LONG MEAD

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1846 Tithe Map plot number:

 244 & 275

1896 1:2500 OS Map plot number:

 196 & 218, 228 & 229

Long Mead was a name that referred to two fields of meadow or pasture.

The first, of about one and a half acres, was situated between Chatton Row and Port Lane close to Riding Hill. In the Tithe Award it was measured at 1 acre 2 roods and 13 perches. This was one of the two closes that made up Radsells.


The second, of about five acres, was situated at the end of Old Lane adjacent to Stafford Lake Farm. In the Tithe Award it was measured at 4 acres 3 roods and 18 perches; On the OS map it was divided into 3 closes of 2.816, 1.163 and 0.603 acres. This was also known as WIDESTROD.