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a very liberal offer was made to me as Rector
for an allotment of land in lieu of Tithes; but
considering it my duty to attend to the interests
of my poorer parishioners, I did not consent till
I obtained for them the following conditions ;
namely, that every poor man whose cottage was
situated on the commons or waste lands, should
have his garden, orchard or little enclosure,
taken from the waste within the last twenty years,
confirmed to him; and that in case the same
did not amount to the half acre, it should be
increased to that quantity. The same kind pro-
vision was made by the Lord of the Manor, for
cottages held of him for lives; in addition to
which, eight acres were allotted to the Rector,
Churchwardens, &c. adjoining to the village, for
the benefit of the poor inhabitants, to be annually
allowed them according to their number in
family. He next informs us, that in the year
1819, a tenant gave up a farm of ninety-eight
acres of poor land, which the farmer could cul-
tivate with no profit; of this land eighteen acres
were reserved for the poor, who gladly and eagerly
took it. The consequence was, that this land,
which, from the year 1806 to 1819 was not able
to bear a blade of wheat and only a scanty crop
of oats, is now as productive as any land in the
parish. It appears that, in addition to these
quantities of land let in small portions to the
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