BISLEY FIELD & FLOAT FIELD

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1846 Tithe Map plot number:

224 & 225

1896 1:2500 OS Map plot number:

177 & 251

Bisley Field and Float Field were two arable fields situated near the southern corner of the parish bordering Kiln Lane and the Knaphill part of Horsell parish. In the Tithe Award they were measured as 3 Acres and 36 perches and 3 Acres 1 rood and 26 perches respectively; on the OS Map their sizes are given as 5.436 and 5.376 acres.

Prior to 1761 Bisley Field and Float Field were held by William Collyer of Knaphill. In 1761, when William died, they passed to his daughter Jane Goreing. In 1769, Jane surrendered the field to the use of her son, William; William died two years later and his brother, John, took possession.

In 1811 John Goreing sold the two fields to John Loveland for £400. When John Loveland died in 1824, in his will, he left the fields to his son Henry. In the 1846 Tithe apportionment, Henry is renting plot 224 to William Collyer and plot 225 to James Glazier (and others) - the two fields are referred to as "Heals Field".

In 1849, Henry Loveland sold the two fields to William Tringham for £369. In July 1875 the two fields were enfranchised to William Tringham and thenafter held freely of the Manor.

The two fields are still laid to pasture today, although The Copse has been built on the eastern end of plot 124 adjacent to Hangmoor Copse.