Tithe Maps are large scale maps. Each field or piece of land featured on a tithe map carries a number. By cross-referencing this number with the corresponding number under the Field Number column in the Tithe Schedule, we can learn:

• Landowner name
• The occupier
• Field name and/or description of the property
• The state of cultivation of the field
• The size (acres, roods and perches)
• Tithe owner – i.e. to whom the tithe is paid.

Tithe Maps, produced for many (but not all) areas of England and Wales between 1841 and 1851, were a necessary means to the rationalising of the ancient system of giving one tenth of the production of any parcel of land to the church. By the time of the Tithe Commutation Act 1836 tithes were often paid to landlords, and sometimes in cash rather than kind. These Tithe Maps and Schedules stipulated the tithes to be paid henceforth from each field and property. For a fuller description of this history see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tithe_map

As a result, tithe maps and schedules are an invaluable resource to local historians and genealogists, providing asnapshot of the detailed map of the land, the names of owners and occupiers, and a short description of the use of that land.