Title:
Enclosure award
Level: Sub-Fonds
ENROLMENT, REGISTRATION AND DEPOSIT
Level: Series
DEEDS AND AWARDS
Level: Sub-Series
ENCLOSURE AWARDS AND MAPS
Scope and Content:
Newport.

Act: 19 and 20 Victoria, c.106 (1856) [Provisional Order confirmed in pursuance of annual General Act] for 'the inclosure of the waste and commonable lands except Great Hitch Field situate in the parish of Newport'.
Commissioner: Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales.
Valuer: Charles Frederick Adams of Barkway, Hertfordshire, land surveyor.

m. 1: owners of old enclosures included in allotment;
mm. 1-2: stopping up of public roads (2) and public footways (4); contains minor place-names;
mm. 2-3: setting out of public bridle roads and footways (4), private carriage and occupation roads (2), and one public footway;
m. 3: allotment to churchwardens and overseers of 4 acres for a recreation ground; allotment to lord of manor, with reservation of mineral rights;
mm. 4-13: allotments of residue, by schedule showing
(a) persons interested, with residence and description
(b) allotments: number on map. extent, fences
(c) respective estates (on which claims allowed and allotments made: number on tithe map and description [field names and references to 'the Common Balks'], extent, and tenure; contains minor place-names
m. 13: fences, gates, and stiles.

Area [according to Act]: 815 acres.
Dates of Creation:
24 January 1861
Extent:
1 roll
Admin History:
Deposited with Clerk of the Peace, 7 February 1861.
Physical Characteristics:
Parchment.
Existence of Copies:
Microfilm copy available in the Essex Record Office searchroom. Part of m.8 is lacking from the microfilm; a digital substitute for that frame is available.
Not Available:
Available on microfilm in the Essex Record Office searchroom