Trying to identify a former resident of our house in the 1840 tithe map book. Charles Thorell/Thowell?
Thanks in advance for any good ideas!
Matt
Hello
You mention Tithe Map Book (in the singular), so I'm not exactly sure what you have, because it seems you don't have the Map?
Is it something that came with your Pack of House Deeds?
Tithable Fields were Surveyed with numbered Maps drawn showing fields, usually houses, farms, pubs etc., along with a corresponding numbered accompanying Apportionment Schedule Books (with Proprietors and the main Occupiers named, their Rent Charges) and were produced shortly after the Tithe Commutation Act 1836, when the old Tithes were commuted to Rent Charges.
If the property with Owner/Occupier is in the Tithe Book (Apportionment) the exact location is usually on a detailed Tithe Map, these will often be properties built on the older or even ancient field inclosures and enclosed historically by the former Lord/s of the Manor (Landowner/s).
Amended
Field inclosures depicted on a Tithe Map are older and pre-date 18th & 19th Century Parliamentary Enclosure Acts. Enclosure by Parliamentary Act were usually exonerated from Tithe. (Usually the rules applied in drawing up Tithe Maps are stated in the Apportionment or any associated paperwork).
The number in the Tithe Apportionment Schedule 'Map No' column (or whatever name the Surveyor called that column) should correspond to a number on the Tithe Map.
Tithe Apportionment (Parish) at TNA, Kew, in the IR 29 Series
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9367Tithe Maps at TNA, Kew, in the IR 30
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_ep=IR%2030&_dss=range&_sd=1830&_ed=1850&_ro=any&_hb=tna&_st=advIf visiting see their "Visit Us" page first, because you will need a "Readers Ticket" to see original documents, which involves proving who you are and where you live, when applying for, or renewing a "Readers Ticket".
Two were often made (by Parish, with Tithable fields) and before going to Kew, you should check with your County Records Office, or Diocesan Record Office (if nearer) as to whether they hold the Original or a Copy of both the Tithe Apportionment with a Map.
The Tithe Maps surveyed for the Tithe Commutation Act 1836, were often detailed and fields, usually gardens, building locations can be compared with the later 1880s England Ordnance Survey 6" scale (or larger) and later OS large scale edtions.
Mark