Orchard (2)

Orchard (2)

A small orchard of Pear Tree Farm in Yeovil Marsh

 

Orchard (2) (Parcel 1137), was a small orchard of Pear Tree Farm in Yeovil Marsh.

The 1846 Tithe Apportionment recorded that Orchard (2) was owned by Reverend John Jenkins Mathews and let to James Pope. Mathews owned several more parcels in the area and Pope farmed them all. Orchard (2) was recorded as an orchard measuring 0a 2r 10p.

George Abbott (1816-1858) was recorded in the 1851 census as the tenant farmer. He died in 1858, and in 1861 his widow Mary Ann was recorded as the "farmeress" of Pear Tree Farm.

Pear Tree Farm, including Orchard (2), was sold in 1889 to Mr T Moore, of Yeovil, the son of Yeovil solicitor Thomas Moore. The tenant at this time was George Cole. However, in January 1893 he retired. The following tenant was J Rowsell and his wife Martha. In 1908 the tenant farmer was a Mr Mead.

Orchard (2) (Parcel 1137) was bounded on the north by Higher Five Acres (Parcel 1141), to the east by Lower Pear Tree Close (Parcel 1136) and Pear Tree Close (Parcel 1134), to the west it was bounded by Plot (Parcel 1138).

 

For details on historic land measurement (ie acres, roods and perches) click here.

 

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