The Tenants of Kilton in 1809

Evidence from the Terrier and Rent Books of 1809 and 1810 which provide a snapshot of the tenants of the Kilton part of the estate

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The Skelton and Kilton Terrier in 1809 provided a detailed record of the tenanted farmland in 1809. A terrier is a record of field names, with reference number, land use, acreage, value per acre and rent. The Kilton Terrier included records of the landholdings of William Bennison, George Bennison, William Farndale, Robert Solley, Robert Barker, Ralph Newbiggin, William Stephenson, Ralph Mitchell, John Farndale, and William Wood. For each tenant the entry in the Skelton and Gilling Rent book for 1810 is also shown.

The darker ink extracts on the left are the 1809 Terrier extracts and the lighter ink extracts on the right are the 1810 rent book extracts.

To interpret the abbreviations a, r and p, an acre was the primary unit of land area. A rood was a quarter of an acre. A perch was a 160^th of an acre or a 40^th of a rood.

Robert Barker

Robert Barker had 90 acres in 1809, but 166 acres by 1810 when he paid an annual rent of £175 11s 11d (£8,142 equivalent in 2026).

He held land to the west of Kilton in the area shown in this extract from the 1767 estate map:

William Bennison

William Barker had 18 acres and paid an annual rent of £17 15s 5d (£790 equivalent in 2026).

He seems to have held land to the south of Kilton village where Round Cllose is shown in the 1767 estate map:

George Bennison

George Bennison had 30 acres and paid an annual rent of £39 13s 2d (£1,815 equivalent in 2026).

Jane Bulmer, widow

Jane Bulmer was a widow who had 126 acres and paid an annual rent of £30 (£1,395 equivalent in 2026).

John Farndale (Junior) (see FAR00167)

John Farndale Junior had 43 acres and paid an annual rent of £74 12s 9d (£3,443 equivalent in 2026).

No	Enclosure Name	State in 1809	Quantity in acres, roods and perches
70	Stack Yard &c	Pasture	2 roods, 16 perches	um	£0 10s 0d
264	Broad Garth	Pasture	3 acres, 32 perches	an	£7 4s 0d
54	Farndale Barf	Llea? Mea?	2 acres, 3 roods, 20 perches	ud	£5 3s 6d
71	Bulmer Barf	Paddock	4 acres, 3 roods, 8 perches	uh	£9 2s 5d
72	ditto	Fall	4 acres, 2 roods, 24 perches	ao	£9 15s 3d
95	Swales Barf	Llea? Mea?	2 acres, 32 perches	uh	£4 3s 7d
197	Ward Barf	Pasture	5 acres, 24 perches	uh	£9 15s 8d
89	South Cow Pasture	Oats	7 acres, 1 rood.	ud	£13 1s 0d
90	North Cow Pasture	Wheat	4 acres, 1 rood, 8 perches	ua	£7 6s 2d
55	Chapel Long Close	Llea? Mea?	4 acres, 3 roods, 8 perches	ua	£8 3s 2d
53	Lane from Kilton to Kilton Thorpe	Pasture	3 acres, 1 rood.	-
Total			43 acres, 12 perches		£74 12s 9d

He seems to have held land to the immediate west of Kilton village as shown in the 1767 estate plan:

William Farndale (see FAR00183)

No	Enclosure Name	State in 1809	Quantity in a, r and p		Annual Rent
180	Homestead &c		12 perches
181	Homestead &c		16 perches
182	Garth	Pad	1 acre, 2 roods, 18 perches	yn	£1 4s 2d
183	Harry Duck Stank	Pad	8 acres, 3 roods, 32 perches	yh	£8 1s 1d
162	Stank Head	Oats Beans	3 acres, 3 roods, 8 perches	uu	£6 5s 4d
163	Ward Fence	Oats	8 acres, 2 roods, 16 perches	uu	£14 3s 9d
176	Carter Fence	Wheat	4 acres.	uo	£6 8s
175	Fence	Llea? Mea?	6 acres, 16 perches	um	£9 3s
190	High Pasture		8 acres, 3 roods, 16 perches
189	Pond Close	Wheat	10 acres, 3 roods, 6 perches	uo	£17 5s 2d
188	Near Pasture	Llea? Mea?	4 acres, 1 rood, 12 perches	uo	£6 10s 4d
187	House Stank	Pasture	4 acres, 2 roods.	yt	£3 16s 6d
192	Stank Head	Pasture	3 acres, 2 roods, 8 perches	oa	£4 5s 2d
191	Stank Head Close	Fall	6 acres, 1 roods, 24 perches	um	£9 12s
219	Kilton Hill	Wheat	8 acres.	um	£12
93	Long Moor	Pasture	4 acres, 2 roods, 22 perches	ou	£5 6s 7d
218	Ditto	Fallow	7 acres.	um	£10 10s
216	Beck Close	Llea? Mea?	5 acres, 12 perches	un	£8 17s 7d
217	Square Close	Tweat??	11 acres, 16 perches	oo	£16 1s 10d
215	Long Pasture	Oats	12 acres, 2 roods, 8 perches	ua	£21 6s 8d

William Farndale had 110 acres in 1809 but 166 acres by 1810 when he paid an annual rent of £245 7s 10d (£11,398 equivalent in 2026).

He held land immediately to the south of Kilton village as shown on the 1767 estate map:

Matthew Johnson

Matthew Johnson had 154 acres and paid an annual rent of £345 16s (£16,050 equivalent in 2026).

He seems to have held land to the west of Kilton village as shown on the 1767 estate map:

Robert Jolley

Robert Jolley did not appear in the 1810 rent books, but in 1809 had 83 acres and paid an annual rent of £80 19s 4d (£3,722 equivalent in 2026).

He seems to have held land to the south of Kilton village as shown in the 1767 estate map:

Ralph Mitchell

Ralph Mitchell had 188 acres and paid an annual rent of £347 15s 8d (£16,145 equivalent in 2026).

He held land around Lumpsey, as shown in the 1767 estate map:

Ralph and later Joseph Newbiggen

Ralph Newbiggen had 4 acres and paid an annual rent of £14 2s (£650 equivalent in 2026). His tenancy seems to have passed to Joseph Newbeggin, who may have been his son.

Overseers of the Poor (Matthew Farndale (see FAR00225))

The Overseers of the Poor (represented by Matthew Farndale) had 10 perches of land for which they paid an annual rent of £2 2s (£90 equivalent in 2026).

John Pybus

Jphn Pybus had 6 acres for which he paid an annual rent of £9 14s (£420 equivalent in 2026).

John Farndale (FAR00167) was marrid to Jane Pybus.

Ralph (later Thomas) Robson

Ralph Robson held 6 acres of land for which he paid an annual rent of £9 14s (£420 equivalent in 2026). His tenancy seems t have passed to Thomas Robson, who may have been his son.

He held land around the mill as shown in the 1767 map:

John Redman

John Redman held 56 acres for which he paid an annual rent of £101 16s 5d (£4,700 equivalent in 2026).

He seems to have held land around Syke and Cragg Hill as shown in the 1767 estate map:

William Stephenson

William Stephenson held 175 acrtes of land, for which he paid an annual rent of £187 2s 10d (£8,700 equivalent in 2026).

He held land to the south of Kilton as shown in the 1767 map:

Elizabeth Toes

Elizabeth Toes held 8 acres for which she paid an annual rent of £23 5s 10d (£1,070 equivalent in 2026).

William Wood

William Wood held 147 acres for which he paid an annual rent of £227 15s 6d (£10,560 equivalent in 2026).

He held land to the west of Kilton as shown in the 1767 map:

Thomas White

Thomas White held 14 acres for which he paid an annual rent of £12 6s 4d (£560 equivalent in 2026).

Matthew Young

Matthew Young held 11 acres for which he paid an annual rent of £273 16s 10d (£12,700 equivalent in 2026).

He held land to the east of Kilton along Braygate as shown in the 1767 map:

John Wharton Esq himself, the landowner held the following acreage directly

The Landlord, John Wharton, held 216 acres of land at Kilton directly.

The totals were recorded in the rent book