Old Map - Numbers?

[Delta]

Here is an extract from a 1888 map, scale 1:2,500. It conveniently shows my house, the Smithy, so I want to try and find out more. What do the number pairs mean, and where can I get more info?
935
1-613

 

[Gareth Hughes]

The top number is the Field Parcel Number, and the bottom number is the area in acres.
http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/site/contact/fieldparcels.html

http://www.boundary-problems.co.uk/boundary-problems/osmaps.html

Field numbers are often used as a tool to identify individual fields when conveyancing rural land. Field numbers (also known as parcel numbers) derive from the requirement that was placed on Ordnance Survey to measure the area of every county, borough, district, ward and parish in England, and their equivalents in Wales and Scotland. Ordnance Survey's method of operating was to measure, on the face of the map, the area of every field or other convenient parcel of land and to sum the areas of all the land parcels that made up each parish.

 

[MattW]

Enclosed areas of land show the acreage of the plot and a reference number. This number is a reference to an entry in a record book, which gave a detailed description of the plot and its use. Unfortunately very few of these books have survived. These maps were used as a basis for valuation of property under the Finance Act (1909-10).

source: http://digitalarchives.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=83&Itemid=88

 

[Penners]

Far more importantly, P.H. means pub!

 

[biffvernon]

Whereas INN means Inn.

 

[simon.d]

Here is an extract from a 1888 map, scale 1:2,500. It conveniently shows my house, the Smithy, so I want to try and find out more. What do the number pairs mean, and where can I get more info?
935
1-613

Not sure about the UK, but for more info over here I went to the Irish Land Registry office, who have maps and lots of registry books documenting who was leasing/owned the land and houses over the years... i.e. the Ordinance Survey map you posted was used by the land registry to show who owned what, and who leased what from who etc, with borders drawn around smallholdings and farms, and references numbers (referring to names in registry books) in each plot to show who had what over the years for taxation purposes.. I assume (seeing as Ireland was UK at the time) ye have more or less the same setup over there... The first valuation over here, carried out about 1850 is online, so ya can have a look at the format..

 

[MatthewC]

The top number is the Field Parcel Number, and the bottom number is the area in acres.

The second number may not be a decimal. My deeds include a local document showing the area in "a, r, p", which are acres, roods* and (square) perches/poles, where there are 4 roods to an acre and 40 poles to a rood. (See http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/units/area.htm which looks authoritative)

Matthew
http://houseintheenchantedforest.blogspot.com/

* not "rods" which are the same as poles and perches

 

[worms]

The second number may not be a decimal. My deeds include a local document showing the area in "a, r, p", which are acres, roods* and (square) perches/poles, where there are 4 roods to an acre and 40 poles to a rood. (See http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/units/area.htm which looks authoritative)

Matthew
http://houseintheenchantedforest.blogspot.com/

* not "rods" which are the same as poles and perches

In one student job, we had to be able to roughly estimate crop acreages. I would pace the field (my pace is roughly a metre), calculate in square metres, adjust this to hectares and then convert to acres. My boss would pace the field, calculate up from feet through yards to chains (22 yards) to acres (10 square chains). He reckoned his way was simpler!

 

[Penners]

But I bet he didn't know that a Baltic chetwert of grain equals 5.5 bushels, or around 80 kg. If I remember correctly there are about 5 Russian puds (pronounced poods, and I'm not talking about apple dumplings) in a chetwert.

It's worth remembering that.

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