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The Diaries Described
John Martin’s World
Close to Home
The Bigger Picture
Places mentioned in the text
John Martin’s Life
Parents and Siblings
Moving to Dorset. Marriage and children.
Friends & Colleagues
Personae Dramatis: A quick guide to the main characters.
At Home
Country Gent
Financier
The Land Surveyor
A short history of the Land Surveyor
The Perfect Survey
Making the Map
Five Acts of the 19th Century
John Martin’s Work
The Scope of his Work
Rampisham
The Manor
The Manor of Rampisham
Rampisham, Courts Baron and Leet
Inclosures
The Open Field System
Why inclose ?
Dorset’s Fields
Who’s Who in inclosure
Inclosure – the theory
Inclosure- the practice
Plush,1810.
Rampisham Inclosure
Chilfrome Inclosure
Child Okeford Inclosure
Inclosure Parish by Parish
Tithes
A Very Brief History of the Tithe
Pre-Commutation Work
The Commutation Process
The Agreement
Tithe Commissioners Awards
An Inspector Calls
A Valuer Calls
The Instrument of Apportionment
The Anatomy of a Tithe Map
List of Commutations under the Tithe Commutation Act
Commutation Time Line
Ports,Road and Rail
Bridport
Road
The coming of the railways
Farmer
Citizen
Churchwarden
Quartermaster
Overseer of the Poor
The Old Poor Law
The State of Dorset’s Poor
The Overseer of the Poor
John Martin and the Evershot Poor Records
Accounts of the Poor – Evershot in the early 1800’s
The Parochial Assessment Act
Diaries Transcribed
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1852
1854
1861
In Depth
Appendices
Attribution of Maps
Money and Measures
Bibliography
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John Martin of Evershot
The Life and Times of a 19th Century Land Surveyor.
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