Nash maps

In 1724 there was a dispute between people in Nash and Singleborough/ Great Horwood with regard to the use of common land between the two villages in that 'the inhabitants and holders and occupiers of lands and tenements in Nash time out of mind had enjoyed common for horses, cows and sheep all over the common lying betwixt Great Horwood, Little Horwood and Nash' and 'liberty of mowing of furze, cutting of turf and digging of mortar, gravel and sand in the said common and carrying the same away', and that 'the owners and occupiers of lands and tenements within the town of Great Horwood do pretend and give out' that the Nash people do not have these rights and threaten to obstruct them.

To see a summary text of the document (written by Matt Tompkins) click here; to see the map produced of Great Horwood Common (with modern roads superimposed on it) click here and to see an enlargement of the map showing part of Nash click here.

In 1831 the lands around Nash were inclosed, that is the individual or groups of strips held by tenants in various fields were gathered together in one place. 

To see the map made before the inclosure click here, here and here.

To see the map made after the inclosure click here, here and here.

(All the maps can be seen at the Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies in Aylesbury which has given permission for them to be on the website.)