History of Wendover in the county of Buckingham; with illustrations and sketch maps . The land settlement of Wendover is dealt with intwo Private Acts of Parliament and under the generalEnclosure Acts. The first of the former in 1777 (17Geo. III., c. 78) for confirming Exchanges of Landsand Tythes of and in the Open and Uninclosed CommonFields within the Manor and Parish of Wendover, andfor establishing and securing certain Annual Paymentsin lieu of Tythes appears to have been passed to getrid of the difficulties arising from small plots or patchesof land in which certain persons were interest
History of Wendover in the county of Buckingham; with illustrations and sketch maps . The land settlement of Wendover is dealt with intwo Private Acts of Parliament and under the generalEnclosure Acts. The first of the former in 1777 (17Geo. III., c. 78) for confirming Exchanges of Landsand Tythes of and in the Open and Uninclosed CommonFields within the Manor and Parish of Wendover, andfor establishing and securing certain Annual Paymentsin lieu of Tythes appears to have been passed to getrid of the difficulties arising from small plots or patchesof land in which certain persons were interested, beingalmost surrounded by lands in which others had rights,and by exchanges interests were made less patchy orthe patches of larger area, and the way prepared forthe Enclosure Act of 1794. It is of interest to observethat the expenses under the Act of 1777 were dividedinto 511 parts, of which Lord Hampden bore the largestshare, 135 parts, while Earl Yerney bore 28 parts—LordCarrington not appearing as an owner at this date. In1794 (34 Geo. III., c. 43) was passed the Act for. Dividing and Inclosing the Open Common Fields,Common Meadows, and Waste Lands and Grounds^Aitllin the Manor and Parish of Wendover, excludingthe Common Ground called Bottenden Hill, otherwise]^ott()n-J)own Hill. Under this xlct and the Awardwhich followed it, 2,208 acres of Common lands wereallotted (except a small portion for roads and gravelpits) in the form of private enclosures to the variouspersons who previously had had common rights therein,and varying in extent according to the extent of suciirights. Thus certain lands were allotted to Lord Hamp-den in lieu of his manorial rights as Lord of the Man inof Wendover, the like to Henry Deering as Lord ofthe Manor of Lee; other allotments of land to LordHampden, Matthew Ilaper, and others in lieu of GreatTithes, thus, as we have already noticed, freeing almostthe whole of the lands in the parish from payment ofGreat Tithes; other allotments to the
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