To all to whom these presents shall come. We Edward Hare of Castor in the County of Northampton, George Maxwell of Fletton in the County of Huntingdon, and Charles Marion Wealstead of Kimbolton in the County of Huntingdon, gentlemen commissioners, appointed in and by an Act of Parliament passed in the 36th year of his present Majesties reign, entitled an Act for dividing a certain heath called Somersham heath in the County of Huntingdon and for dividing and inclosing such parts of the said Heath as shall be allocated to the parishes of Somersham, Woodhurst, Pidley with Fenton and also the open fields and commonable lands within the said parishes; send greetings. Know ye that we the said commissioners have given due notice of our first meeting and taken and subscribed the Oath by the said Act directed and hereunto annexed and also having given due notice of all such other meetings as have been held by us pursuant to the said Act (meetings by adjournment excepted) and having caused a true and perfect survey admeasurement and plan as well of the said Heath as of the Lands and grounds within the said parish of Woodhurst and of all the open fields and commonable lands within the said parish of Somersham, and Pidley cum Fenton to be made by Marion Wealstead and John Maxwell the surveyors appointed by us for that purpose who duly took the oath prescribed by the said Act to qualify themselves for acting as surveyors by which the said survey admeasurements and plan it appears that the said Somersham Heath including the several ancient roads over the same contains in the whole 2531 acres 0 roods and 18 poles, also all the lands and grounds within the said parish of Woodhurst contain 1401 acres 1 rood and 8 poles whereof 346 acres 1 rood and 14 poles are ancient inclosures and 1401 acres 1 rood and 8 poles are open fields and commonable lands, also that all the open fields and commonable lands within the said Parish of Somersham contain 909 acres 0 roods and 16 poles and that all the open fields and commonable lands within the said parish of Pidley cum Fenton contain 1029 acres 1 rood and 25 poles including the several ancient roads over the open fields and commonable lands respectively. And we the said commissioners having also pursuant to the said Act set out and appointed such Public and Private roads and ways drains and watercourse in, over and upon the said lands and grounds so directed to be divided and inclosed or allotted as we in our discretion thought necessary and having also received the clames of the several parties having or claiming to have any estate right or interest in or over the said Heath or the common and open fields meadows commonable lands and waste grounds in the said Parishes of Somersham, Woodhurst and Pidley with Fenton all which said clames were duly published by us pursuant to the directions of the said Act and having heard and determined the same by examination of witnesses upon oath and by such other evidence inquiry and satisfaction as to us seemed proper and made such order therein as to us seemed just and equitable and having also given such notices as are by the said Act directed as well respecting any such order or determination as the particular proportion part or parts of each general allotment as the said Heath intended to be allotted by us to the owners and proprietors of mesauges cottages and loftsteads and also of lands and other estates in each respective parish (that is to say) that after making such allotments as were specially provided for by the said Act we should allot one moiety of the residue of the said Heath to the owners and proprietors of commonable messuages cottages and loftsteads and the other moiety of the said residue to the owners and proprietors of such of the said lands and estates as belonged to the said messuages cottages and loftsteads at the time of passing the said Act as a compensation to such owners and proprietors for such rights of common and other rights and privileges as they appeared to us to be severally entitled to in respect thereof which said order is by the said Act declared to be final and conclusive unless notice of dissatisfaction had been given to us within 30 days after our making such determination and the party dissatisfied had within 3 calendar months after the delivery of such notice proceeded in any of His majesties Courts of record against us or any one of us as by the said Act proved for and no such notice of dissatisfaction having been given to us and we the commissioners having in all other things so far as we have hitherto proceeded in the execution of the said Act duly conformed to the directions thereof and having pursuant to the said Act obtained the consent of the respective owners and proprietors to all such exchanges of messuages cottages loftsteads lands tenements and heredits as have been made by us within the any of the said several parishes for other messuages cottages loftsteads lands tenements and hereditaments respectively in the same parishes or any adjoining parish; do hereby make this our award as follows to the end that the same and the several divisions allotments and exchanges by us made hereby may be final binding and conclusive unto and upon all and every of the parties interested and declared by the said Act. And first as to the said heath into parochial allotments we have divided set out and allotted and do hereby ratify and award and confirm unto and for the several owners and proprietors of commonable messauges cottages and loftsteads and lands belonging thereto within the said parish of Woodhurst the several pieces or parcels of the said Heath next described which are hereafter subdivided by us pursuant to the directions of the said Act:

That is to say one piece or parcel of land or ground containing 158 acres 1 rod and 24 poles bounded on part of the west by the first herein described private cart road, on part of the north and on the remaining part of the west by the Parish of Woodhurst aforesaid, on the remaining part of the north by the 2nd herein described public carriage road on the east by Somersham turnpike road and on the south by the parochial allotments awarded to St ives and by the allotments to Thomas Woolaston White and one other piece or parcel of land or ground containing 15 acres 3 rods and 36 poles bounded on the north and east by the first allotment therein awarded to the parish of Bluntisham with Earith on the South, by the allotment herein awarded to the parish of Holywell cum Needingworth and on the west by the Somersham Turnpike road and one other piece or parcel of land or ground containing 40 acres bounded on part of the south by the second described public carriage road on the west and remaining part of the south by the Lordship of Woodhurst on the north by the Lordship of Pidley cum Fenton and on the east by the Somersham Turnpike road the Hedges Ditches mounds and fences of which said several pieces or parcels of land or ground are hereinafter provided for on the subdivision thereof.

And also unto and for Sarah Grace the Widow of Henry Grace in the said Act mentioned in respect of her estate or farm in the said Parish of Woodhurst called Wiken otherwise Wigan Farm for which she claims and exclusive right of foldage and course of foldage of sheep with the appurtenances upon the said Heath and in lieu of all such rights as she has established for and in respect to the said estate all that piece or parcel of the said Heath containing 56 acres 3 rods and 26 poles adjoining to the said Wiken otherwise Wigan Farm and bounded on the north by allotments hereinafter awarded to Sir Robert Burton, John Fullard and John Hall respectively in the said Parish of Woodhurst on part of the south and on part of the east by the allotment to Thomas Woolaston White on the remaining part of the south by the Parish of St Ives and on the west by Wigan farm aforesaid the same held and enjoyed by the said Sarah Grace free from all right of common in respect to any estate within the said Parish of Woodhurst or any other Parish and freed and discharged from the payment of tithes as by the said Act provided for the hedges ditches mounds and fences of which piece or parcel of land or ground so awarded to the said Sarah Grace on the east against the said Parish of St Ives being actually made shall be for ever hereafter maintained and kept in repair by the said Sarah Grace and the owners of the same allotment for the time being and we do hereby determine ratify award and confirm all such pieces or parcels of land so described as aforesaid to be within the Parish of Woodhurst and also within the boundary of the Manor or Liberty of Woodhurst in the said Act mentioned which said boundary we have also caused to be fenced as in the said Act directed.

Also unto and for the several owners and proprietors of commonable messauges, cottages, and loftsteads and lands belonging thereto within the said parish of Somersham the two several pieces or parcels of the said Heath next described which are also hereinafter subscribed by us pursuant to the directions of the said Act that is to say one piece or parcel of land or ground parcel of the said Heath containing 254 acres 0 roods and 10 poles bounded on part of the north side by the first described public drain on the remaining part of the north by Somersham Old Parks on part of the south and on the east by the allotment herein awarded to the Parish of Colne on the remaining part of the south by the 5th herein described Public Carriage Road and on the west by the Somersham Turnpike Road and one other piece or parcel of land or ground parcel of the said Heath containing 47 acres 3 roods and 2 poles bounded on the north by the first herein described public (drain) on the east by the Somersham Turnpike and on the west by the 4th herein described Public Carriage Road the hedges ditches mounds and fences of which said pieces or parcels of land or ground so last described are hereinafter provided for on the subdivision thereof and we do hereby determine ratify award and confirm all such pieces or parcels of land so last described to be within the Parish of Somersham aforesaid and also within the boundary of the Manor or Liberty of Somersham in the said Act mentioned which said boundary we have caused to be fenced as in the said Act directed.

Also unto and for the several owners and proprietors of commonable messauges cottages and loftsteads and lands thereto belonging within the said Parish of Pidley with Fenton the two several pieces or parcel of the said Heath next described which are also hereinafter subdivided by us pursuant to the directions of the said Act that is to say All that piece or parcel of land or ground containing 4 acres 2 rods and 3 poles bounded on the north by the Parish of Pidley cum Fenton on the south by the Huntingdon Turnpike road and on the west by the Parish of Old Hurst and one other piece or parcel of land or ground containing 292 acres 1 rod and 20 poles bounded on the north by the first herein described public drain on part of the east by the Somersham Turnpike Road and on the south and west by the said Parish of Woodhurst the hedges ditches mounds and fences of which said piece or parcel of land or ground so last described are hereinafter provided for on the subdivision thereof and we do hereby determine ratify award and confirm the said pieces or parcels of land last described to be within the said Parish of Pidley with Fenton and also within the boundary of the manor or Liberty of Pidley with Fenton in the said Act mentioned which said boundary we have caused to be fenced as the said Act directed.

Also unto and for the several owners and proprietors of such messauges cottages and loftsteads and lands hereunto belonging within the said Parish of Bluntisham with Earith as are entered on the first Schedule marked “A” hereunto annexed the two several pieces or parcels of the said Heath next described which are left unsubdivided by us that is to say all that piece or parcel of land or ground containing 508 acres 0 rods and 33 poles bounded on part of the west and part of the south by the second allotment to the Parish of Woodhurst on the remaining part of the west by the Somersham Turnpike Road on part of the north by the fifth herein described Public Carriage Road and on the east and remaining part of the north by the said Parish of Bluntisham with Earith on the south east by the Earith Turnpike Road and on the south west and remaining part of the south by the allotment to the Parish of Holywell and Needingworth and all that piece or parcel of land or ground containing 3 acres 2 rods and 0 poles bounded on the north west by the Earith Turnpike Road on the south east by Bluntisham common fen and on the south west by the Parish of Holywell cum Needingworth the hedges ditches mounds and fences of which said pieces or parcels of land or ground having been already made by us against the said Turnpike Roads at the expence of the several owners and proprietors of such messauges cottages and loftsteads and lands thereto belonging as we entered in the said Schedule marked “A” in the several shares and proportions in which they are severally interested according to the said Schedule shall be for ever hereafter maintained and kept in repair in the said several proportions until the same shall by law be otherwise provided for and we do hereby determine award ratify and confirm the said two pieces or parcels of land or ground so last described to be within the said Parish of Bluntisham with Earith and also within the boundary of the Manor of Bluntisham with Earith in the said Act mentioned which said boundary we have caused to be fenced as in the said Act directed.

Also unto and for the several owners and proprietors of such messauges cottages and loftsteads and land belonging thereto within the Parish of Holywell and Needwingworth as are entered in the second Schedule marked “B” hereunto annexed all that piece or parcel of land or ground containing 451 acres 1 rod and 2 poles part of the said Heath left unsubdivided by us bounded on part of the north by the second allotment awarded to the Parish of Woodhurst on the remaining part of the north and on the north east by the first allotment awarded to the Parish of Bluntisham and Earith on the south east by the Earith Turnpike Road on the south by the ancient ditch dividing the now describing allotment from the fields of Holywell and Needingworth and on the west by the Somersham Turnpike Road the hedges ditches mounds and fences of which said piece or parcel of land or ground so last described having been already made by us against the said allotments to Woodhurst and Bluntisham with Earith and against the said Earith Turnpike Road and Somersham Turnpike Road at the expence of the several owners and proprietors of such such messauges and loftsteads and land thereto belonging as are entered in the said Schedule marked “B” in the several shares and proportions in which they are severally interested according to the said Schedule shall for ever hereafter be maintained and kept in repair in the said several proportions until the same shall be by law otherwise provided for and we do hereby ratify award and confirm the said piece or parcel of land or ground so last described to be within the said Parish of Holywell and Needingwoth and also within the boundary of the Manor of Holwell with Needingworth in the said Act mentioned which said boundary we have caused to be fenced as in the same Act directed.

Also unto and for the several owners and proprietors of such messauges cottages and loftsteads and lands belonging thereto within the said Parish of Colne as are entered in the schedule marked “G” hereto annexed. All that piece or parcel of land or ground containing 168 acres 0 rods and 33 poles part of the said Heath left unsubdivided by us bounded on the east by the said Parish of Colne on the South by the said first allotment awarded to the said Parish of Bluntisham with Earith and on the west and on the north by the 1st allotment herein awarded to the said Parish of Somersham the hedges ditches mounds and fences of which said piece or parcel of land or ground so last described having been already made by us on the south the west and the north sides thereof at the expence of the several owners and occupiers of such messauges cottages and loftsteads and lands hereunto belonging as are entered in the said Schedule marked “C” in the several shares and proportions in which they are severally interested according to the said schedule shall be forever hereafter maintained in repair in said several proportions until the same shall by law be otherwise provided for and we do hereby ratify award and confirm the said piece or parcel of land or ground so last described to be within the Parish of Colne and also within the boundary of the Manor of Colne in the said Act mentioned which said boundary we have caused to be fenced as in the said Act directed.

Also unto and for the several owners and proprietors of such messauges cottages and loftsteads and lands belonging thereto within the said Parish of Old Hurst as are entered in the schedule marked “D” hereto annexed. All that piece or parcel of land or ground containing 131 acres 1 rod and 34 poles part of the said Heath left unsubdivided by us bounded on part of the north and east by Duddoks Meadow in Woodhurst on the remaining part of the north and east by Inclosures in Pidley and Fenton on part of the south east by the first herein described public drain dividing the now describing allotment from the second allotment to Pidley cum Fenton on part of the west on remaining part of the south east and remaining part of the west by the said Parish of Woodhurst and on the northwest by the Somersham Turnpike Road the hedges ditches mounds and fences of which said piece or parcel of land or ground so last described having been already made by us against the said Drain and on the last mentioned part of the west against the said Parish of Woodhurst and against the said Turnpike Road at the expence of the several owners and proprietors of such messauges cottages and loftsteads and lands thereto belonging as are entered on the Schedule marked “D” in the several shares and proportions in which they are respectively interested according to the said schedule shall be forever hereafter maintained and kept in repair in the said several proportions until the same shall by law be otherwise provided for and we do hereby ratify award and confirm the said piece or parcel of land or ground so last described to be within the boundary of the Manor of Old Hurst which said boundary we have caused to be fenced as in the said Act directed. Also unto and for the several owners and proprietors of such messauges cottages and loftsteads and lands thereto belonging within the Parish of St Ives aforesaid as are entered in the schedule marked “E” hereunto annexed. All that piece or parcel of land or ground containing 262 acres 1 rod and 26 poles part of the said Heath left unsubdivided by us bounded on the north by the first allotment to the Parish of Woodhurst on the east by the Somersham Turnpike Road an don the south and west by the Lordship of St Ives aforesdaid the hedges ditches mounds and fences of which said piece or parcel of land or ground so last described having been made by us on the north and east sides thereof at the expense of the several owners and proprietors of such messauges cottages and loftsteads and lands thereto belonging as are entered in the said Schedule marked “E” in the several shares and proportions in which they are respectively interested according to the said schedule shall be for ever hereafter maintained and kept in repair in the said several proportions until the same shall be by Law otherwise provided for.

And also unto and for Thomas Woolaston White in the said Act mentioned in respect of his freehold estate in the Parish of St Ives for which he claimed and exclusive right of foldage and other rights and privileges in over and upon the said Heath and in lieu of such rights of what nature soever which he has established for and in respect of the said freehold estate in over and upon the said Heath. All that piece of the said Heath containing 91 acres 1 rod and 19 poles bounded on part of the east and on the south by the said Parish of St Ives on the remaining part of the east by the last awarded allotment on the north by the allotment to the Parish of Woodhurst and on the west by the allotment herein awarded to Sarah Grace. The hedges ditches mounds and fences of which piece or parcel of land or ground so awarded to the said Thomas Woolaston White on the east and north sides thereof having been already made shall be for ever hereafter maintained and kept in repair by and at the expense of the said Thomas Woolaston White and the owners of the same allotment for the time being. And we do hereby determine ratify award and confirm the said 2 pieces or parcels of land or ground last described to be within the Parish of St Ives aforesaid and also within the boundary of the Manor of St Ives with the Sleap and Burstellars in the said Act mentioned which said boundary we have caused to be fenced as in the said Act directed.

And we do hereby declare that the said Thomas Woolaston White not having proved that the Manor or Lordship of Sleap in St Ives claimed by him as in the said Act mentioned extends into any part of the said Heath is not entitled to any part of the soil thereof and that as well the said allotment so made to the said Thomas Woolaston White as all such of the said Parochial allotments as are unsubdivided as aforesaid have been left undischarged by us of tithes and manorial rights and that the mode of dividing the said Heath that is to say one moiety of the aforesaid residue to the owners and proprietors of commonable messauges loftsteads and cottages and the other moietythereof to the owners and proprietors of the said lands and estates as belonged to the said messauges cottages and loftsteads at the time of passing the said Act having been comfortable with the said notice given by us as before mentioned we do hereby ratify award and confirm the same and direct that the said several schedules hereunto annexed and hereinbefore referred to are severally marked A, B, C, D and E in which we have inserted a description of all such messauges cottages and loftsteads as have been adjudged by us to be entitled to right of common shall be had and taken as and we do hereby declare the same to be several and respective parts of this our award and do also by this our Award declare that no person whomsoever has been adjudged by us to be entitled otherwise than as in the said several schedules stated in respect of the aforesaid residue of the said Heath.

And in the next place we do hereby award and confirm the said several public and private roads and ways and also the several foot paths drains and watercourses as well in over and upon the said Heath as in over and upon the several open and common fields and commonable lands or grounds so directed to be divided and inclosed within the several Parishes of Woodhurst, Somersham and Pidley with fenton, in manner following which said public and private roads and ways footpaths drains and watercourses in over and upon the said Heath contain 38 acres 2 rods and 30 poles and in over and upon the said open and common fields and other commonable lands or grounds within the said several Parishes of Woodhurst, Somersham and Pidley with Fenton contain 83 acres 3 rods and 24 poles according to the said survey admeasurement and plan that is to say:

One Public Highway being part of the Turnpike Road leading over the said Heath from St Ives towards Somersham commencing at a certain place called Marlow Gap and leading from thence in its ancient direction into and over Somersham Green into the village of Somersham and from the said village to the Parish of Chatteris within the Isle of Ely and county of Cambridge which it enters at or near the toll bar there.

One other public highway being the Turnpike Road from Somersham aforesaid towards Huntingdon branching out of the last described road at the north of Somersham Lawn and leading over Pidley Green to Ravis’s Close and from thence continued into the said Parish of Old Hurst.

One other Public Highway being part of the Turnpike Road leading from St Ives to Ramsey and commencing at Pells Hole and leading to the stone chair where it enters the Lordship of Old Hurst.

One other Public Highway being part of the Turnpike Road leading from St Ives aforesaid to Earith over part of the said Heath commencing at (the text is blank here) Bridge and continued to Bluntisham Wood corner where it enters the said Lordship of Bluntisham with Earith.

One Public Highway or road in Woodhurst Parish leading out of the west end of the village of Woodhurst along the ancient course of the Millway until it enters the Parish of Old Hurst.

One other Public Highway or road leading out of the village of Woodhurst at a lane called St Ives Lane across the middle of an Inclosure Gate belonging to John Cole and continued from thence in a straight direction over east field in to Somersham Heath and a small part thereof into the Turnpike road from St Ives to Somersham.

One other Public Highway or road in the Parish of Pidley with Fenton leading from Pidley Green through Church Field in the ancient course of the Public Road from Pidley to Fenton until it enters the estate or Farm now of later of Samuel Wells and through the same on the north side of the boundary hedge thereof and from thence to Hill Close at which it again enters its ancient course and continues along the same to an ancient inclosure in Fenton belonging to Henry Sweeting and across the same into and across the north end of Bowles Leys into Mill Field and along Mill Field on the south side of the old road to the corner of Millers Close then entering the same lane and continuing along the same into the Parish of Warboys.

One other public highway or Road in the Parish of Pidley with Fenton leading in a straight direction over Pidley Green from the Turnpike Road at or near a Cottage belonging to John Cole into Sheep Lane and along the same into and across a small part of Somersham Heath into the Turnpike Road from St Ives to Somersham.

One other Public Highway or Road in Somersham Parish leading from the north end of Parkol Lane in Somersham aforesaid and continued northwardly nearly in the ancient course of the same road into Parkol Drove.

One other Public Highway or Road in Bluntisham with Earith parish leading out of the Turnpike Road from Somersham towards St Ives opposite the second described road and containing on the north side the first allotment herein awarded to the Parish of Bluntisham with Earith to Bluntisham Gap and from thence into Bluntisham Cow pasture which last six described Public Highways and Roads are by us said Commissioners set out and we do hereby award order and direct that they shall at all times hereafter be and remain of the same breadth of forty feet and we the said commissioners do hereby award order and direct that the herbage growing and renewing upojn the said roads shall be had and taken up by the several owners for the time being of the several allotments herein awarded lying contiguous thereto each of them the said Owners respectively for the time being having holding taking and enjoying such herbage to the centre of the said roads to the full extent of these respective allotments.

And we the said commissioners have not diverted changed or altered any of the said Turnpike Roads going over the said lands and grounds by the said Act directed to be divided and inclosed nor set up any gate or gates across the said Turnpike Roads. And we do hereby award order and direct that so much of the said roads as go over the said lands or grounds by the said Act directed to be divided and inclosed as aforesaid shall be and remain of the breadth of thirty feet from the centre thereof . And we the said commissioners do hereby award order and direct that the herbage growing and renewing upon the said Turnpike Roads shall be had and taken by the several owners for the time being of the several allotments herein awarded lying on each side such roads and contiguous thereto each of them the said owners respectively for the time being having holding taking and enjoying such herbage to the centre of such roads to the full extent of these respective allotments.

One private cart road and drift way leading from St Ives Lane in Woodhurst aforesaid along the east side the Cow Pasture hedges to the south east corner thereof where it enters an allotment hereinafter awarded to sarah Grace which last described private road and drift way is for the use and convenience of the proprietors of Estates on each side the same and also for the use and convenience of the owners and occupiers of Wigan Farm in Woodhurst aforesaid belonging to the said Sarah Grace.

One other private cart road and drift way leading from Wigan Farm aforesaid into through and over the allotment herein awarded to Thomas Woolaston White esquire to a gate in the fence dividing the said allotment to the said Thomas Woolaston White and the parochial allotments to saint Ives in a straight direction to a gate in the fence along the side of the Somersham Turnpike Road which last described private road and drift way is for the use and convenience of the owners and occupiers of Wigan Farm aforesaid.

One other private cart road and drift way leading from the Somersham Turnpike Road on the south side Cuckoo Bridge to Somersham Old Parks which last described road is for the use and convenience of the owners and occupiers of the said Park for the time being.

One other Private Cart road and Drift way leading from the Turnpike Road between the second allotment to Mary Boston and the allotment to Mary Hubbard to Somersham Old Parks aforesaid which last described road is for the use and convenience of the several owners and occupiers of the said Somersham Old Parks for the time being.

One other Private Cart Road and Drift way leading from the Huntingdon Turnpike Road across Trundle Ground between the fifth allotment in Somersham hereinafter awarded to Sir Robert Burton and the allotment in Somersham to Peter Chery to a Gate in Farm Hill hedge which last described road is for the use and convenience of the said Peter Chery and also for the use and convenience of the owners and occupiers of Estates in Somersham and Pidley Fen.

One other private Cart Road and Drift way leading from Mill Lane in Somersham aforesaid westward into through and over the fourth allotment in Somersham awarded to the Regius Professor hereinafter named as the Rector of Somersham aforesaid into the first allotment to Martin Wallman to the Mill which last described road is for the use and convenience of the Inhabitants of Somersham aforesaid to go and come from the aforesaid Mill.

One other private Cart Road and drift way leading from the Somersham Turnpike Road between the allotment to John Leeds and the first allotment to Martin Rawlins in Somersham aforesaid to the estate belonging to Saint Johns Colledge Cambridge which said Road is for the use and convenience of the owners and occupiers of the said College Estate for the time being.

One other private Cart Road and drift way leading from the south end of Park Lane in Somersham aforesaid into through and over the north side of the sixth allotment to the Reverend John Wilson to two cottage Houses in Cranbrook which last described road is for the use and convenience of the said John Wilson and the owners and occupiers of the same two cottages.

One other private Cart Road and Drift way leading out of Parkol road herein described between the two allotments to John Wilson the Younger and an allotment to Robert Barle and Bartholomew Abbot to the second allotment to John Rumbal Leeds which last described road is for the use and convenience of the said John Rumbal Leeds and his tenants and also for the use and convenience of the owners and occupiers of land on each side the said road.