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*Plotting patterns of land ownership and of occupiers gives information about the social and economic structure of the community | *Plotting patterns of land ownership and of occupiers gives information about the social and economic structure of the community | ||
<br> '''Chart: Tithe Apportionment Book Hadlow, Kent''' {{ | <br> '''Chart: Tithe Apportionment Book Hadlow, Kent''' {{FSC|448883|item|disp=FS Library film 1701919}}<br> The five columns are headed:<br>1. Number<br>2. Name<br>3. Description<br>4. Clear (in ARP = acres, roods and perches)<br>5. Total (in ARP = acres, roods and perches) | ||
''1 acre = 4 roods''<br>''1 rood = 40 square perches (also called rods or poles)<br>1 perch = 16½ feet'' | ''1 acre = 4 roods''<br>''1 rood = 40 square perches (also called rods or poles)<br>1 perch = 16½ feet'' | ||
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Some examples of available tithe maps include:<br> | Some examples of available tithe maps include:<br> | ||
:*Gloucestershire Tithe Maps for many districts 1831-1846 on four films {{ | :*Gloucestershire Tithe Maps for many districts 1831-1846 on four films {{FSC|722371|item|disp=FS Library films 2093195, 2092985, 2093081, 2093083}}.<br> | ||
:*Seymour describes his family’s lands in Dorset using the 1845 tithe map, OS maps, certificates and censuses.<br> | :*Seymour describes his family’s lands in Dorset using the 1845 tithe map, OS maps, certificates and censuses.<br> | ||
:*11 films (starting at {{ | :*11 films (starting at {{FSC|113788|item|disp=FS Library film 0992671}}) of Surrey tithe apportionments are listed on the FamilySearch Catalog. | ||
Many illustrations and discussion can be found in Evans and Crosby (''Tithes. Maps, Apportionments and the 1836 Act: A Guide for Local Historians,'' 1997), Kain and Prince (''Tithe Surveys for Historians'', 2000), Munby (''Tithe Apportionments and Maps''. #20 in Short Guides to Records edited by Lionel M. Munby, 1972), Pearl (''Parish Sources Part II The Tithe Survey: the Domesday of the 19th Century''. Family Tree Magazine Vol 7 #6, page 4-5) and Hindle (''Maps for Historians'', 2002). As the tithe maps and apportionments were used by the central government until 1966 their copies are at TNA, and they contain many later amendments, but these notes are not on the copies held in county record offices. | Many illustrations and discussion can be found in Evans and Crosby (''Tithes. Maps, Apportionments and the 1836 Act: A Guide for Local Historians,'' 1997), Kain and Prince (''Tithe Surveys for Historians'', 2000), Munby (''Tithe Apportionments and Maps''. #20 in Short Guides to Records edited by Lionel M. Munby, 1972), Pearl (''Parish Sources Part II The Tithe Survey: the Domesday of the 19th Century''. Family Tree Magazine Vol 7 #6, page 4-5) and Hindle (''Maps for Historians'', 2002). As the tithe maps and apportionments were used by the central government until 1966 their copies are at TNA, and they contain many later amendments, but these notes are not on the copies held in county record offices. | ||
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