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Abstracts of entries for Assessment Numbers 565 to 573 in the relevant Valuation Office Survey Field Book (completed 1910-1915) covering the parish of Waters Upton, held at The National Archives, Kew (IR 58/75804). 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.
On this page: 565 | 566 | 567 | 568 | 569 | 570 | 571 | 572 | 573
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Ref: 565 (includes 583). Situation: House, Garden and Buildings used as a Butcher’s Shop. Description: Old Post Office, Waters Upton.
[Present day house number / name: Number 23]
Extent: 1a 3r 6p. Gross Value (land and buildings): £12 0s 0d [updated to £3 10s 0d]. Rateable Value (of same): £10 0s 0d [updated to £3 8s 0d].
Occupier and Owner: Mrs Ann James, Waters Upton.
Interest of Owner: Freehold (Superior interests – Owner occupier House and Premises).
Estimated Rent: £15 10 0.
Former Sales: 29 Sep 1896 (consideration £220, plus £150; communications to R A Clarke, solicitor, Central Chambers, Market Square, Wellington, Salop).
Particulars, description, and notes: House, Buildings, Land, Waters Upton. House and Buildings in Fair condition.
Charges, Easements and Restrictions affecting market value: Tithe, 7s 10d.
Valuation: Land £80; Buildings and Structures £265; Other Things Growing on the Land £5; Market Value of Whole £350.
Additional Value (items deducted when arriving at valuation): Charges (Tithe) £10.
Gross Value: £360.
Description of Buildings: House – Sitting Room, Kitchen, Pantry, Back Kitchen, 4 Bedrooms (Brick & Tile, Fair). Buildings – Trap House (Wood & Iron), Earth Closet (Stone & Iron), 2 Pig Pens (Stone & Iron), Stable for 2 & Store Room (Stone & Iron). [Note: The following was ‘over the road’ in Ord 168.] Fasting Pen & Slaughter House (Brick foundations, Wood & Felt).
Ord Numbers: 157, 158, part 168, part 152 (House & Buildings) [NLS Maps link].
If Agricultural land, value for Agricultural purposes: —
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Ref: 566. Situation: Waters Upton. Description: Land.
Extent: 1a 1r 23p. Gross Value (land): £3 0s 0d. Rateable Value (of same): £2 17s 0d.
Occupier: Robert Shakeshaft. Occupier’s tenancy, Term: —
Owner: J W Shakeshaft, 109 Hockley Hill, Birmingham [= Joseph Walter Shakeshaft, a grocer, b. ~1866 at Ellerdine, son of William Shakeshaft and Sarah, née Icke].
Interest of Owner: Freehold.
Actual / Estimated Rent: —
Former Sales: —
Particulars, description, and notes: Agricultural land.
Charges, Easements and Restrictions affecting market value: —
Valuation: Land £60; Other Things Growing on the Land £5; Market Value of Whole £65.
Additional Value (items deducted when arriving at valuation): —
Gross Value: £65.
Description of Buildings: —
Ord Numbers: 146 [NLS Maps link].
If Agricultural land, value for Agricultural purposes: £65 (including Sporting Rights).
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Ref: 567. Situation: 22 Hodnet Road, Waters Upton. Description: Cottage and buildings.
[Present day house number / name: Number 22 (current building replaced the old one)]
Extent: 0a 1r 20p. Gross Value (land and buildings): £5 4s 0d. Rateable Value (of same): £4 12 0.
Occupier: John Francis Richards. Occupier’s tenancy, Term: Half yearly.
Owner: Stephen Lineton, 170 Leicester Street, Wolverhampton.
Interest of Owner: Freehold.
Actual / Estimated Rent: £7.
Former Sales: 1896 (consideration £140).
Particulars, description, and notes: Cottage and Garden, Waters Upton.
Charges, Easements and Restrictions affecting market value: Tithe, 1s.
Valuation: Land £20; Buildings and Structures £100; Other Things Growing on the Land £5; Market Value of Whole £125.
Additional Value (items deducted when arriving at valuation): Charges (Tithe) £1.
Gross Value: £126.
Description of Buildings: House – Kitchen, Pantry, Back Kitchen, 2 Bedrooms (Stone, Brick & Tile, Fair). Buildings – Coal House (Stone & Iron), Pig Pen (Brick & Tile). New Earth Closet erected 1911 (Brick & Tile) (not valued). Water from next door 565.
Ord Numbers: Part 152 (Cottage & Garden) [NLS Maps link].
If Agricultural land, value for Agricultural purposes: —
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Ref: 568 (includes 569). Situation: Waters Upton. Description: House, Garden, Orchard and Buildings.
[Present day house number / name: See 569]
Extent: 14a 1r 8p. Gross Value (land and buildings): £15 0s 0d. Rateable Value (of same): £14 5s 0d.
Occupier and Owner: Richard Allen, Waters Upton.
Interest of Owner: Freehold.
Estimated Rent: £15.
Former Sales: 1904 (see 569 – consideration £1000 to comprise house, buildings and 19 [acres?] land).
Particulars, description, and notes: House, Garden, [?] Land, Orchard.
Charges, Easements and Restrictions affecting market value: Tithe, £1 2s 3d.
Valuation: Land £420; Buildings and Structures £480; Fruit Trees £30; Other Things Growing on the Land £20; Market Value of Whole £950.
Additional Value (items deducted when arriving at valuation): Charges (Tithe) £28.
Gross Value: £978.
Description of Buildings: — [See 569]
Ord Numbers: Part 46 (House, Buildings &c), 45 (Orchard), 44 [NLS Maps link]. 95 [NLS Maps link].
If Agricultural land, value for Agricultural purposes: £938 (excluding Sporting Rights, value £12).
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Ref: 569 – included in 568. Situation: Waters Upton. Description: Pasture and Arable Land [?] of Buildings.
[Present day house number / name: Melverley House (number 42?)]
Extent: 11a 3r 0p. Gross Value (land): £18 0s 0d. Rateable Value (of same): £17 11s 0d.
Occupier and Owner: See 568. [Richard Allen, Waters Upton]
Interest of Owner: Freehold.
Estimated Rent: £18.
Former Sales: Part of the land (about 4 or 5 acres) was purchased about 9 years ago for £300.
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: House – 2 Sitting Rooms, Kitchen, Back Kitchen, Pantry, 1 Cellar, 5 Bedrooms (Brick & Tile, Good). Buildings (Good) – Coal House (Brick & Iron), Earth Closet (Brick & Slate), Greenhouse, heated (Brick, Wood & Glass, Good), Stoke Hole (Wood & Iron), Workshop & Hen House (Brick & Galvanised Iron), Turnip House & Granary over, Cow Tying for 9, Earth Closet (Brick & Tile), Hay Bay & Stabling for 2, Pig Pen (Stone & Tile), Trap House, Pig Pen (Brick & Tile, Good). Fowl House in Orchard (Wood & Iron).
Ord Numbers: — [Part 46. NLS Maps link.]
If Agricultural land, value for Agricultural purposes: —
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Ref: 570. Situation: Waters Upton. Description: Pasture land.
Extent: 10a 2r 33p. Gross Value (land): £16 10s 0d. Rateable Value (of same): £16 3s 0d.
Occupier: John S Morgan. Occupier’s tenancy, Term: Yearly.
Owner: See 568. [Richard Allen, Waters Upton]
Interest of Owner: Freehold.
Actual / Estimated Rent: £16 10s 0d.
Former Sales: 1904 (consideration – see No 568).
Particulars, description, and notes: Pasture land.
Charges, Easements and Restrictions affecting market value: Tithe, 17s 0d.
Valuation: Land £380; Other Things Growing on the Land £20; Market Value of Whole £400.
Additional Value (items deducted when arriving at valuation): Charges (Tithe) £20.
Gross Value: £420.
Description of Buildings: —
Ord Numbers: 23 [NLS Maps link].
If Agricultural land, value for Agricultural purposes: £400 (including Sporting Rights).
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Ref: 571. Situation: Waters Upton. Description: No 17. Cottage & Wood Buildings.
[Present day house number / name: Pear Tree House, number 17]
Extent: 1a 0r 8p. Gross Value (land and buildings): £6 10s 0d. Rateable Value (of same): £5 15s 0d.
Occupier and Owner: Mr S T Bennett, 17 Waters Upton.
Interest of Owner: Freehold.
Estimated Rent: £5 10 0.
Former Sales: ? (consideration £110).
Particulars, description, and notes: Cottage, Garden, Buildings.
Charges, Easements and Restrictions affecting market value: —
Valuation: Land £30; Buildings and Structures £85; Other Things Growing on the Land £5; Market Value of Whole £120.
Additional Value (items deducted when arriving at valuation): —
Gross Value: £120.
Description of Buildings: House – Kitchen, Back Kitchen, Pantry, [?] Shop, 3 Bedrooms (Half Timber, Brick & Tile, part Fair, part Poor). Buildings – Wash House (Galvanised Iron), Store Room (Wood & Iron), Earth Closet (Brick & Tile), Boiler House (Galvanised Iron), 2 Bay Cart Shed, Stable for 1, Pig Pen, Fowl House (Wood & Iron & Tile).
Ord Numbers: 148 (Cottage & Garden), 147 [NLS Maps link].
If Agricultural land, value for Agricultural purposes: —
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Ref: 572. Situation: 27 High Street. Description: Glebe, House, Buildings, Garden and Land.
[Present day house number / name: The Old Rectory, number 27]
Extent: 2a 2r 24p. Gross Value (land and buildings): £40 0s 0d. Rateable Value (of same): £38 0s 0d.
Occupier and Owner: Revd Samuel Hobson.
Interest of Owner: — (Superior interests – life interests.)
Estimated Rent: £40.
Former Sales: —
Particulars, description, and notes: Rectory, Garden & Land. Old House renovated & added to.
Charges, Easements and Restrictions affecting market value: Tithe, 4s 8d.
Valuation: Land £150; Buildings and Structures £940; Timber, Fruit Trees and Other Things Growing on the Land £10; Market Value of Whole £1100.
Additional Value (items deducted when arriving at valuation): Charges (Tithe) £6.
Gross Value: £1106.
Description of Buildings: House – Study, Dining Room, Drawing Room, Hall, Kitchen, 2 Larders, Butler’s Pantry, Back Kitchen, 5 Bedrooms, 2 Dressing Rooms, Water Closet on first floor, 6 Attic Rooms, 2 Cellar Rooms; Oil Lamps, Good Water & Drainage (Brick & Tile, Fair). Buildings [note in margin suggests Brick & Tile or Stone & Tile, and Fair, unless otherwise stated] – Earth Closet adjoining House (Brick & Tile), Coach House & Harness Room & Loft over, Gangway & Loft over, Stabling for 3 & Loft over, Coal House (Brick & Iron), Stick Hole (Wood & Iron), Potting Shed & [?] (Brick & Tile), Cow Tying for 4 & Loft over, Pig Pen, Cattle Shed in [?] (Wood & Felt), Small Greenhouse, heated (Wood & Glass on Brick Foundations), Summer House (Wood & Felt).
Ord Numbers: 137 [House and Buildings], 139 [NLS Maps link].
If Agricultural land, value for Agricultural purposes: —
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Ref: 573 – included in 631. Situation: Waters Upton. Description: House, Buildings and Land.
[Present day house number / name: Numbers 29 and 29a? (see Note below).]
Extent: 52a 2r 0p. Gross Value (land and buildings): £77 10s 0d. Rateable Value (of same): £73 12s 0d.
Occupier: Wm Lewis. Occupier’s tenancy, Term: —
Owner: Rate books say S A Davies but he [= she] returns the form IV “Not known”.
[No further info]
[Note: The extent of this land is similar to 631 (both stated to be 52 acres plus) but the gross and rateable values were not. It is unclear who William Lewis was. Might 573 and 633 (also said to be included in 631) have related to the same cottage and garden within 631, occupied at different times by William Lewis and John Swift?]
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Waters Upton One-Place Study 