THE BOUNDARIES OF THE MANOR OF ESSINGTONThis description of the boundaries of Essington Manor was made in preparation for enclosing the only part of Bushbury Parish, (with the exception of Coven Heath, enclosed in 1855) to be enclosed by Act of Parliament. The remainder was enclosed by private treaties between the owners in the previous three hundred years or more. There are identical copies of this document in the Bushbury Manor Papers in the Foxley Collection at the Hereford Record Office and the Elston Manor Papers at Lincoln College Oxford. I, Robert Harvey, of Dunstall in the County of Stafford, GENTLEMAN, the Commissioner named and appointed in and by an Act of Parliament, made and passed in the 48th Year of the Reign of his present Majesty, King George the Third, intituled "An Act for inclosing Lands in the Manor of Essington and Parish of Bushbury, in the County of Stafford," do hereby signify and declare, that I have set out, and do hereby ascertain and fix the Boundaries of the Manor of Essington as follows, (that is to say) Commencing at a certain Brook called Twitchell Brook where it crosses the Turnpike Road leading from Wolverhampton towards Cannock, eastward along the said Brook to the Turn or Bend in Coppice Meadow, the Property of Henry Vernon, Esquire, in the Occupation of Thomas Badger, thence along the south Side of the said Meadow and of a Close called Aioat Close, belonging to the said Henry Vernon, in the Occupation of the said Thomas Badger; thence across a Lane leading from Blackhalve towards Essington, thence in an irregular Line following the Course of the Short Butts or Pikes in a Close called Farmer's Croft, also belonging to the said Henry Vernon, in the Occupation of the said Thomas Badger, into and across a Lane leading from Bushbury to the Snead Common, thence on the southerly Side of the said Lane to the Snead Common, and along the southerly Side of the said Common, including a Garden belonging to the said Henry Vernon, in the Occupation of Richard Ball, to a Close called Bridges Croft, belonging to the said Henry Vernon, in the Occupation of John Whitmore, and along the southerly Side of the said Croft and of two other Crofts, also called Bridges Croft, belonging to the said Henry Vernon, in the Occupation of John Tarbuck, and of a Slang adjoining to and across a Close of Lord Anson's, in the Occupation of Ann Parkes, into and along the southerly Side of two Gardens and a Croft, belonging to the said Henry Vernon, in the Occupation of John Aston, and thence across a Lane leading out of the said Common into a Road from the New Invention to Bloxwich into and over another Close of the said Lord Anson, in the Holding of Ann Parks, thence in a straight Line across the Wyrley and Essington Canal to the Snead Brook, thence along the said Brook to a Close of the said Henry Vernon, called Large Meadow, in the Occupation of Thomas Boultbee, and round the easterly End or Corner of tile said Close on the Outside of the Fence, and thruul;h, into, and along the southerly Comer of a Close called the Piece, beyond the Illcadow belonging to the said Henry Vernon, and along the south and south-cast Fence of another Close called Rough Leasow or Brick-kilo Piece, in the Occupation of tile said Thomas Boultbee, thence along the south-east Side of a Spoil Bank to a Bridge over the said Canal, on a Road leading from Essington Wood to Bloxwich, thence in a north-easterly Direction to and over an Encroachment now used a Garden Ground, in the Occupation of Benjamin Hodson on the easterly Side thereof, thence along the Fence dividing the Land of Joseph Bealey Stanley in his own Occupation, from Essington Wood to and across the said Canal, to the Turnpike Road leading from Great Wyrley to Bloxwich, and across the said Road in an easterly Direction towards the Middle of the west End of a Meadow called Long Meadow, belonging to the said HenryVernon, in the Occupation of Henry Quinton, and thence along an old Watercourse to a Brook called Cane's Brook, thence along the said last-mentioned Brook to a Lane leading from Landywood to Essington Wood, and across the said Lane and along Part of the said fence of a Close called Well Piece, belonging to the said Henry Vernon, in the Occupation of Richard Mason, and crossing another Lane from Landywood to Hollybank, thence across the east End of another Close of the said Henry Vernon called Hodson's Croft, in the Occupation of Richard Mason; and thence along the north-west Side of the last-mentioned Close and of certain Gardens and Premises belonging to the said Henry Vernon, in the Occupation of Richard Mason and James Wyke, to other Part of the said Road from Landywood to Hollybank, thence along the north-west Side of the said Road to Hollybank, thence along the north End of another Close called the Yard belonging to the said Henry Vernon, in the Occupation of William Tunner, and along Part of the west Side of the same Close into and along the north and northerly Sides of two other Closes called Brick-kiln Croft and Brick-kiln Meadow belonging to the said Henry Vernon, in the Occupation of the said William-Tunner, to the north east Corner of a Wood called Burn's Wood or Evergreen Forest, and thence in a straight line through the said Wood to the south-west Corner of the said Wood, and thence along the north Side-of two other Closes called the Upper Moor and Spring Coppice Piece, belonging to the said Henry Vernon, in the Occupation of William Clarkson, to the east Corner of a Coppice called Spring Coppice belonging to the said Henry Vernon, thence along the north side of the last-mentioned Coppice in a south-west Direction to a Place called Cuckold's Corner, thence on the north Side of two other Closes called the Stud Ground and Far Beach Head, belonging to the said Henry Vernon, in 'the Occupation of Benjamin Crutchley, to the cast End of a Close called the Park; belonging to the said Henry Vernon, in the Occupation of Thomas Perks, and along an old Ditch formerly separating the said last mentioned Close From Hilton Park to the Road from Essington to Hilton Park, and thence along the east Side of the said Road to the north Corner of a 'Close called Green's Meadow, belonging to Thomas Green; in the Occupation of John Green, thence across the said Road into another Field of the said Thomas John Green also called Green's Meadow, thence along the north Side of the last mentioned meadow and of another Close called Field Piece of the said Henry Vernon, in the Occupation of John Pearson, to the east-Side of a Plantation of the said Henry Vernon called Constitution Hill, and across the said Plantation in a westerly Direction into and along the north Side of two other closes of the said Henry Vernon called Vernon's Piece and Webb's Piece, in the Occupation of John Pearson, to the east Side of the said Turnpike Road from Wolverhampton to Can-nock, thence along the east Side of the said Road to the south-west Corner of a Close of the said Henry Vernon called Black Croft, in the Occupation of the said John Pearson, thence across the said Road to the north-east Corner of another Close of the said Henry Vernon called Lady Croft, in the Occupation of Thomas Williams, thence along the south Side of a Road leading from Essington to Northycoat, to Berry Brook at the north-west Corner of another Close of the said Henry Vernon called Far Berry Brook, is the Occupation of Elizabeth Bradbourn, and thence along the said Brook in a southern Direction to the said Brook called Twitchell Brook, where the Boundary of the said Manor of Essington ends. Dated the 14th Day of January, 1808. Witness [signed] John Perfig [?]
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