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Abstracts of entries for Assessment Numbers 625 to 637 in the relevant Valuation Office Survey Field Book (completed 1910-1915) covering the parish of Waters Upton, held at The National Archives, Kew (IR 58/75805). My grateful thanks to fellow one-placer Liz Craig for providing me with photos of the Field Book pages, which I have used as the basis for these abstracts.
See Valuation Office Survey – Field Book Notes for more information on what is contained in the Field Books, and what my abstracts include.
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Ref: 625. Situation: 15 Waters Upton. Description: House, Smithy and Garden.
[Present day house number / name: Smithy Cottage, number 15]
Extent: 0a 3r 5p. Gross Value (land and buildings): £11 0s 0d. Rateable Value (of same): £9 12s 0d.
Occupier and Owner: John Chas Ridgway, 15 Waters Upton.
Interest of Owner: Freehold.
Estimated Rent: £11.
Former Sales: In own possession 20 years.
Particulars, description, and notes: Cottage, Smithy & Garden. 15 Waters Upton. Cottage small, fair condition.
Charges, Easements and Restrictions affecting market value: —
Valuation: Land £40; Buildings and Structures £100; Fruit Trees £5; Other Things Growing on the Land £5; Market Value of Whole £151 [=£150].
Additional Value (items deducted when arriving at valuation): Charges (Tithe) £1.
Gross Value: £151.
Description of Buildings: House – Kitchen, Pantry, Back Kitchen, 2 Bedrooms (Brick, Stone & Tile, Good). Buildings – Pump Yard (Galvanised Iron), Coal House (Galvanised Iron), Pent House & Smith (Stone, Brick & Tile), Boiler House (Galvanised Iron), Earth Closet & Pig Pen (Stone & Tile), [B___ ?] Store (Wood & Iron), Store Room, Store Room, Stable For 1 & Trap House (Wood & Galvanised Iron). [Note: A pent house, in this context, was a shed or roof attached to and sloping from a wall or building, or a smaller structure joined to a building. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penthouse%5D
Ord Numbers: Part 156 (Cottage, Smithy & Garden) [NLS Maps link].
If Agricultural land, value for Agricultural purposes: —
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Ref: 626. Situation: No 11 High Street. Description: Garden, Land [added in pencil: House and Garden].
[Present day house number / name: Fir Tree, number 11]
Extent: 0a 1r 8p. Gross Value (land and buildings): £12 0s 0d. Rateable Value (of same): £10 10s 0d.
Occupier: Miss S A Walker. Occupier’s tenancy, Term: Half yearly.
Owner: A Lea Juckes Waters Upton.
Interest of Owner: Freehold.
Actual / Estimated Rent: £12.
Former Sales: 1905 (Consideration – part of a lump sum).
Particulars, description, and notes: House and Garden, Waters Upton.
Charges, Easements and Restrictions affecting market value: —
Valuation: Land £15; Buildings and Structures £230; Other Things Growing on the Land £5; Market Value of Whole £250.
Additional Value (items deducted when arriving at valuation): —
Gross Value: £250.
Description of Buildings: House – Sitting Room, School Room, Kitchen, Scullery, 3 Bedrooms, 1 Cellar ([building materials not specified). Buildings – Coal House, Earth Closet (Brick & Tile). Fowl House (Wood & Iron). Gets water from Ball 636.
Ord Numbers: Part 133 (House & Garden) [NLS Maps link].
If Agricultural land, value for Agricultural purposes: —
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Ref: 627. Situation: Waters Upton. Description: Land [added: Garden and Marsh].
Extent: 1a 1r 0p. Gross Value (land and buildings): £5 15s 0d. Rateable Value (of same): £5 12s 0d.
Occupier: Ann James. Occupier’s tenancy, Term: —
Owner: Duke of Sutherland.
Interest of Owner: —
Actual / Estimated Rent: £5 15s 0d.
Former Sales: —
Particulars, description, and notes: [?] Land and Garden. Waters Upton.
Charges, Easements and Restrictions affecting market value: Tithe 2s 6d.
Valuation: Land £95; Fruit Trees and/or Other Things Growing on the Land £5; Market Value of Whole £100.
Additional Value (items deducted when arriving at valuation): Charges (Tithe) £3.
Gross Value: £103.
Description of Buildings: Buildings – Old tumble down building (Stone & Thatch).
Ord Numbers: Part 152 [NLS Maps link]. 141, 142, 108 [NLS Maps link].
If Agricultural land, value for Agricultural purposes: £100 (including Sporting Rights).
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Ref: 628. Situation: Waters Upton. Description: Land [added: Meadow].
Extent: 1a 0r 23p. Gross Value (land and buildings): £3 0s 0d. Rateable Value (of same): £2 18s 0d.
Occupier: J Shakeshaft [added: Samuel Benit {= Bennett}]. Occupier’s tenancy, Term: — [added: Half yearly from 25 Mar 1913]
Owner: Duke of Sutherland [brackets later placed around this name, and the following added: William {K ?} Brookes].
Interest of Owner: Freehold.
Actual / Estimated Rent: £3 0s 15d.
Former Sales: —
Particulars, description, and notes: Land. Waters Upton.
Charges, Easements and Restrictions affecting market value: Tithe 3s 2d.
Valuation: Land £110; Other Things Growing on the Land £5; Market Value of Whole £115.
Additional Value (items deducted when arriving at valuation): Charges (Tithe) £4.
Gross Value: £119.
Description of Buildings: —
Ord Numbers: 149 (Pasture) [NLS Maps link].
If Agricultural land, value for Agricultural purposes: £115 (including Sporting Rights).
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Ref: 629. Situation: Waters Upton. Description: Cottage and Garden.
[Present day house number / name: Sutherland Cottage, number 20]
Extent: 1 rood. Gross Value (land and buildings): £5 0s 0d. Rateable Value (of same): £4 7s 0d.
Occupier: Saml Woolley. Occupier’s tenancy, Term: —
Owner: Duke of Sutherland.
Interest of Owner: —
Actual / Estimated Rent: —
Former Sales: —
Particulars, description, and notes: Cottage and Garden. 20 Waters Upton.
Charges, Easements and Restrictions affecting market value: —
Valuation: Land £20; Buildings and Structures £195; Other Things Growing on the Land £5; Market Value of Whole £220.
Additional Value (items deducted when arriving at valuation): —
Gross Value: £220.
Description of Buildings: —
Ord Numbers: Part 152 (Cottage & Garden) [NLS Maps link].
If Agricultural land, value for Agricultural purposes: —
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Ref: 630 – included in [768 ?]. Situation: Waters Upton. Description: Land.
Extent: — Gross Value (land and buildings): £6 0s 0d. Rateable Value (of same): £5 0s 0d.
Occupier: J Shakeshaft. Occupier’s tenancy, Term: —
Owner: Duke of Sutherland.
[No further info]
[Note: Valuation Map indicates that 768 fell within Ercall Magna, as Ord 821 – NLS Maps link.]
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Ref: 631 (includes 633 [and 573]). Situation: Waters Upton. Description: House, Buildings and Land.
[Present day house number / name: The Hall, number 28]
Extent: 52a 3r 22p. Gross Value (land and buildings): £120 0s 0d. Rateable Value (of same): £114 5s 0d.
Occupier and Owner: E J Fisk.
Interest of Owner: —
Actual / Estimated Rent: —
Former Sales: —
Particulars, description, and notes: This House with 40 acres cost £2100 about 1908. Was then in bad condition and has been renovated.
Charges, Easements and Restrictions affecting market value: 633 gets water. Tithe, £6 15s 0d.
Valuation: Land £1485; Buildings and Structures £1615; Fruit Trees and Other Things Growing on the Land £75; Market Value of Whole £3175.
Additional Value (items deducted when arriving at valuation): Charges (Tithe) £155.
Gross Value: £3330.
Description of Buildings (the Hall): House – Study, Dining Room, Drawing Room, Breakfast Room, Servants’ Hall, Kitchen, Pantry, 2 Cellar Rooms, 5 Bedrooms, Bathroom Hot & Cold, Lavatory and Water Closet, 5 Attic Rooms; Oil Lamps, Fair water supply, Good drainage (Brick & Tile). Buildings – Wash House, Earth Closet, Potting Shed, Greenhouse (Heated) (Brick, Wood & Glass), Stoke Hole (Galvanised Iron), Summer House (Wood & Tile), Tool House & Store (Brick & Tile), Hen House, 3 Bay Cart Shed (Stone, Brick & Tile), 3 Bay Cart Shed & Loft over (Stone & Tile). Loose Box & Loft over, Cow Tying for 10, Loose Box, Turnip House, Tying for 6 Cows, Loose Box, Barn Buildings comprising 3 Bays [note in margin suggests the foregoing were Brick & Tile, Fair], Stable for 3 & Loft over (Stone, Brick, Half Timber & Tile, Bad), Stick Hole, 2 Pig Pens (Stone & Tile, Bad), Coach House (New), 2 Loose Boxes & Loft over, Harness Room (Brick & Tile, Fair), 3 Pig Pens (Stone & Tile), Meal House, Boiler House.
Description of Buildings (Cottage occupied by Swift): House – Kitchen, Back Kitchen, Pantry, 2 Bedrooms (Brick & Tile, Poor). Buildings – Pig Pen & Earth Closet (Stone & Tile). [See 633 below]
Ord Numbers: 92, 91, 106 [NLS Maps link]. 114, 113 (Pit), 112, 111 (House & Grounds [The Hall]), part 115, 110, part 116 (Cottage & Garden) [NLS Maps link]. 88, 93 [NLS Maps link].
If Agricultural land, value for Agricultural purposes: £2060 (excluding Sporting Rights, value £25).
[Notes: (1) It appears that something happened to the form initially sent out to obtain information for this entry (I cannot read party of the note written about this, possibly it was not returned?) and a “new form was sent out Oct 1913”. (2) The Cottage occupied by John Swift (633, below) appears to have been one of the buildings in the Southernmost part of Ord 116. John Swift did not appear on a census, in 1911 or otherwise, at Waters Upton; possibly Ashton Burgess and his family lived here in 1911?]
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Ref: 632. Situation: Waters Upton [added: No 30 “Crescent House”]. Description: House, Farm Buildings and Land.
[Present day house number / name: Crescent House, number 30]
Extent: 1a 2r 32p. Gross Value (land and buildings): £30 0s 0d. Rateable Value (of same): £26 5s 0d.
Occupier: [crossed out: Saint John Hoole] now Ernest D Rider. Occupier’s tenancy, Term: (determinable by agreement).
Owner: Miss Fanny Brookes, Rowton, Wellington.
Interest of Owner: Freehold.
Actual / Estimated Rent: £25.
Former Sales: —.
Particulars, description, and notes: Old fashioned House. Fair condition.
Charges, Easements and Restrictions affecting market value: —
Valuation: Land £70; Buildings and Structures £375; Fruit Trees and/or Other Things Growing on the Land £5; Market Value of Whole £450.
Additional Value (items deducted when arriving at valuation): Charges (Tithe) £4.
Gross Value: £454.
Description of Buildings: House – 2 Sitting Rooms, Kitchen, Scullery, Store Room, Pantry, 3 Bedrooms, Bathroom Hot & Cold [and another Store Room?] (Brick & Tile, Fair). Buildings (Brick & Tile, Fair) – Coach House & Loft over, 2 Loose Boxes & Loft over, 3 Loose Boxes, 2 Bay Cart Shed & Granary over, Pig Pen.
Ord Numbers: 118 (Grass Land), part 116 (House & Buildings) [NLS Maps link].
If Agricultural land, value for Agricultural purposes: —
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Ref: 633 – included in 631. Situation: Waters Upton. Description: Cottage and Garden.
[Present day house number / name: Numbers 29 and 29a?]
Extent: 1 rood. Gross Value (land and buildings): £5 0s 0d. Rateable Value (of same): £4 15s 0d.
Occupier: John Swift. Occupier’s tenancy, Term: —
Owner: E J Fisk.
Interest of Owner: —
Actual / Estimated Rent: Part wages.
Former Sales: —
Particulars, description, and notes: —
Charges, Easements and Restrictions affecting market value: —
Valuation: —
Additional Value (items deducted when arriving at valuation): —
Gross Value: —
Description of Buildings: Cottage – Kitchen, Back Kitchen, Pantry, 2 Bedrooms (Brick & Tile, Fair). Buildings – Pig Pen & Earth Closet (Stone & Tile). [Crossed out: Gets water from Hall]
Ord Numbers: Part 116 (Cottage & Garden) [NLS Maps link].
If Agricultural land, value for Agricultural purposes: —
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Ref: 634. Situation: Weir Meadow. By River Lane. Description: Meadow.
Extent: 5a 2r 9p. Gross Value (land and buildings): £11 0s 0d. Rateable Value (of same): £10 14s 0d.
Occupier and Owner: Rev Samuel Hobson, 27 High Street, Waters Upton.
Interest of Owner: Freehold.
Estimated Rent: £11.
Former Sales: 1907 (consideration £310).
Particulars, description, and notes: Pasture Land adjacent River. Very rich Land.
Charges, Easements and Restrictions affecting market value: Tithe £1.
Valuation: Land £260; Other Things Growing on the Land £10; Market Value of Whole £270.
Additional Value (items deducted when arriving at valuation): Charges (Tithe) £25.
Gross Value: £295.
Description of Buildings: —
Ord Numbers: 109 (Grass) [NLS Maps link].
If Agricultural land, value for Agricultural purposes: £265 (excluding Sporting Rights, value £5).
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Ref: 635. Situation: [crossed out: Weir Meadow By River Lane] Waters Upton. Description: [crossed out: Meadow] Land.
Extent: 28a 1r 34p. Gross Value (land): £35 12s 0d. Rateable Value (of same): £33 17s 0d.
Occupier: Robert Blantern Morgan. Occupier’s tenancy, Term: Yearly.
Owner: Wm Jerman agent to Misses Millicent & Corona Adeline Jerman, Llanidloes.
Interest of Owner: Freehold.
Actual / Estimated Rent: £36.
Former Sales: 1907 (consideration £907).
Particulars, description, and notes: —
Charges, Easements and Restrictions affecting market value: —
Valuation: Land £810; Fruit Trees and Other Things Growing on the Land £40; Market Value of Whole £850.
Additional Value (items deducted when arriving at valuation): Charges (Tithe) £115.
Gross Value: £965.
Description of Buildings: —
Ord Numbers: 25, 24, 68 [NLS Maps link].
If Agricultural land, value for Agricultural purposes: £835 (excluding Sporting Rights, value £15).
[Note: In the Valuation Book, Wm Palmer is named as the occupier.]
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Ref: 636. Situation: Clematis Cottage, Waters Upton. Description: House & Garden.
[Present day house number / name: Clematis Cottage, Number 31]
Extent: 0a 1r 3p. Gross Value (land and buildings): £8 0s 0d. Rateable Value (of same): £7 0s 6d.
Occupier and Owner: Wm A R Ball, Waters Upton. [Added in pencil: Occupier A Ball]
Interest of Owner: Freehold.
Estimated Rent: £8.
Former Sales: 1903.
Particulars, description, and notes: Fair condition.
Charges, Easements and Restrictions affecting market value: 626 & 2 Cottages adjoining same, get water. A Lee [= Lea] Juckes pays W A R Ball 10s year for this.
Valuation: Land £10; Buildings and Structures £115; Fruit Trees and/or Other Things Growing on the Land [it is unclear which] £5; Market Value of Whole £130.
Additional Value (items deducted when arriving at valuation): —
Gross Value: £130.
Description of Buildings: House – Sitting Room, Kitchen, Pantry, Back Kitchen, 4 Bedrooms, 1 Cellar (Brick & Tile). Buildings – Tool House (Wood & Iron), Earth Closet (Brick & Tile), Coal House (Wood & Iron), 2 Pig Pens (Brick & Tile).
Ord Numbers: Part 119 (Cottage & Garden) [NLS Maps link].
If Agricultural land, value for Agricultural purposes: —
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Ref: 637 – included in 593. Situation: Waters Upton. Description: Land.
Extent: Estimated 39a 2r 0p. Gross Value (land and buildings): £50 0 0. Rateable Value (of same): £47 10 0.
Occupier: Rev L V Yonge, Waters Upton. Occupier’s tenancy, Term: —
Owner: Mrs Yonge. [Note: Originally L V Yonge shown as occupier and owner, but amended to indicated that Mrs Yonge was the owner.]
[No further info. Possibly Ord Numbers 65, 66 and 97.]
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Waters Upton One-Place Study 