1860s
Updated map of farm occupancy, based on the map in "A Farming History of Spratton" page 27. Additional information added from 'Mercury' archive as follows:
2.6.1860, Occupation of Samuel Cornish added, 10.5 acres
4.8.1860. Land to the east north of Brixworth Road, shown as Bosworth, was occupied by Wm.Cooper in 1860, 56 acres
28.5.1864. Land, 30 acres, east of 'Broomhill' (not built) and over the Turnpike (6 acres) occupied by John Billing
10.6.1865. Land west of 'Broomhill' (not yet built), 50 acres occupied by Mrs Pearson and Thomas Wright 1865
8.6.1867. Three closes north of Brixworth Road occupied by John Capell (2 x 7 acres) and Robert Holt (7 acres)
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