Rambles round Horton: historical, topographical, and descriptive

Front matter

RAMBLES ROUND HORTON. List of Illustrations. PAGE Horton Old Hall Frontispiece Old Gateway, Chapel Lane... ... ... ... ... 54 Octagon Chapel, Horton Road ... ... ... ... 63 The Old Skinhouse ••y-S*fEIi§i\ ••■ ■■■ ■•■ •■• 77 Horton House |..135Jt? 8ff ) to face page 88 Horton Hall ... ... ... ... ...to face page 100 "Old House at Home" 145 Old Corn Mill, Beckside 175 Brooksbank House ... ... ... ... ... .. Horton Old Hall. THE RESIDENCE OF F. S . POWELL, ESO. Rambles Round Horton- Historical, Topographical, and Descriptive. By WM. CUDWORTH, Author of "■Round About Bradford" "Historical Notes on the Bradford Corporation" &r°c. Published by Subscription. 1886. BRADFORD : THOS. BREAR & CO., LIMITED. [Entered at Stationers Hall. — .-/// Right 's Reserved.~\ THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR TO FRANCIS SHARP POWELL, Esq., M.P., OF HORTON OLD HALL, IN REMEMBRANCE OF HIS KINDNESS ON MANY OCCASIONS DURING ITS PREPARATION.

Preface

. The Author would fain hope that no apology is needed for the publication of " Rambles Round Horton," albeit the interest of the volume is of a comparatively limited character. Works of this nature form the basis of local history, treating as they do of " things great and small." It may be that many of the items included appear insignificant, but from the historian's standpoint they add completeness to the whole, and are therefore deserving of notice. Under any circumstances the Author had no alternative but to issue the present work, such was the amount of interest evoked by the publication of the " Rambles " in the columns of the Bradford Observer. In bringing them before the public in the present form, he trusts that his patrons will not be dissatisfied with the result. No effort has been spared to secure accuracy, although it is obvious that accuracy cannot always be obtained even with the best intentions.

The Author has to acknowledge his indebtedness to many friends for the facilities they have afforded him for obtaining information ; to his former coadjutor, Mr. W. G. HlRD, for his kind assistance in the tedious task of indicing ; and to his numerous subscribers, without whose support the work could not have been undertaken. The Author purposes to continue his rambles round the town ships forming the Borough of Bradford, and to publish the account thereof uniform with the present volume, should this literary venture meet with favour. fanuary, 1886.

Chapter I

Introductory — Boundaries — Streams — Roads — Conformation — Strata — Acreage — Origin of Names — Lords of the Manor — Manorial Customs— Ancient Tenants — Ancient Freeholders. In olden times, when lords of manors enjoyed some degree of feudal importance, the ceremony of perambulating the boundaries of townships excited no small amount of interest in local circles. The ceremony would appear to have been of value, in so far as the feudal lord and his retainers took note of whatever changes might have taken place within the charmed circle they patrolled. In pursuing these " rambles," therefore, our immediate purpose will be to take note of the old landmarks still remaining, and refer as far as possible to some of their former inhabitants. In this way a foundation may be laid upon which a superstructure of township history may be raised, of which, so far as the townships of the borough of Bradford are concerned, no record exists.

It will be acknowledged that ample material exists for such a record. Notwithstanding the common interest shared by all the townships of Bradford, an individuality pervades each locality which is sufficiently marked to justify individual reference without attempting the larger task of collating the whole into a history of the borough. Relieved from the necessity of recording the more important events which would be necessary in such a compilation, we can do greater justice to matters often only slightly touched upon or altogether left unnoticed. Following in the track of ancient custom, therefore, we proceed to describe the boundaries of the township of the Hortons, Great and Little, as they are defined by natural lines of demarcation. The township is bounded on the west by the stream that divides it from Clayton, called Tanner Beck, which flows to Lower Lidget, and then through Bulgreave Wood, when it becomes known as Bulgreave Beck.

Flowing past Scholemoor Cemetery this beck joins the stream called Middle-broke, upon which Sams Mill is situate. From thence to the town of Bradford it is called the Bradford Beck, and forms the northern boundary of the township of Horton. On the east the township is bounded by Bowling Beck, and on the south by a portion of the township of North Bierley. Another portion of North Bierley obtrudes upon the south-east corner of Horton township, but if any modern lord of the manor essayed a perambulation of the boundaries he must needs wade through two Corporation reservoirs at Horton Bank-top. In addition to the above there are tributary streams rising in the township, although they are none of them of great volume. A stream, having several sources of supply near Cliffe Mill once fed the old corn mill at Beckside, and meandering down to Shearbridge was called Horton Beck.

At Shearbridge the beck is joined by another, formerly called Broad Beck, having its rise in fields adjoining Horton Park. The township boundaries formerly extended into Tyrrel Street by a triangular piece of ground called Broadcroft, which was appropriated by Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, and his mother of unsavoury memory. Horton being a mesne manor the lord thereof was not able to resist the encroachment, although he succeeded in establishing his claim to a rent of 3s. per annum. The triangular plot was described by a commission which sat in 1420 to determine as to the continuance of the rental, as " a plot of land in the township of Little Horton, lying within Bradford Brook, Boiling Brook, Horton Kyrkgate (qy. Chapel Lane), and the Field of Horton." The principal roads in Horton township branch from what was formerly called the town-end of Bradford, and are now known as Horton Lane, Horton Road, Manchester Road (anciently Bowling Lane), and Legrams Lane.

Manchester Road only passes through a portion of the easterly side of the township, and debouches into Bowling, whereas Horton Lane and Horton Road thread the township until they leave it, the former at Brownroyd Hill, Wibsey, and the latter at Clayton Heights on the old road to Halifax. Legrams is an old packhorse road, having been an outlet from Silsbridge Lane, joining the old road to Halifax by way of Green Lane, Toby Lane, Scarr Lane, Upper Green, Dog Lane, and what is still called the " old road " at Bank Top. The hamlet of Lidget is also approached by Cemetery Road (formerly Thiefscore Lane). The oldest highway between Great and Little Horton is Southfield Lane, or Southgate. There are also other connecting links, such as Park Lane, Park Avenue, Laistridge Lane, Clayton Lane, Holme Lane, Thornton Lane, Aycliffe Lane, Jer Lane, Pickles Hill, Old Road, Hollingwood Lane, Cliffe Lane, and " bridle-stiles," too numerous for mention.

Examples of the general character of these thoroughfares, useful during the period when the principal means of transit was by packhorses, existed in the road leading from Upper Green down Green field to Bracken Hill ; in the one from Leventhorpe through Scholemoor by way of Foggs Lane to Horton ; and in that leading from Thiefscore Bridge to Birks. The old road at Horton Bank, formerly the main coach road between Bradford and Halifax, is worth a visit if only to realise the contrast between the description of highway which served our fore fathers and such thoroughfares as Park Avenue, for instance, a specimen of modern construction. The conformation of the Horton township is agreeably diversified, the upper portion containing numerous eminences, from which extensive views are obtainable. The highest elevation is attained on the eminence known as Beacon Hill, 975 feet above the mean sea level.

From this spot a commanding prospect may be had, embracing the companion beacons at Beamsley, Rawdon Billing, and Halifax, besides a fine sweep of country south and east. From Beldon Hill, Haycliffe Hill, Crag Hill, Pickles Hill, and Brow Hill good and varied views may also be obtained. There is no moorland in Horton township, the only place bearing even the name being Scholemoor. From ancient documents, to which reference will subsequently be made, we learn that this hamlet was formerly waste land. Within a recent period, however, the only waste land was situate at Horton Green and in Southfield Lane — the site of the Old Bell Chapel, for instance, and what are now called Upper and Lower Green. These " greens " are numerous, including Horton Green, Chapel Green, Low Green, Upper Green, Lidget Green, and Paradise Green.

They, however, furnish no open spaces. Upon old maps what is called New England land is marked, being chiefly in the vicinity of Southfield Lane. Although the surface land of the township is pleasantly undulated, it owes very little to the embellishment which a well-wooded locality receives from nature. In the sheltered valleys there are numerous trees, but not many of large growth, the most thriving plantations being those around Horton Grange, Bracken Hall, Springfield, and other residences, all of which have been planted within a comparatively recent period. As early as the year 1350 evidence exists that coal was found and used in the township. This fact we learn from an extract from the court rolls of the manor of Bradford, transcribed by Mr. T. T. Empsall and contributed to the journal of the Bradford Historical Society.

In these rolls " Thomas del Halghes complains that one John the Milner.of Mickle Horton, had made divers wells in his land is search of carbones marinos, and that after taking away the coal he had left open the wells, whereby the cattle of Thomas del Halghes had fallen in and were drowned." Coal has also been extensively got on Beldon Hill and upon the slopes of Haycliffe and Crag Hills. Practically, however, the coal measures of Horton have now become exhausted ; neither is stone obtained in large quantity. The four principal landowners are Mr. J. A. Jowett, of Bolton ; Mr. F. S. Powell, of Horton Old Hall ; Mr. Wm. Ramsden, of Bracken Hall; and Mr. Geo. Turner, of Horton Grange. The manorial rights are held by Mr. James Cousen and Miss Rawson, the latter claiming the minerals and the former exercising a right over the remainder of the manorial property, which is very small.

There are many small freeholders, which is accounted for by the fact that the holdings in the manor from very early times were granted in fee, subject only to military service and nominal rents. The township comprises 2170 acres of land, and is still nominally divided into the constabularies of Great and Little Horton, which until recently were defined by a boundary line, drawn from Fieldhead Dyeworks to Shearbridge, then following the course of the beck which runs through Horton Park it proceeds forward to the top of Haycliffe Hill, indicating the Horton wards of the borough. Since the recent extension of the borough, however, the old boundaries have been materially interfered with. As to the origin of names found in the township we have no striking derivations to offer. Horton probably gave its name to the family which for generations held possessions there, although resident elsewhere.

Originally we may assume that the " ton " or enclosure was situated upon the lower level, but the exact site is left to conjecture. Shearbridge probably obtained its name from the fact that there the streams, " sheared " or separated before, came together, the brooks from Beckside and Horton uniting in their onward course to Westbrook. As to Laistridge Lane, it may be that the immediate district forms the " least ridge " of the hills in the vicinity. Hollingwood Lane evidently derives its name from the holly bushes which once lined the neighbouring banks, and the name is perpetuated in the title given to Holly Bank, the residence of Mr. John Ramsden. Jer Lane is from Jeremiah Holdsworth, a yeoman in that neighbourhood. A former historian has jumped to the too ready conclusion that Beldon Hill owes it name to very remote times.

It is not so. Beldon Hill is not the hill of Bael or Bel, but of one William Beldon, who owned land there so recently as 1800; while Pickles Hill has a similar origin. "Ewe Clews" is of less satisfactory explanation, as the place is variously styled Ewe, Yew, How, Hew, and High. It may have have been an inclosure for sheep, or a plantation of yew trees, or have taken its name from the clew or clough of the water-mill situate hard by. The name " Thiefscore " arouses unpleasant doubts as to the morality of the neighbourhood, but there is a Paradise in the township, which may be taken as a set-off. Many other possible derivations may be suggested as we patrol the township, but before doing this we must glance at the ancient history of the place. From Domesday Book, that source of historic information to which the historian first turns, we learn that from the earliest times Horton formed a hamlet dependent on the manor of Bradford.

The first man of consequence named in connection with the place was Robert de Stapleton, who is mentioned as living in the reign of Henry II. (1154-89). His son Hugh, who took the name of Horton, received from Robert de Lacy, the lord of the manor of Bradford, a grant of land extending to the very verge of the town, showing that he must have been in considerable favour with his superior lord. The land remained in the Horton family until the reign of Edward I., when Hugh dying without male issue it descended to his daughter, who had married Wm. Leventhorp. He was the head of the ancient family deriving their name from Leventhorp or Lenthrop, in Thornton township. In the reign of Henry VII. the manor of Horton passed into the hands of the Lacies of Cromwellbotham (a secondary branch of the greater Lacies), by the marriage of John Lacy with Alice Leventhorpe.

The Hortons had by this time settled at Barkisland, in Halifax parish, and in 1639 William Horton, of Firth House, purchased the Howroyde estate, whose family have been in possession of to the present time, the present owner of Howroyde and the representative of the Horton family being Capt. Joshua Thomas Horton, J.P. In 1640, Joshua Horton, of Sowerby, a member of a junior branch of the Horton family, repurchased the manor of Horton formerly belonging to his ancestors, along with that of Thornton. His son Elkanah, a barrister, who died in 1728, lived at Thornton Hall. Thomas Horton, the grandson of Joshua of Sowerby, resided at Chadderton, near Manchester, which hadbeen purchased by his father, and was Deputy-Governor of the Isle of Man. His eldest son, William, was made a baronet, and the present owner of Howroyde is the twice great grandson of Sir W. Horton's younger brother, Joshua Thomas.

It is said that the Hortons, while lords of the manor, had in ancient days a manor house a little to the east of Great Horton, the site of which has been since known as Hall Yard, but there is no evidence in support of the tradition beyond the name. The recent ownership of the manor of Horton may be recorded in few words. From Joshua Horton the manorial estate came to his descendant, Sir Watts Horton, of Chadderton, through his father, Sir William Horton. Sir Watts married Lady Henrietta Stanley, whose daughter, Henrietta Susanna, married Charles Rees, of Liverpool, who altered his name to Rhyss, and of the marriage came two sons and four daughters. Dame Henrietta died in 1827, leaving as her heir, Charles Horton Rhyss, who then came into possession of the manorial and other property of the Horton family.

This gentleman led a somewhat erratic life, being a captain in the army, and for many years a comedian, acting under the nom de plume of "Morton Price." Upon several occasions he occupied Bradford theatres under that name, but was generally in the United States and Canada. In October, 1858, he caused the manorial property to be sold by auction, when Mr. Wm. Cousen purchased the lordship of Horton, with hereditaments, &c, thereto belonging, comprising a messuage known as the Manor House, a cottage, the pinfold, &c, and also the fee farm rents, generally called "Lord's rents," which realised £12 7s. 8d. per annum. His son, Mr. James Cousen, is the present lord of the manor. Dracup's trustees purchased the old corn mill and water rights connected therewith, occupied by John Beanland, and comprising the dam field, West Croft, &c. Much might be stated as to the manor of Horton which cannot be admitted here.

But this may be observed, that whilst Bowling, for instance, was a mesne manor like Horton, yet none of the tenants of the former acknowledged as chief only the lord of Boiling, who himself, for all, did suit to the Lacies. The manor of Horton was practically independent while the tenants named held directly of the manor of Bradford. It is an anomaly which needs further explanation. Before completing the story of the manorial succession, however, we may again make reference to the old Manor Court records as transcribed by Mr, Empsall, with the view of forming an estimate of the population of Horton during those early times. For this purpose the surveys made at the instance of the Lacy family afford some data, although to a large extent the township had been alienated from the Lacy fee, and was enjoyed by the Horton family.

In the survey of 1342 only ten tenants of the Lacies are named, and they all belonged to the class of tenantry called " freemen," persons who had emancipated themselves from serfdom and had become possessed of land as customary tenants, i.e., copyhold tenure. For their holdings they rendered certain services in the manor courts. Several of the tenants occupied an exceptional position, and of these was Roger de Manningham, who held a messuage and two bovates of land (about 16 acres) by the service of "going with his lord to Blackburnshire (of which they were lords) with a lance and a dog for forty days to hunt wild boars, receiving ijd. a day wages, also to be ready and willing to appear yearly at Bradford at the feast of St. Martin if required, to do suit of court at Bradford every three weeks, and give to the lord 3d. at the time of the Invention of the Holy Cross, in lieu of the work of one plough, and at seed time is. 4d. annually for his freedom."

Thomas de Northrop, one of the Manningham tenants, had to render to the chief identical service with that of de Manningham in accompanying the lord in his journeys into Lancashire. But Northrop had six bovates of land, or about fifty acres, and three messuages, which were burdened on succession with heriots in the shape of the best beast in the herd to the lord. He had also to pay 8d. annually, in lieu of farm labour at seed time. The Abbot of Kirkstall also held about forty acres of land in this township, by the gift of a pair of white spurs. The land in question was, after the dissolution of the monasteries, acquired by Richard Lyster, who, in addition to the spurs, rendered military service. But by an inquisition post mortem, 2nd Ed. VI., he held more than the abbots did, and it may be the extra land which imposed the latter burden.

This land was held by the same tenure for several centuries, and was doubtless situate in Thornton Lane, extending to Burnet Field, in Bowling. William le Maisson held two bovates and a messuage, for which he tendered a ploughshare yearly to the lord on his coming to Bradford at the feast of St. Martin, and performed service of court every three weeks. Brian de Thornhill held a piece of land, for which he paid 2s. annually. The remaining seven tenants of Horton held their allotments by foreign military service at the command of their lord. They also paid a rent varying from \\*\. to 4d. per acre, and \\6. each per bovate instead of ploughing in spring. Hugh de Rochdale, one of them, for instance, held a messuage and two bovates of land, which was called the 16th part of a knight's fee, paying 2s. yearly for the land, and 3d. instead of labour, while William le Roy paid 6s. 6d. for a messuage and \\ bovates, and 2^d. instead of ploughing, and all other service similar to that rendered by Hugh, Another source from which we may gather information as to the inhabitants of Horton during the fourteenth century is the lay subsidy or poll-tax of 2nd of Richard II.

(1379). The list is as follows : — Thos. filius Rogeri, mercator. & uxor xijd. Ricardus de Skircote & uxor iiijd. Rogerus filius Rogeri & uxor iiijd. Thos. del Bryg & uxor iiijd. Willelmus Leman & uxor iiijd. Johannes de Wodehale & uxor iiijd. Thos. filius Gilbert! & uxor iiijd. Johannes filius Ade & uxor iiijd. Thos. Machon & uxor iiijd. Wilhelmus filius Roberti & uxor iiijd. Wilhelmus Hawmerode & uxor iiijd. Thos. Gabriel & uxor iiijd. Thomas Hunsselet & uxor iiijd. Johannes de Holyns & uxor iiijd. Johannes de Newall & uxor iiijd. Wilhelmus de Hawmonrode & uxor iiijd. Thos. filius Wilhelmi & uxor iiijd. Alicia filia Rogeri iiijd. Annabella Leman iiijd. Alicia filia Johannis iiijd. Agnes filia Johannis iiijd. Eva Machon iiijd. Johannis Sementhorn iiijd. Johannis de Bryg iiijd. Summa, viijs. viijd.

The list is copied verbatim, retaining the ancient form of spel ling, and the amounts at which the inhabitants were assessed. Here, again, is a singular anomaly, not one of the military tenants of Horton named in the survey of 1 342 occurring in the poll-tax list. Could it be that this class of tenants were exempt from this tax on account of their military service ? It was the levying of this poll-tax which exasperated the populace to rise in rebellion under Wat Tyler. The total amount of the taxation raised, it will be seen, was 8s. 8d. Only one inhabitant at that period ranked as a merchant, and the amount extracted from him and his wife was I2d. The remainder were all of the humblest class of householders, and paid 4d. (a groat) each couple, a similar amount being apparently exacted from the single persons.

Young persons under sixteen and persons in a state of mendicancy were exempted. While from these causes we are not able to number the population of Horton at that time, we can at least compare its standing with other places. Halifax, for instance, only7 raised 12s. 8d., and Bradford 23s., the tradesmen in the latter place being a fuller, a mason, two tailors, two shoemakers, and three innkeepers. In only a few cases in the above list does there appear any semblance to existing Horton nomenclature. It would appear to have been generally deemed sufficient to distinguish a Hortonian by describing him as the son of his father, a like rule applying to the females. A similar custom still prevails in alluding to a person as Bob o' Doads o' Sams. In other instances it is evident that the Christian name was associated with that of the place whence the person came, as Richard of Skircoat, John of Newhall, and John of Woodhall.

The Brygs and Hawmonrodes and Holyns are easy of identification with names still existing in the township, although in some what disguised forms, as in the case of the descendants of the Hawmonrodes, who are now known as Hammonds and Ormanroyds. The Christian names of William, Thomas, and John were evidently as common five hundred years ago as at the present day. The following list of Horton freeholders, taken from the subsidy roll of 1608, which is preserved at Howroyd, confirms our impressions as to the principal families of the period. It is as follows :— Assessed. Paid. Robertus Boothe, in lands xxxs. iiijs. Thos. Sharp, jun xxs. ijs. viijd. Thos. Sharp, sen xxs. ijs. viijd. John Lyster xxs. ijs. viijd. Georgius Holdsworth xxs. ijs. viijd. WilPms Mortimer xxs. ijs. viijd. John Feild xxs. ijs. viijd.

Johannes Nicholls xxs. ijs. viijd. Gilbertus Brooksbank xxs. ijs. viijd. Chrste'rus Swayne xxs. ijs. viijd. John Sharp xxs. ijs. viijd. Summa vill, xxxs. viijd. Advancing a couple of centuries we are able from other sources to estimate with tolerable accuracy the material importance of the township of Horton, if not the number of its inhabitants. In Sir John Maynard's valuation of the tythes of Bradford parish, taken in 1638, the two Hortons are put down as valued at ,£603 os. 6d. In this township the tythes were reckoned by oxgangs (or as much land as an ox could plough in a season,), an oxgang containing, one with another, about ten acres, and the tythe of an oxgang was valued at £7. In Great Horton the principal contributor was Gilbert Brooksbank, who paid £35 on five oxgangs of land ; John Mortimer, of Scholemoor, on three oxgangs ; Widow Holyns and Jonas Hammond, on two oxgangs ; Wm. Mortimer, three oxgangs ; John Booth, five and a-third.

In Little Horton the principal contributors were John Sharp, jun., four oxgangs ; John Sharp, sen., two and three-quarter oxgangs ; John Lister, " who pretends his land is tythe free because of the Cistercian Order, yet pays tythe in kind to Sir Richard Tempest" (of whom or through whom he probably obtained it, Tempest and others having secured large quantities of abbey lands at the dissolution), three and a-half oxgangs ; William Walker, two and a-third oxgangs ; Thomas Swaine, two oxgangs ; William Booth, two oxgangs ; Samuel Swaine, one and three-quarter oxgangs ; Thomas Balme, the eighteenth part of an oxgang, which was valued as one. What was called hearth-money or the hearth-tax was a levy upon all householders according to the number of their fires. It was originally established by William the Conqueror, andwas continued under Parliamentary sanction by Charles II., but the impost was abolished under William and Mary.

In the collection of this tax for the year 1666 we find the names of the following residents of Great and Little Horton, who were the most substantial people of the period, viz.: — Isaac Sharpe, five hearths ; John Sharpe, seven ; Thomas Swaine, three; Abm. Swaine, two; Robert Swaine, two; Joseph Lister, four ; Andrew Hodgson, four ; Thos. Pighles, four ; Wm. Mortimer, four; Richard Thornton, three; Mary Mortimer, four ; Gilbert Brooksbank, two ; Will Hammond, three, The total number of hearths paid for in the township was 208, James Swaine being constable during the collection. The complete list of householders would have been interesting had space permitted of it being given. As compared with the township of Bradford, however, Horton appears to have stood well ; Bradford East having had 206, and Bradford West 301 hearths taxed.

The land and property tax of 1704 contains a more complete list of owners of land and buildings at that period than can be obtained from any other source, and from it we cull the following particulars of the principal persons assessed in Horton. The tax was at the rate of 4s. in the pound, and vvas levied by order of Parliament in aid of the State. The list is as follows : — £ s. d. Gilbert Brooksbank — For self and Booth's land 4 17 7\ Scholemoor land ... 1 2 6 Nichols' land ... o 7 6 Wes ter oft and Healds 063 Sugden's land ... o 5 7|* Hammond's land... o 1 io£ Cockroyd's 013 Jas. Swaine's land., o 6 10J Jewitt's land o I io| Sarah Brooksbank 050 £ s. d. Wm. Mortimer ... 315 o Isaac Hollings 160 Thos. Hodgson ... 1 19 4J Jas. Hall 1 o o Thos. Pighills 1 10 o Wm. Blackburn ... 1 o 7 J John Ashton 1 11 ios Robert Fox, for ye milne o 18 i\ Rich.

Thornton ... 1 11 3 Abm. Swaine, How Clews on 3 Henry Lancaster ... 1 2 £ s. d. Robt. Swaine, Hunt Yard I 6 3 Jonas Hopkinson ... 1 7 6 Wm. Mortimer ... 1 10 y\ Thos. Swaine 1 10 7^ Mr. Wm. Rawson, for cole mine 100 Mrs. Sharp 4 17 6 John Lister 4 o o Joshua Stansfield ... 1 5 o Isaac Sharp 3 n 3 Abm. Jewitt 1 2 6 Mary Thornton ... 1 4 o Wm. Blaymires ... o 6 o £ s. d. Chris. Swaine 115 6 Jer. Roods 1 10 o Lionel Knowles ... 018 6 Abram Balme 0150 Mr. Wm Swaine ... 1 17 6 Thos. Ferrand 1 2 6 John Bower 1 10 6 Mr. Rawson, for tythe 1 5 o Mr. Horton, for his Lord's Rent 1 o o Total for the township... £100 10 5 Chrisr. Swaine, ) Thos. Swaine, (Assessors Bartholomew Lancaster, ) ■ „ t.__™ t_t... t > Collectors. James Hall, Jun., j

Chapter II

Surveys of 1802 and 1839— Parochial Matters— Horton Constables— Overseers— Old Workhouse— Highway Surveyors— Highway Board— Horton Councillors. We have before us the plan of Great and Little Horton, the result of a survey made " by order of the inhabitants " in 1802, by William Basset, land surveyor. It contains references to the owners of every plot of land and field in the township at that period, and for the purposes we have in view is a most valuable record. We append a list of the principal landowners at the period in question, as follows : — Messrs. F. S. Bridges, Richard Hodgson, Charles S. B. Sharp, Joseph Stocks, Mrs. Lister, Mary Brooksbank, Mrs. Hodsden, Mr. Gorton, Miss Bower, Wm. Blamires, J. Blamires' trustees, John Booth, Gregory Fox, Susannah Swaine, James Swaine, Mr. Hoiden, Pollard & Co., Jarratt & Co., Jacob Hudson's trustees, Mrs. Hutton's trustees, John Balme, Jeremiah Thornton, John Tommis, William Beldon, and Jonas Jowett.