Family History, Epilogue for book about Ashtead

EPILOGUE

During the last 140 years the five events which have influenced the development of Ashtead were:-

Before the 1851 sale, the Dackombe estate in Ashtead was made up as follows:-

	Tenant		Area
			A	R	P
Addlestead Woods and fields	Hon. F. G. Howard		23	0	29
Field beyond Rye on W. boundary	M. Agate		10	2	30
White House Farm	J. Harriot		136	0	27
Old Court	G. King		34	3	16
Cottage W. of Skinners lane	J. Haseman			3	09
		________
			205	2	31

The two important tithe allocations were made in 1839 and 1887. After the former, there was along series of tithe alterations. These reflect the many changes which occurred in land ownership. There were 25 such changes recorded between 1839 and 1935. Tithe Alteration No. 2 of 31st December, 1863, records the following change:-

	1839				1863
Landowners	Daniel Dackombe	211	0	23	Gleig, Capt. A. C.	3	0	31
	Howard, Hon. M. G.	1690	3	39	Howard	1708	0	38
					Hackblock, John	167	2	28

It will be seen that Joh Hackblock has replaced Daniel Dackombe as the second largest landowner in Ashtead. he appears to have bought most of the Dackombe estate, with the exception of the Old Court area, which had previously been leased with the rest of that estate to the Howards, who now acquired it.
John Hackblock was a wealthy resident in Hackney. his father, William Hackblock, owned a tanery. he married twice, his second wife being the daughter of an Admiral. He had foru daughters and an invailid son. He built the grange, at the corner of Ottways lane and Grange Road berfore 1871 for his daughter Matidla who married Clifton Whiting, a stockbroker. Mr. Hackblock developed a hotel at Wayside, on the north of the Dorking Road opposite to the Warren and owned 150 acres of shooting on the south side. He died in 1877 and his executors continued to administer his Ashtead estate. In 1913 they were represented by Samuel Andrew at White House Farm. Ottways lane and in 1930 he was at West Farm, next door.
The number of landowners increased from 32 in 1839 to 83 in 1887 covering 2650 acres. Of this, in the 1887 tithe schedule, 157 acres are described as "building land". In the 30 years, the number of houses rose from 134 to 155. Ashtead was rapidly changing from a rural village consisting mainly of five farms to a dormitory from which most of the working population commuted to London.

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