Inclosure Parish by Parish

On this page are links to other manors or parishes where he was the inclosure surveyor or commissioner. Many have points of interest in them but I must leave their further study to those who may have a more direct interest in the parishes concerned. The list has been compiled from several sources but most notably is Roger Kain [and others] , ‘The Enclosure Maps of England and Wales 1595 – 1918 A Cartographic analysis’. He discovered seventy eight Dorset Inclosure maps between 1800-1859 when Martin was working as a surveyor.[1] Of these Kain attributes eleven of the maps to John Martin and six each to William Jennings jnr and Robert Page of Wimborne, with the rest to a whole host of others. In terms of acreage Kain attributes some 22,890 acres inclosed by Page compared to the 17,864 acres inclosed by Martin.

There is some reason however to doubt the precision of these figures for two reasons. Firstly the number of inclosure records held by the Dorset History centre exceeds the number of inclosures listed in the electronic database of inclosures based on Kain’s book.[2] Martin was the surveyor at Charminster in 1832 for example but it does not appear in the database and there may be other such cases. Some inclosures were never enrolled at the quarter sessions for example. The list that I give under the Dorset Fields page is compiled from Martin’s own records, Kain’s database and the quarter sessions records.

Kain’s attribution of some of the maps might not be correct. Kain attributes the Plush and Dewlish maps to William Jennings but the diaries indicate that Martin was the surveyor to the Plush inclosure. By my estimate, between 1810 when the diaries open and 1846 when he completed his last inclosure there were a total of fifty two inclosures in the county, of which Martin acted as surveyor in sixteen. His work though was not confined to Dorset as he completed another four inclosures in Wiltshire and one each in Hampshire and Somerset.

The table below gives a list of the inclosures that I have discovered where John Martin was the surveyor. Hover over the parish name to link to the parish.

	Year mentioned in diaries	Parish [in order of appearance in the diaries]	Inclosure Commissioner	Comments
1	1810	Bishopstone [Wilts]	William Jennings George Barnes	Map attributed to Martin in Kain “Enclosure Maps of England and Wales”
2	1810	Abbotsbury	William Jennings	Map attributed to Martin in Kain “Enclosure Maps of England and Wales”
3	1810	[West] Wellow[Wilts]	George Barnes William Jennings	Map attributed to Martin in Kain “Enclosure Maps of England and Wales” . In a newspaper notice the Bishopstone notice appears above the Wellow notice with the names of the Commissioners at the end. In one Jennings is above Barnes and in the other Barnes is above Jennings. Clearly egos’ had to be stroked.
4	1810	Plush	William Jennings	Kain: attributes map to “? W Jennings” he was the Commissioner but the diaries provide evidence that Martin was the Surveyor. As does a document at DHC [see below].
5	1810	Pitton and Farley [Wilts]	Richard Webb William Jennings	Map attributed to Martin in Kain “Enclosure Maps of England and Wales”
6	1815 Non Diary Year.	Rampisham	William Jennings	Map attributed to Martin in Kain “Enclosure Maps of England and Wales”
7	1821	Loders	Not known	Kain: entry is for “Uploders” Map attributed to Martin in Kain “Enclosure Maps of England and Wales”
8	1821	Arnewood [Hants]	John Baverstock Knight??	Kain: entry is for “Sway and Arnewood” Map attributed to Martin in Kain “Enclosure Maps of England and Wales”
9	1821	Chilfrome	William Jennings Job Smallpiece	Map attributed to Martin in Kain “Enclosure Maps of England and Wales” The Award was enrolled in 1823 but Martin was working on it in 1821 according to the diaries.
10	1827	Sturminster Newton Castle	William Jennings Thomas Cockeram	Map attributed to Martin in Kain “Enclosure Maps of England and Wales”
11	1827	Tarrant Hinton	John Baverstock Knight	Map attributed to Martin in Kain “Enclosure Maps of England and Wales”
12	1827	Bincombe	Robert Wright John Baverstock Knight	Map attributed to Martin in Kain “Enclosure Maps of England and Wales” There is in addition newspaper evidence he was the surveyor.
13	1832	Piddlehinton	John Baverstock Knight	Diaries indicate he was the surveyor to the award but Kain gives no attribution to the map.
14	1832	Charminster	John Baverstock Knight	Diaries and Documents at DHC indicate inclosure took place but not mentioned in Kain.
15	1832	Maiden Newton	John Baverstock Knight	Map attributed to Martin in Kain “Enclosure Maps of England and Wales”
16	1832	Ower Moigne	Edward Thomas Percy	Diaries indicate that he was the surveyor to the award but Kain makes no attribution as to who made the map.
17	1832	Hanging Langford [Wilts]	In 1829 the Commissioner was Francis Ingram but the inclosure work was prolonged and the Commissioners in 1836 were Oliver Stubbs and John Baverstock Knight	Map attributed to I Martin in Kain “Enclosure Maps of England and Wales”. This however was common for his spelled “signature”.
18	1837 Non Diary Year	Briantspiddle	John Baverstock Knight	The Commissioner was John Baverstock Knight and Kain attributes the maps to “? John Baverstock Knight” however a notice in the Dorset County Chronicle from 1837 makes it clear that Martin was the surveyor.
19	1838	Godmanstone	John Baverstock Knight	Map attributed to Martin in Kain “Enclosure Maps of England and Wales”
20	1838	Upwey	John Baverstock Knight	Map attributed to Martin in Kain “Enclosure Maps of England and Wales”
	1838	Kingsclere [Hants]	Thomas Phillips	Kain attributes the Kingsclere Inclosure map to George Hewett Jnr. However there is evidence that Martin worked in some small part on this inclosure.
21	1845	Child Okeford	John Martin	Map attributed to Martin in Kain “Enclosure Maps of England and Wales”
22	1845	Ditcheat [Somerset]	John Martin [Shepton Montague] and John Martin [Evershot] after the formers death.	Map attributed to Martin in Kain “Enclosure Maps of England and Wales”

1 The date of 1800 is speculative admittedly and his work from 1854 [when he was 74] was limited.

2 http://enclosuremaps.data-archive.ac.uk/

John Martin of Evershot

The Life and Times of a 19th Century Land Surveyor.

Inclosure Parish by Parish