b'Main Street, 1772Mike PrattT he layout of the Main Street on this page (top halfIndividuals who live on the Main Street can check of the village) and the next (bottom half of thetheir details against their deeds to see if there is any village) is derived, as the legend shows, from the plansmatch. But it should be noted that the names given accompanying the 1772 Enclosure Award.are for owners, not people who may have been the The names shown in the plots are taken from 1772tenants at the time.plans as well. The arrowed names outside the plotsA question mark means that the writing on the are taken from a Sledmere survey of 1816. plans/survey is unreadable. Names followed by a The original Enclosure Award plans of 1772 are inquestion mark are a guess only.the archives at Beverley, and there is a copy of theseTenure is copyhold unless Free is added which plans at the Hull History Centre.The 1816 Sledmereindicates freehold. This appears to have become survey is at the Hull History Centre.more common by 1816 once the Sykes of Sledmere Both documents are difficult to read with respectbecame Lords of the Manor.to the Main Street names as they cover the village andAs an indication of the problems associated withthe surrounding enclosed land. deciphering the names, James Abraham ????? is The layout is provided here as it shows ownershipderived from handwriting that seems to provide an of plots that is older than that in census returns orabbreviated surname. But this is more likely to benormally available via house deeds. James Abbot who is mentioned in the Enclosure One word of warning is that serious researchersAward. should rely on the original at Beverley &/or the copyThe names shown here from the Enclosure plan at Hull rather than this representation. Every effort hasare only a subset of those appearing in the award been made to ensure its accuracy but it has to bewhich itself provides a useful reference for family remembered that the originals are hard to read. history research. For instance, while the Layton, To aid with location of these plots in relation to theWilliamson, Todd and Walgate surnames (to name current layout of the village, house numbers as allottedbut a few) appear here, those of Skelton, Snowball, in the 1930s have been added but once again theseWaltham and Medd do not, although these appear in need to be used with some caution. the written award.TOP (EASTERN) HALF404 BULLETIN 20'