1846 Tithe Map plot number: |
156 & 381 |
1896 1:2500 OS Map plot number: |
96 & 11 |
Middle Field was a name applied to two arable fields.
The first, of about two acres, was situated on the north side of Clews Lane adjacent to Widecroft Common Field. In the Tithe Award it was measured at 2 acres and 3 perches; described on the OS map as 2.074 acres.
In the mid 18th century, House Field was owned , together with Edsawes and two other plots, by Richard Hod. Richard died in 1759 and Edsawes and the land passed to his son, also named Richard. Richard junior died in 1766 and willed Edsawes and the land to his daughter Ann, now the wife of Thomas Waterer.
In February 1774, Thomas and Ann were given licence to let Edsawes to Henry Collyer of Horsell.
Ann Waterer died in 1815; in her will she left Edsawes in trust to her son James and friend John Parsons to sell and dispose. In December that year they sold Edsawes and the land to Richard Barnes, a shopkeeper of Bisley.
Richard Barnes died in 1819. In his will he left Edsawes to his brother Thomas, after the death of his wife Sarah. Thomas was admitted tenant in October 1823. In October 1830, Thomas sold Edsawes and the land to Stephen Steptoe.
By 1846, Edsawes and its land was owned by James Bedford.
The second Middle Field, again of about two acres, was situated in Bisley Detached. In the Tithe Award it was measured at 2 acres and 16 perches.
