Field & House Survey (1785)

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Data from the field and house survey of 1785

Cradley Links wishes to record our sincere thanks to Margaret Bradley and Barry Blunt for their generous permission to reproduce these excerpts from their book, "The History of Cradley: A Survey of Cradley and the Enclosure Book".

Feld survey

 Please note: The field survey only shows information which is additional to the 1782 survey.

 The same Field Numbers have been used as in the 1782 survey.

House survey

 ALL the information relative to houses is shown, but houses are not numbered.

Reproduced with permission.

1785 field survey

Field No	Owner	Occupier	Field Name	Observations
12			Garden
48	Oliver			Sold to Thos. Biggs
81			Far Coalpit Leasow
82			Hither Coalpit Leasow
83			The Little Meadow
107			1^st Smithy Croft
108			Middle Smithy Croft
109			Far Smithy Croft
113				Sold to Mr Croft
156			The over ends
158			The Pleck
171			Meadow late Bloomer
172			Two Mill Fields
173			Part of the pool
193				Sold to Mr Brettell
198				Sold to Thos. Pargeter F
205	Pargeter F	In hand	Colman Hill Inhedge	Purchased off Cox, Hedger & John Rock
244				Sold to Mr Brettell
252			Headlands by Paradise
260				Sold to Mr Pargeter Foxcote
260	Oliver	Michael Pratt	Crooked Doles	Sold to Mr Pargeter Foxcote
275	Tay, John sen	In hand	By Fatherless Piece	Sold to Sam'l Westwood
312			In Big Meers	Purchased off Cox & Dancer
333				Sold to Edward Pitt
341			In the Butts
345			Downings Inhedge	Sold to Mr Pargeter F
370			House & garden
386			Round Inhedge
387			Bloomers Close
390			New Inhedge
404				By Cradley Park
422	Edwd. Pitt	Isaac Rock	Marlpit Hill	Sold to Richard Eaton
427	Eaton, Richd	In hand	Marlpit Bank	Purchased of Jn. Hedger & Jeptha Gaunt
442			In Coleman Field
443			In Coleman Field
444			In Coleman Field
446				Sold to Thos. Pargeter F
451				Sold to Nathaniel Cox
458			Dirty Piece
459				Sold to Benj. Male & given up again

1785 house survey

All the houses are given the same value of 30 shillings.

Owner	Occupier	Situation	Observations
Robert Bloomer	Isaac Rock	The M House	At a place called the Ems
Robert Bloomer	Isaac Moor	House & garden	Colman Hill
Wm Bloomer	In hand	Cottage & garden	At Cradley Forge
Giles Bloomer	In hand	Cottage & garden	Under the Hill nr Attwoods Forge
Buffery, Jos. jun	In hand	Cottage & garden	Near Cradley Pound
Buffery, John sen	In hand	Cottage & garden	Below Cradley Pound
Buffery Saml.	In hand	Cottage & garden	Above Cradley Pound
Brettell, Jos. Br	In hand	House & garden	At Netherton,(Netherend) bought of Thos. Brettell
Brettell, Jos. Br	Wm. Cook	House & garden	At Overend
Brettell, Jos. Br	Jonathan Crumpton	House & garden	Near the well at Cradley
Brettell, Jos. Br	Sarah Burley	House & garden	Above the last
Brettell, Wm.	In hand	Cottage & garden	At Brettle Town nr the Rod Mill
Bird Thos.	Benj. Beesley	House & garden	Nr Light Green
Burley, Thos.	Will. Beesley	House & garden	By the Methodist meeting
Beesley, Wm. sen	In hand	Cottage & garden	Under the hill nr Attwoods Forge
Brecknell, John	Richd. Forest	House & garden	At Netherend
Biggs, Thos	Thos. Allchurch	House at Homer Hill
Biggs, Thos	Jn. Brecknell	House at Netherend
Biggs, Thos	Richd. Box	House by Park side
Biggs, Thos	Sam. Beddall	House at 2 Lanes end
Biggs, Thos	Will. Harris	House at Maypole Inn
Biggs, Thos	James Bloomer sen	House nr Cradley Forge
Biggs, Thos	Wm. Forest	House nr 2 Lanes end
Biggs, Thos	Thos. Price	House at Homer Hill
Cox, John	Jn. Holloway	Late Downings House
Cox, John	Thos. Darby	House & garden	At Cradley
Deeley, George	In hand	Cottage & garden	At Brettell Town at the Rod Mill
Drew, Richd.	In hand	Cottage & garden	Below Cradley Pound (under lease)
Franks, Thos.	In hand	House & garden	In Cradley
Flyfield, Jn	In hand	Cottage & garden	At Light Green next the Stour
Forrest, Edwd.	In hand	Cottage & garden	Below Cradley Pound
Forrest, Saml.	In hand	Cottage & garden	Adjoining the above
Green, Thos.	In hand	Cottage & garden	The Pound House
Grove, Wm.	In hand	Cottage & garden	At Cradley forge
Gosling, Richd.	Sam Forrest jun	House & garden
Gosling, Richd.	Jn. Parks	House & garden
Hipkiss, John	Jos. Beesley sen	House & garden	Near the Well in Cradley
Haden, John	Thos. Foxall	House & garden
Hodgetts, Benj.	Thos Haines	House & orchard	At Overend
Hodgetts, Benj.	Mary Cox	House & garden	At Overend
Hill, Phebe	James Cox	House & garden	High town in Cradley
Hadley, Sarah	Jonathan Cox	House & garden	Near the stocks in Cradley
Jones, Jn.	In hand	House & garden
Jones, Jn.	Wm. Bloomer	House & garden
Pargeter, T. F	Jos. Haden	House
Peshall, Sir John	Jn. Forest	House & garden	At High town in Cradley
Pitt, Edwd.	Isaac Rock	House
Parkes, Jos.	In hand	Cottage & garden	At Light Green
Parry, John	In hand	House, garden & orchard	In Cradley
Reading, Moses	In hand	House & garden
Smith, Ferdinando	Dudley Bagley	House
Skelding, Mary	Jn. Feldon	House & garden
Souden, Mary	In hand	Cottage & garden	At Light Green
Tay, John sen	In hand	House & garden
Townsend, John	John Instone	House	At the Wardens
Townsend, John	Benj. Male	House
Tibbetts, Thos.	Abraham Sitch	House & garden	In Cradley
Taylor, Wm.		Cottage & garden	Under the Hill by Attwoods Forge
Thompson, Thos.	Thos. Green	House & garden
Thompson, Thos.	Saml. Forest	House & garden
Westwood, Saml.	Fr. Houzen	House
Walker, Wm	In hand	Cottage & garden	At Light Green
Whorton, Jos.	In hand	Cottage & garden	At bottom of Cradley next the Stour
Whorton, Wm.	In hand	House & garden	Near the Well in Cradley (supposed to Phoebe Hill's)