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Plots, acres and hectares

Owner	Plots	Acres	Hectares
Feoffees * of South Lopham	20	53.98	21.85
North Lopham Town Fund	2	101.63	41.13
South Lopham Trustees of the Poor	2	126.17	51.05
Surveyors of Highways	6	2.53	1.01
Duke of Norfolk	29	138.67	56.13
Rev. James BARROW	37	79.75	32.26
John BEALES	1	0.09	0.04
Edward BLAKE	5	14.92	6.03
Elizabeth BOWELL	15	30.27	12.25
Ephraim BOWELL	7	8.38	3.4
Levi BOWELL	2	0.49	0.19
Mary BOWELL	11	19.67	7.95
Edward BRIDGMAN **	137	521.4	211.01
Thomas BUCKENHAM	9	14.02	5.68
William (jun) BUCKENHAM	4	4.43	1.8
William (sen) BUCKENHAM	8	7.21	2.92
Ellis BURRELL	8	8.36	3.38
Ann CAWLEY	9	25.11	10.16
Ann DODD	1	0.11	0.04
John DOVE	3	1.21	0.49
William DRAKE	17	33.74	13.65
John EATON	6	5.35	2.17
Samuel EDWARDS	1	1.95	0.79
Frederick FOWELL	2	1.01	0.41
James GARNHAM	7	6.14	2.48
Robert GATES	1	5.11	2.07
Robert GRANT	1	0.78	0.32
Charles GREEN	5	1.64	0.67
Thomas JARRITT	4	2.34	0.95
William JOLLY	1	0.23	0.09
Thomas LANCHESTER	3	6.54	2.65
William LEEDER	4	2.68	1.08
James LONG	8	21.73	8.8
Ephraim LOVACK	2	2.6	1.06
William LOVACK	4	11.49	4.64
Rev. Thomas MANN	4	13.07	5.29
John MILLER	4	7.55	3.06
Charles MORGAN	1	0.28	0.11
George PALMER	20	55.32	22.39
George PALMER with others	1	0.17	0.07
Robert PEARSE	1	0.38	0.15
Stephen PRATT	10	30.86	12.51
John ROLFE	8	30.31	12.26
Henry RUSH	25	44.23	17.9
Rev. Thomas SHERIFFE	1	0.14	0.06
Thomas SILVEY	21	75.83	30.7
George SOAR	2	1.5	0.61
William SOAR	11	22.37	9.05
Robert SOAR	3	8.2	3.32
Mr. SPARKE with Messrs HOLMES and JACKSON	4	6.18	2.5
Lombe TAYLOR	3	0.61	0.24
George TIPPLE	2	0.12	0.05
George TYRRELL	20	39.26	15.88
Mary WELLS	35	171.56	69.45
George WHARTON	1	0.23	0.09
Edward WITTON	5	6.33	2.56
Sidney WITTON	3	2.61	1.06
John WHARTON	10	42.29	17.1
William WHARTON	12	45.14	18.27
Thomas WOOLER	9	13.84	5.61
William WOOLNOUGH	3	2.26	0.92
Martha JONES	3	4.18	1.69
Grand Total	604	1886.55	763.5

The top five landowners in South Lopham, each owning over 100 acres, own over 56% of the village by area, the top twelve, each owning over 40 acres, own almost 77%.

* A feoffee is a historical legal term for a trustee who holds an estate in land (a fief) for the benefit of someone else.

** Edward BRIDGMAN was the largest landowner owning over 540 acres, but only personally occupied or used just over an acre of it.

Not all owners of land lived on or occupied their property within the village. Below is a list of those landowners who did and the area they occupied.

Plots, acres and hectares

Owner	Plots	Acres	Hectares
Feoffees of South Lopham	5	15.7	6.35
North Lopham Town Fund	1	100.57	40.7
South Lopham Trustees of the Poor	2	126.17	51.05
Surveyors of Highways	6	2.53	1.01
Rev. James BARROW	12	20.05	8.11
Edward BLAKE	4	14.42	5.83
Elizabeth BOWELL	13	30.05	12.15
Ephraim BOWELL	4	6.57	2.66
Levi BOWELL	2	0.49	0.19
Mary BOWELL	11	19.67	7.95
Edward BRIDGMAN	3	1.2	0.49
William (jun) BUCKENHAM	3	4.34	1.76
William (sen) BUCKENHAM	8	7.21	2.92
Ellis BURRELL	8	8.36	3.38
Ann DODD	1	0.11	0.04
John DOVE	3	1.21	0.49
William DRAKE	1	0.13	0.05
John EATON	4	4.85	1.96
Samuel EDWARDS	1	1.95	0.79
James GARNHAM	6	5.95	2.4
Robert GRANT	1	0.78	0.32
James LONG	8	21.73	8.8
Ephraim LOVACK	1	2.46	1
William LOVACK	4	11.49	4.64
Robert PEARSE	1	0.38	0.15
Stephen PRATT	10	30.86	12.51
John ROLFE	7	29.91	12.1
Thomas SILVEY	21	75.83	30.7
George SOAR	1	1.35	0.55
Robert SOAR	2	7.91	3.2
William SOAR	11	22.37	9.05
George WHARTON	1	0.23	0.09
John WHARTON	10	42.29	17.1
William WHARTON	11	44.02	17.82
Edward WITTON	5	6.33	2.56
Sidney WITTON	3	2.61	1.06
Grand Total	195	672.08	271.93

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