Description: Survey of Grange Farm 1786
Survey and valuation of the Manor of Rowner inc. maps tenants and agreements.
Reference: Hampshire County Record Office Winchester 19M59/1 and 19M59/2
R.Towner Jan / Feb 1995
Note that in the following ‘Fences’ also means Hedges and Ditches.
From ‘b’ onwards all land is arable or pasture unless called ‘Coppice’.
The references to field names are fully marked up on the accompanying map in the Hampshire record office. The field boundaries compare very well with those shown on the 1774 map of Gosport.
Grange Farm
Homestead
Ref. Description a r p
a16 Farm house, Dairy house, Outhouses, 5 2 35
Yards, Gardens and Green
a17 New Rick Yard 0 1 39
a46 Middle Barn and Yards 0 1 35
a61 Upper Barn and Yards 0 1 34
a73 Manor House Yard and Gardens 1 0 01
Meadows
a77 Beamisters Mead 0 3 20
Fences 0 0 35
a70 Rowner Mead 4 0 00
Fences 0 1 18
a67 Little Rowner Mead 2 0 00
Fences 0 0 36
a47 Water Sheep Mead 2 1 00
Fences and incumbered 1 0 19
a40 Woodmans Mead 1 2 20
Fences 0 0 27
a39 Newton’s Marsh 4 0 00
Fences 0 0 21
a14 New Mead 2 1 00
Fences 0 0 21
a13 Oxstall Mead 3 1 20
Fences 0 1 01
a11 Hither Causey Mead 2 2 00
Fences 0 0 37
a10 Yonder Causey Mead 2 0 00
Fences 0 0 32
a7 Gamer Meadow 4 1 30
Fences 0 1 17
Pasture
a8 Broad Mead 4 0 00
Fences 0 1 02
a9 Upper Broad Mead 3 2 00
Fences 0 1 01
a12 Warrens Moor 4 2 00
Fences 0 1 27
a6 Warren (Dry Ground) 51 3 10
Fences 6 2 22
a21 Butchers Mead 3 3 00
Fences 0 1 16
a38 Little Common 3 0 00
Fences 0 0 30
a42 Burdens Heath 15 3 00
Fences 0 1 34
a41 Burdens Heath Moor 8 2 00
Fences 0 1 31
a45 Grove 2 0 20
Fences 0 0 36
a64 Conygar 24 0 00
Fences 0 2 21
a66 Conygar Moor 1 1 20
Fences 0 0 26
Grange Farm, Arable Land
a68 Conygar Paddock 5 2 10
Fences 0 1 25
a69 Inner Tun Field 11 3 10
Fences 0 2 17
a60 Pound Field 12 2 20
Fences 0 2 13
a79 Rowner Field 11 3 00
Fences 0 3 18
a75 Wood Close 18 3 00
Fence and incumbered 1 0 30
a74 East Church Paddock 1 1 10
Fences 0 1 14
a71 West Church Paddock 1 3 10
Fences and incumbered 1 2 22
a59 Brick Field 16 0 20
Fences 0 2 26
a58 Elliot’s Field 20 2 10
Fences 0 3 14
a54 Filmer’s Field 15 2 00
Fences 0 2 31
a52 Little Black Paddock 5 1 10
Fences 0 1 28
a51 Great Black Paddock 10 2 10
Fences 0 2 26
a49 Inner Lay Field 12 1 10
Fences 0 2 28
a48 Outer Lay Field 10 1 00
Fences 0 2 12
a62 Hither Tun Field 10 3 00
Fences 0 2 18
a63 New Piece 5 3 10
Fences 0 1 24
a44 Broom Field 15 2 10
Fences 0 2 22
a43 Newbroke Piece 3 2 00
Fences 0 1 14
a37 Inner Burdens Heath (part soggy??) 10 2 09
Fences 0 2 09
a36 Outer Burdens Heath 8 3 20
Fences 0 2 00
a34 Marle’s Field 9 3 00
Fences 0 2 00
a35 Shortlands 17 1 00
Fences 0 2 31
a32 Outer East Heath 15 2 00
Fences 0 2 18
a31 Sixteen Acres 15 1 30
Fences 0 2 18
a28 Inner East Heath 10 1 00
Fences 0 2 04
a26 Seymours Paddock 4 2 30
Fences 0 1 17
a30 Twelve Acres 9 1 10
Fences 0 1 30
a25 Outer Grange Field 13 3 00
Fences 0 2 14
a24 Inner Grange Field 12 2 00
Fences 0 2 18
a23 Bramble Field 21 1 10
Fences 0 3 02
a22 Eleven and Eight Acres 24 0 00
Fences 0 3 11
a18 Home Heath 15 0 10
Fences 0 2 27
a5 Square Close 17 3 20
Fence 0 2 33
a2 Fourteen Acres 10 3 10
Fences 0 2 10
a1 Twelve Acres in Warren 9 0 20
Fences 0 2 07
a3 Long Close 11 3 20
Fences 0 2 26
a4 Picked Close 14 0 10
Fence 0 2 33
Woodland and Coppice
Ref. Description a r p
a65 Conygar Aldermoor 7 1 00
Fences 0 2 15
a15 Little Cmmon Aldermoor 0 3 00
Fences 0 0 31
a76 Beamister’s Withy Bed 1 0 20
Fences 0 1 17
a78 Five Acre Coppice 6 1 00
Fences 0 1 30
a53 Highwood Coppice 3 1 10
Fences 0 1 18
a29 Twelve Acre Coppice 3 1 00
Fences 0 1 14
Roads
Butchers Mead Lane 0 2 16
Grange Lane 1 3 29
Church Lane 4 0 38
Conygars Lane 0 3 17
Totals
Homestead 8 0 24
Meadow 32 3 07
Pasture 132 1 16
Arable 465 1 22
Woodland and Coppice 36 2 30
Roads 7 2 20
Note: Beamister’s Withy Bed was the most valuable piece of land in 1800. It had an annual value of 60s an acre. Most arable land was valued at approx. 20s and woodland 7s an acre.
Hangmans Coppice
Ref. Description a r p
b Hangmans Coppice 8 2 21
Holebrook and Fielden
c1 Dwelling House, outhouses, Coutlage Barton etc. 1 2 07
c2 Paddock 1 1 09
Fences 0 0 15
c3 Five Acres 4 1 23
Fences 0 0 37
c4 Seven Acres 5 0 15
Fences 0 1 00
c5 Spring Close 0 0 31
Fences 0 1 09
c6 Nine Acres 6 3 36
Fences 0 0 37
c7 Twelve Acres 9 2 30
Fences 0 0 38
c8 Beal’s Meadow 5 0 11
Fences 0 1 17
c9 Corner House Meadow 4 3 09
Fences 0 1 04
c10 Hilly Ground 3 1 00
Fences 0 0 27
c11 Six Acres 4 3 00
Fences 0 0 30
c12 Second’s Acres 4 0 34
Fences 0 0 30
c13 Seven Acres 5 2 02
Fences 0 0 33
c14 Homer Five Acres 3 1 02
Fences 0 0 29
c15 Corner House, Courtlage, barn etc. 0 1 37
c16 Sixteen beast leazes on Chark Common
Two Coppices
Ref. Description a r p
d1 Ten Acre Coppice 10 2 38
d2 First Croft Coppice 2 3 18
Brewer’s
e1 Cottage, barn in ruins and garden 0 1 21
e2 Six Acres 4 3 23
Fences 0 0 30
e3 Inner’s Acres 4 0 00
Fences 0 0 27
e4 Seven Acres 5 1 04
Fences 0 0 29
e5 Five Acres 4 0 23
Fences 0 0 20
e6 Rose Field 4 1 34
Fences 0 0 27
e7 Six Acres Corner Close 4 2 00
Fence 0 0 27
Seymour’s Coppice
f Seymours Coppice 6 1 05
Bridgemary Farm
g1 Dwelling house, offices, outhouses, gardens, etc. 0 3 36
g2 Hills 10 1 22
Fences 0 0 39
g3 Kitchen Close 8 0 12
Fence 0 0 35
g4 First Croft 4 2 15
Fences 0 0 33
g5 First Croft Meadow 2 0 12
Fences 0 0 20
g6 Eight Acres 6 2 02
Fences 0 0 35
g7 Six Acres 4 3 27
Fences 0 0 29
g8 Oatlands 10 3 17
Fences 0 1 02
g9 Grove Coppice 4 1 15
Fences omitted
g10 Great Whores 16 2 12
Fences 0 2 01
Dash’s
h1 Dwelling house, outhouses, courtlage, etc. 0 3 26
h2 Eight Acres 6 3 10
Fences 0 0 36
h3 Inner Hill 5 1 14
Fences 0 0 36
h4 Hill Coppice 3 1 07
Fences omitted
h5 Ten Acres 7 2 29
Fences 0 0 37
h6 Carthouse Close 8 1 06
Fences 0 0 39
h7 Ashgrove 8 0 04
Fences 0 0 38
h8 Eight Acres 6 2 13
Fences 0 1 00
h9 Harp’s Paddock 2 0 20
Fences 0 0 23
Brooker’s
i1 Cottage, courtlage and garden 0 1 25
i2 Brooker’s Field 8 0 35
Fences 0 0 33
i3 Paddocks 7 1 33
Fences 0 0 37
i4 Outer Hill 6 1 34
Fences 0 2 36
i5 Yonder Ground 13 0 13
Fences 0 1 06
Beck’s alias Waldron’s
k1 Great Becks 10 2 12
Fences 0 1 06
k2 Little Becks 4 2 06
Fences 0 0 34
Stoner’s
L1 Farmhouse, courtlege and waste 0 3 17
L2 Lane-end Close 11 0 19
Fences 0 1 34
L3 Eight Acres 5 2 17
Fences 0 0 14
L4 Barn Close 6 0 17
Fences 0 1 16
L5 Windings 8 0 14
Fences 0 1 20
L6 Second Windings 8 2 33
Fences 0 1 09
L7 Howford Paddock 2 1 03
Fences 0 0 37
L8 Upper Nine Acres 6 2 38
Fences 0 1 09
L9 Lower Nine Acres 5 3 12
Fences 0 0 22
L10 Broom Close 8 0 18
Fences 0 1 06
Green’s
m1 Dwelling house, barn and courtlege 0 1 33
m2 Paddock 0 3 04
Fences 0 0 14
m3 Four Acres 3 0 18
Fences 0 0 25
m4 Outer Six Acres 4 3 15
Fences 0 0 31
m5 Seven Acres 5 2 30
Fences 0 0 34
m6 Inner Six Acres 4 3 36
Fences 0 0 30
m7 Meadow 1 2 29
Fences 0 0 20
m8 Bulls Croft 4 1 26
Fences 0 0 29
Coppice
n A Coppice 4 3 28
Knight’s
o1 Cottage and garden 0 1 13
o2 Long Paddock 1 0 19
o3 Mill Lane Paddock 0 3 22
o4 Northover Paddock 1 0 19
Berry Farm
p1 Dwelling house, courtlege and garden 0 2 08
p2 Barn Close 8 1 06
Fences 0 0 36
p3 Inner Seven Acres 5 0 08
Fences 0 0 30
p4 Outer Seven Acres 5 1 11
Fences 0 0 32
p5 Broom Close 9 0 12
Fences 0 1 00
p6 Six Acres 4 1 34
Fences 0 0 28
p7 Paddock 2 1 03
Fences 0 0 19
p8 Brockhurst Close 4 2 17
Fences 0 0 27
p9 Great Alders 16 0 23
Fences 0 1 17
p10 Halfway House Field 3 0 21
Fences 0 0 23
Seymour’s
q Seymour’s 6 3 00
Fences 0 0 23
Totals of the land in Rowner and Alverstoke:
Arable and Pasture 912 0 39
Furze and Waste 243 0 22
Hedges and ditches 41 0 04
Total 1196 1 25
Tenants of Brune land in Rowner Manor in 1800
Tenant Land a r p
John Dash * Grange Farm 696 3 17
Hangmans Coppice 8 2 21
John Wetham Holebrooks and Fieldens 73 2 33
Rev’d Herwill Two Coppices 13 2 16
Brewer’s 28 3 08
Seymour’s Coppice 6 1 05
Thomas Alexander Bridgemary Farm 71 1 04
William Pafford Dash’s 50 2 18
Brooker’s 37 0 37
Beck’s 15 2 18
Stoner’s 67 1 29
Miss Asgill Green’s 7 0 14
Jane Derrick Knight’s 3 2 39 (Alverstoke)
Miss Eames Berry Farm 61 2 32
Seymour’s 6 3 32
Erastmus Carver Tenement at Stubbington 0 1 25 (Titchfield)
Thomas Trod Franklin’s Tenement 0 1 38 (Titchfield)
* In the original ‘Dash’ has been crossed through in pencil and ‘Stares’ inserted. Whether the surveyor made a mistake that was later rectified or whether Stares later took occupancy I do not know.