Josiah Spode II (1754-1827) and The Mount Estate (Penkhull)

The extent and value of Penkhull Farm

 

 

The map shown below is an extract from George Lynam's Map of the Parish of Stoke-upon-Trent (1848) and shows the land attached to Penkhull Farm rented by Josiah Spode from the Alsager family.

The field numbers have been added to the map and relate to the survey of the landed property in the parish of Stoke-upon-Trent carried out by Charles Heaton in 1827. 

The extract from the survey below gives the names of the fields, the area (in acres, roods and perches) and the annual value of the land (in Pounds, shillings and pence).

NOTE:

acre - measure of land, 4,840 sq. yds., 0.405 ha. [Old English]
rood - quarter of an acre. [Old English]
perch - measure of length, esp. for land, of 5½ yards. [Latin pertica pole]

PROPRIETOR: Late Misses Alsager
OCCUPIER: Josiah Spode Esq.
Numbers	Description of Property	A	R	P	£	s	d
381	Homestead &c	-	2	4	11	0	0
383	Stackyard and croft	1	3	20	4	13	9
382	Barnfield and Little croft	4	1	15	9	11	1
54	Townsend	3	1	15	8	7	2
386	Flat	4	3	38	9	9	6
385	Thistley or White Hough	5	1	24	28	18	3
373	Eight acre field	9	0	9
395	Little Cliff	4	3	5	38	19	0
394	Long wheat Cliff	7	2	26
391	Broomy or Clover Cliff	5	2	6
392	Cliff meadow or Rough Cliff	4	2	39
393	Slang or Little meadow	1	0	30	13	6	10
413	Great or Little Hordern	12	0	25
436	Brook or red meadow	3	2	15	8	19	8
	Totals:	69	1	21	133	5	3

Extract from George Lynam's Map of the 
Parish of Stoke-upon-Trent (1848),  
showing the land attached to Penkhull Farm.

 

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