19,3,20 £6 13s 0d Arable
9 Lord Sandys Samuel Taylor Second Anmoor Field 21,0,24 £7 0s 0d Pasture
10 Lord Sandys Samuel Taylor Cold Corner and Moderate Leaze 9,0,25 £3 0s 0d Arable
11 Lord Sandys John Gibbs Longdon Hill 42,0,4 £14 2s 9d Arable
12 Lord Sandys John Gibbs Longdon Ground 20,1,13 £6 15s 0d Arable
13 Lord Sandys John Gibbs Great Home Ground 20,3,13 £6 18s 0d Arable
14 Lord Sandys John Gibbs Home Ground, part of 9,2,4 £3 3s 0d Pasture
15 Lord Sandys John Gibbs Little Furlong 10,3,33 £3 10s 0d Arable
16 Lord Sandys John Gibbs Green Street 11,3,1 £3 17s 6d Pasture
17 Lord Sandys John Gibbs       Pasture
18 Lord Sandys John Gibbs Watery Low 5,0,0 £1 12s 0d Pasture
19 Lord Sandys John Gibbs Murren Field 25,0,12 £8 6s 0d Pasture
20 Lord Sandys John Gibbs Lower Murren Field 23,2,2 £7 16s 6d Pasture
21 Lord Sandys John Gibbs Upper Murren Field 21,1,0 £7 1s 0d Arable
22 Lord Sandys John Gibbs Upper Murren Field 21,3,4 £7 5s 0d Pasture
23 Lord Sandys John Gibbs Bullrushes 10,1,12 £3 7s 6d Arable
24 Lord Sandys John Gibbs Broad Lane 3,3,10 £1 4s 6d Pasture
25 Lord Sandys John Gibbs Little Kennel Barn 9,2,34 £3 4s 0d Pasture
26 Lord Sandys John Gibbs Upper Kennel Meadow 7,1,8 £2 7s 0d Meadow
27 Lord Sandys John Gibbs Lower Meadow, part of 3,1,32 £1 0s 6d Meadow
28 Lord Sandys Samuel Smith Lower Kennel Mead, part of 2,1,4 £0 14s 11d Meadow
29 Lord Sandys Samuel Smith Mill House Garden and two Small Plots 2,1,17 £0 14s 6d Non-agricultural
30 Lord Sandys Samuel Smith Mill Meadow 3,1,7 £1 1s 7d Meadow
31 Lord Sandys John Gibbs Mill Ground 4,2,36 £1 11s 0d Meadow
32 Sir Thomas Phillips John Gibbs Old Orchard 0,2,31 £0 0s 0d Pasture
33 Lord Sandys John Gibbs Lower Mill Ground 6,1,32 £2 2s 0d Meadow
34 Lord Sandys Alice Sawyer Poplar Tree Ground 1,1,37 £0 9s 6d Pasture
35 Lord Sandys Alice Sawyer Mill Dean 17,2,31 £5 17s 0d Pasture
36 Lord Sandys Alice Sawyer Pitcher's Hill 19,3,12 £6 12s 6d Arable
37 Lord Sandys Alice Sawyer Pitcher's Hill Rough 5,3,34 £1 18s 6d Pasture
38 Lord Sandys Alice Sawyer Mill Meadow 13,3,39 £4 12s 6d Meadow
39 Lord Sandys Alice Sawyer Cames Acre 21,2,17 £7 2s 6d Arable
40 Lord Sandys John Taylor The How Acre 24,3,2 £8 4s 0d Pasture
41 Lord Sandys John Taylor Withy Dean 14,2,38 £4 19s 0d Arable
42 Lord Sandys John Taylor Coombe Nap, part of 3,1,25 £1 2s 0d Arable
43 Lord Sandys John Taylor Coombe Nap, part of 0,1,10 £0 2s 10d Arable
44 Lord Sandys John Taylor Meare Dean 35,2,8 £11 16s 0d Arable
45 Lord Sandys John Taylor Coombe Nap, part of 30,3,39 £10 5s 0d Arable
46 Lord Sandys John Taylor Wet Furrows, part of 12,1,34 £4 2s 0d Arable
47 Lord Sandys John Taylor Wet Furrows, part of 10,0,6 £3 5s 8d Arable
48 Lord Sandys John Taylor Further Coombe Way 39,1,17 £13 2s 6d Arable
49 Lord Sandys John Taylor Hither Coombe Way 27,2,27 £9 3s 6d Arable
50 Lord Sandys John Taylor Pitchers Hill Close 20,2,34 £6 17s 6d Pasture
51 Lord Sandys John Pethard Public House and Blacksmith's Shop 0,2,12 £0 3s 3d Non-agricultural
52 Lord Sandys Alice Sawyer Mill Pond Rough 10,1,17 £3 9s 6d Pasture
53 Lord Sandys Alice Sawyer Fisher's Piece 8,3,37 £2 19s 0d Pasture
54 Lord Sandys Alice Sawyer Flax Leaze 14,2,29 £4 16s 6d Arable
55 Lord Sandys Alice Sawyer Middle Hill 36,0,10 £12 0s 0d Arable
56 Lord Sandys Alice Sawyer Further Hill 23,1,20 £7 14s 6d Arable
57 Anna Savage John Kite The Field 9,0,33 £3 9s 0d Arable
58 William Fisher William Fisher Meadow 0,3,30 £0 5s 0d Meadow

Nearly 99% of the village was owned by Lord Sandys.  The only other landowners were Anna Savage who owned just over 9 acres, and Sir Thomas Phillips and William Fisher who each owned less than an acre in the southern-most part of the parish, adjacent to the hamlet of Murcot.

Another source is the 1913 Board of Agriculture & Fisheries map which appears to have been traced from the 19th century tithe map.