Mike Silburn and John Nottingham have further extended their work on the tithe apportionments in the local area with the addition of a detailed map and associated table for the parish of Fangfoss as at 1845. At the time, Fangfoss parish (including the hamlet of Spittal) consisted of 1409 acres but was combined with the parish of Bolton in 1935 to become Fangfoss with Bolton. Like so many local estates, Fangfoss was previously owned by the aristocracy, in particular the Percy family, earls of Northumberland. However, by 1845, all but 60 acres owned by Sir Francis Lindley Wood Bt. of Bowling Hall in Bradford had been sold to several members of the gentry and other landowners, the largest package being 500 acres bought by George Champney, although other landowners such as Henry William Hutton of Lincolnshire and Beverley had significant holdings. The numerous tenants occupied varying amounts of land (many with properties), ranging from 188 acres by a Thomas Turner down to smallholdings of only 1-5 acres. The Trustees of St. John's College, Cambridge, retained 3 acres going back to 1563.

To view the map at full-scale, please click on the 'View fullscreen' link. Then zoom in and scroll around to see the parish map, the separate insets of Fangfoss and Spittal villages, and the table of landowners and occupiers in more detail.