Data from the field and house survey of 1785
Cradley Links wishes to record our sincere thanks to Margaret Bradley and Barry Blunt for their generous permission to reproduce these excerpts from their book, "The History of Cradley: A Survey of Cradley and the Enclosure Book".
Feld survey
Please note: The field survey only shows information which is additional to the 1782 survey.
The same Field Numbers have been used as in the 1782 survey.
House survey
ALL the information relative to houses is shown, but houses are not numbered.
Field & house survey 1785
1785 field survey
| Field No | Owner | Occupier | Field Name | Observations |
| 12 | Garden | |||
| 48 | Oliver | Sold to Thos. Biggs | ||
| 81 | Far Coalpit Leasow | |||
| 82 | Hither Coalpit Leasow | |||
| 83 | The Little Meadow | |||
| 107 | 1st Smithy Croft | |||
| 108 | Middle Smithy Croft | |||
| 109 | Far Smithy Croft | |||
| 113 | Sold to Mr Croft | |||
| 156 | The over ends | |||
| 158 | The Pleck | |||
| 171 | Meadow late Bloomer | |||
| 172 | Two Mill Fields | |||
| 173 | Part of the pool | |||
| 193 | Sold to Mr Brettell | |||
| 198 | Sold to Thos. Pargeter F | |||
| 205 | Pargeter F | In hand | Colman Hill Inhedge | Purchased off Cox, Hedger & John Rock |
| 244 | Sold to Mr Brettell | |||
| 252 | Headlands by Paradise | |||
| 260 | Sold to Mr Pargeter Foxcote | |||
| 260 | Oliver | Michael Pratt | Crooked Doles | Sold to Mr Pargeter Foxcote |
| 275 | Tay, John sen | In hand | By Fatherless Piece | Sold to Sam'l Westwood |
| 312 | In Big Meers | Purchased off Cox & Dancer | ||
| 333 | Sold to Edward Pitt | |||
| 341 | In the Butts | |||
| 345 | Downings Inhedge | Sold to Mr Pargeter F | ||
| 370 | House & garden | |||
| 386 | Round Inhedge | |||
| 387 | Bloomers Close | |||
| 390 | New Inhedge | |||
| 404 | By Cradley Park | |||
| 422 | Edwd. Pitt | Isaac Rock | Marlpit Hill | Sold to Richard Eaton |
| 427 | Eaton, Richd | In hand | Marlpit Bank | Purchased of Jn. Hedger & Jeptha Gaunt |
| 442 | In Coleman Field | |||
| 443 | In Coleman Field | |||
| 444 | In Coleman Field | |||
| 446 | Sold to Thos. Pargeter F | |||
| 451 | Sold to Nathaniel Cox | |||
| 458 | Dirty Piece | |||
| 459 | Sold to Benj. Male & given up again |
1785 house survey
All the houses are given the same value of 30 shillings.
| Owner | Occupier | Situation | Observations |
| Robert Bloomer | Isaac Rock | The M House | At a place called the Ems |
| Robert Bloomer | Isaac Moor | House & garden | Colman Hill |
| Wm Bloomer | In hand | Cottage & garden | At Cradley Forge |
| Giles Bloomer | In hand | Cottage & garden | Under the Hill nr Attwoods Forge |
| Buffery, Jos. jun | In hand | Cottage & garden | Near Cradley Pound |
| Buffery, John sen | In hand | Cottage & garden | Below Cradley Pound |
| Buffery Saml. | In hand | Cottage & garden | Above Cradley Pound |
| Brettell, Jos. Br | In hand | House & garden | At Netherton,(Netherend) bought of Thos. Brettell |
| Brettell, Jos. Br | Wm. Cook | House & garden | At Overend |
| Brettell, Jos. Br | Jonathan Crumpton | House & garden | Near the well at Cradley |
| Brettell, Jos. Br | Sarah Burley | House & garden | Above the last |
| Brettell, Wm. | In hand | Cottage & garden | At Brettle Town nr the Rod Mill |
| Bird Thos. | Benj. Beesley | House & garden | Nr Light Green |
| Burley, Thos. | Will. Beesley | House & garden | By the Methodist meeting |
| Beesley, Wm. sen | In hand | Cottage & garden | Under the hill nr Attwoods Forge |
| Brecknell, John | Richd. Forest | House & garden | At Netherend |
| Biggs, Thos | Thos. Allchurch | House at Homer Hill | |
| Biggs, Thos | Jn. Brecknell | House at Netherend | |
| Biggs, Thos | Richd. Box | House by Park side | |
| Biggs, Thos | Sam. Beddall | House at 2 Lanes end | |
| Biggs, Thos | Will. Harris | House at Maypole Inn | |
| Biggs, Thos | James Bloomer sen | House nr Cradley Forge | |
| Biggs, Thos | Wm. Forest | House nr 2 Lanes end | |
| Biggs, Thos | Thos. Price | House at Homer Hill | |
| Cox, John | Jn. Holloway | Late Downings House | |
| Cox, John | Thos. Darby | House & garden | At Cradley |
| Deeley, George | In hand | Cottage & garden | At Brettell Town at the Rod Mill |
| Drew, Richd. | In hand | Cottage & garden | Below Cradley Pound (under lease) |
| Franks, Thos. | In hand | House & garden | In Cradley |
| Flyfield, Jn | In hand | Cottage & garden | At Light Green next the Stour |
| Forrest, Edwd. | In hand | Cottage & garden | Below Cradley Pound |
| Forrest, Saml. | In hand | Cottage & garden | Adjoining the above |
| Green, Thos. | In hand | Cottage & garden | The Pound House |
| Grove, Wm. | In hand | Cottage & garden | At Cradley forge |
| Gosling, Richd. | Sam Forrest jun | House & garden | |
| Gosling, Richd. | Jn. Parks | House & garden | |
| Hipkiss, John | Jos. Beesley sen | House & garden | Near the Well in Cradley |
| Haden, John | Thos. Foxall | House & garden | |
| Hodgetts, Benj. | Thos Haines | House & orchard | At Overend |
| Hodgetts, Benj. | Mary Cox | House & garden | At Overend |
| Hill, Phebe | James Cox | House & garden | High town in Cradley |
| Hadley, Sarah | Jonathan Cox | House & garden | Near the stocks in Cradley |
| Jones, Jn. | In hand | House & garden | |
| Jones, Jn. | Wm. Bloomer | House & garden | |
| Pargeter, T. F | Jos. Haden | House | |
| Peshall, Sir John | Jn. Forest | House & garden | At High town in Cradley |
| Pitt, Edwd. | Isaac Rock | House | |
| Parkes, Jos. | In hand | Cottage & garden | At Light Green |
| Parry, John | In hand | House, garden & orchard | In Cradley |
| Reading, Moses | In hand | House & garden | |
| Smith, Ferdinando | Dudley Bagley | House | |
| Skelding, Mary | Jn. Feldon | House & garden | |
| Souden, Mary | In hand | Cottage & garden | At Light Green |
| Tay, John sen | In hand | House & garden | |
| Townsend, John | John Instone | House | At the Wardens |
| Townsend, John | Benj. Male | House | |
| Tibbetts, Thos. | Abraham Sitch | House & garden | In Cradley |
| Taylor, Wm. | Cottage & garden | Under the Hill by Attwoods Forge | |
| Thompson, Thos. | Thos. Green | House & garden | |
| Thompson, Thos. | Saml. Forest | House & garden | |
| Westwood, Saml. | Fr. Houzen | House | |
| Walker, Wm | In hand | Cottage & garden | At Light Green |
| Whorton, Jos. | In hand | Cottage & garden | At bottom of Cradley next the Stour |
| Whorton, Wm. | In hand | House & garden | Near the Well in Cradley (supposed to Phoebe Hill's) |
© Copyright 2002 Margaret Bradley and Barry Blunt.
Reproduced with permission.