• Thomas is both the owner and the occupier on a yearly agreement from 6 April 1911.
• The gross value of the property was at £3842, being £2850 for things growing on the land plus £800 for the structures shown on the map above and the £192 tithe.
• An annual tithe of £7 13 shillings and 3 pence (£7.66) was still collected. The Valuation sum is equivalent to this tithe for 25 years.
• The legacy of £120 for life could only have been paid to his nephew Charles Reginald CROMPTON, who died of wounds 25 April 1918.

• The gross value open market of the site, free of any encumbrances, was assessed at £3842.
• The 109 acres were valued at £2850.
• The buildings and structures, fruit trees and other things grown on the land were values at £650, but this was amended, without explanation, to £800.
• To this was added the tithe of £192, calculated and rounded up for 25 years.
• Repairs, perhaps for the year were £16 10 shillings and 9 pence (£16/10/9). Again this sum was deducted on a 25 year calculation.

• Little Houndales was a four bedroomed brick and tile house, with the usual kitchen, scullery and dairy. However, there was a second, and probably, 'back' kitchen.
• There was an ashpit toilet: ash from the fire was placed over the faeces to reduce odours, and then it was periodically dug out.
• The farm buildings were primarily constructed of brick, with a wood and zinc ' Duke Barn and a covered enclosed fold yard for sheep or cattle.
• There was stabling for six (working horses?), stabling for four and two loose boxes (for riding horses).
• There was accommodation for cows and chickens.
• The area of each field is listed, horizontally, against the Valuation Map numbers and totalled to 109.977 decimal acres, which the assessor has converted to 109 a[cres] 3 r[oods]
  36 p[erches]
• Eleven fields listed: three are greater than 20 acres, four are around 10 acres, one is 6½ acres and three less than one acre.
• There was a chalk quarry for farm track repairs.

• The Assessable Value was the same as the Full Site Value. There were no allowances deducted for the work and expenditure made by Thomas to improve his land.
• The Full Site Value was the Gross Value less deductions for buildings.
• The sporting rights were valued at £50 (shooting and hunting?).

This is the first of four pages from the valuation book for a survey taken after 06 April 1911. It summarises the ownership and expenditures It is interesting to note:

• The map reference CLXI and the reference on page two places this land adjacent to Little Houndales. The Valuation Map for this property is not available.
• Thomas was the freehold occupier of 20 acres of arable land, on a yearly tenancy agreement with six months notice at the end of the year.
• The owner was Hepworth Frank Atkinson, Vicar of Lowthorpe with Ruston Parva.
• The Vicar was responsible for the annual tithe of 11 shillings (55p), the Fee Farm Rent of 18 shillings and 8 pence (18/8 or 94p) and repairs.
• The property had not been sold within the past 50 years.
• There was supposed to be a right of way through the adjoining property.

• The land comprised of two little fields adjoining property 119, which was Little Houndales. The 20 acres 3 roods 16 perches comprised of two 10 acre fields, recorded as fields 176 and 177 on the Valuation Survey map west of ER CLX155 Ref: IR/10/631.
• The market value of the property was assessed at £525.
• To this was added £38 for the Tithe and Fee Farm making a Gross Value of £563 over 25 years.
• There were no buildings or structures on the land. Other things grow on the land were assessed at £25.
• Repairs, perhaps for the year were £2 10 shillings and 4 pence (£2.10.4 or £2.52). Again this sum was deducted on a 25 year calculation.

• fields 176 and 177 on the Valuation Survey map, both 10 acre fields;
• totalling 20 acres 3 roods 16 perches.

• The Assessable Value was £500. To this was added £25 for sporting rights.
• The Full Site Value of £538 was the Gross Value of £563 less £25 deductions for 'other things grown on the land'

• The farm is assessed at 261 acres 0 roods and 11 perches.
• The freehold property was owned by Arthur john Wise of 9 The Crescent, Scarborough and rented, on an annual tenancy, for £330.
• The gross value of the buildings were £307/15/0 (£307.75).
• The pencil annotation reads: 'Sept 13.14 If this P.2 is not serves the area should be 26.3.27 as plantations are included in 608'.
• Under the section on fixed charges, is recorded 'Part of interest £832:10:0 (£832.50) per annum paid by owner charged to the whole estate and apportioned at £57:9:0 (£57.45) per annum on their holding. Part of annuities £290:10:0 (£290.50) per annum charged on the whole estate and apportioned at £8:7:7 (£8.38) per annum on the holding.'

• The gross value open market of the site, free of any encumbrances, was assessed at £7760, which is the rent of £330, plus £5 sporting value, minus the repairs of £25, multiplied by 25 years. This is twice the value of Little Houndales.
• The 261 acres including roads, chalk pit, two small plantation and 28 acres
  0 roods and 12 perches of grass were valued at £6220, which is slightly more than double the Little Houndales value.
• The buildings and structures, fruit trees and other things grown on the land were values at £1540, slightly less than double the Little Houndales value..
• Repairs, perhaps for the year were £16 10 shillings and 9 pence (£943.63 in 2010 - which illustrates how unreliable these conversion are). Again this sum was deducted on a 25 year calculation.

• Houndales was a six bedroomed brick and tile house, part cement faced, with three reception rooms and the usual kitchen, scullery and cellar. The house was in good condition.
• There was an brick and tile ashpit (qv) toilet and coal house.
• Outside there was a lawn in front, a partially walled kitchen garden and small orchard.
• The farm buildings were also brick and tile. Two granary lofts were over the stables. There was a cowhouse, barn, chaff house, turnip house, wagon shed.
• There was stabling for twelve and four loose boxes (for riding horses).
• The Valuation Officer reports that there was a good well and a complete water supply to the house and farm. Was this an improvement after the typhoid?
• The area of each field is listed, horizontally, against the Valuation Map numbers and totalled to 261.220 decimal acres which the assessor has converted to 261 acres 0 roods and 11 perches.
• Seventeen fields listed: the largest is 46 acres, three are greater than 20 acres, nine are greater than 10 acres, two are less than ten acres and two less than one acre.
• There was a chalk quarry for farm track repairs.

• The Assessable Value was the same as the Full Site Value. There were no allowances deducted for the work and expenditure made by Thomas to improve his land.
• The Full Site Value was the Gross Value less deductions for buildings.
• The sporting rights were valued at £50 (shooting and hunting?).

• The agricultural land of 11 acres 3 roods and 11 perches is split over the Ordnance Survey 1 to 25 miles sheets CLXI and CKXII.
• It was rented from Thomas hopper Brynbedow of Porth, Glamorganshire on a yearly written agreement for £200 (£11,412) to include the adjoining farmhouse. Thomas was responsible for the properties internal repairs.
• The gross value of the buildings was £15 and their rateable value was £13/10/0 (£13.50)

• There are no values on this page. This appears to have been included with the Heredis Great Driffield No 30.
• The land is described as 'tillage land'.

• That Thomas leased the 233 acre and 1 rod (1 rod = 30¼ yards² or 25m ²) equivalent to 94.3 hectares Westfield Farm as a freeholder
• The owners were Clara S Medforth and Mary E WILSON. These were the daughters of Ann Elizabeth CROMPTON and William WILSON and the grand daughters of Thomas CROMPTON, born 1803 and Isabella Rowlin, who must have inherited the family land.
• The were also the sisters of TC WILSON, who was Thomas' mentor and co- executor.
• An annual rent of £300 (£17,118) was paid to the sisters.

• The buildings were list at the considerable value of £1000.
• The sporting rights were valued at £5.
• Annual repairs were estimated at £30.
• The annual value was calculated to be £275, which over a period of 25 years amounted to £6880 or £5550 after the value of the buildings had been deducted.

• The high value of the building is explained by the number of rooms: there being three sitting rooms, eight bedrooms, two kitchens with store, cellar and pantry. A garden green house was also listed.
• All the buildings were of brick and tile construction, except for the brick, wood and zinc covered yard. They were in fairly good condition.
• If the productivity or stature of a farm is judged by the number of working horses then Westfield, with a eight horse stable and six loose boxes (for riding horses?). There was a separate stable and saddle room.
• There was a cow house for seven beasts.
• The farm appeared to comprise of fifteen fields six of which were 20 acres or greater. One appears to be 41 acres. two are around 15 acres, five less than ten acres and one less than one acre making a total of 232 acres 1 r[ood] and 18 p[erch].

• The Assessable Value was the same as the Full Site Value. There were no allowances deducted for the work and expenditure made by Thomas to improve his land.
• The Full Site Value was the Gross Value less deductions for buildings.
• The sporting rights were valued at £125(shooting and hunting?) over 25 years.

It is assumed that plot 538 is adjacent to plot 537.

Right: House in West End attributed to T CROMPTON - 1910 Valuation Survey
Source: TNA ref: IR 134/10/631 plot 538

• T CROMPTON lived in a freehold house and 10 acre 'small' garden on a yearly agreement and a rent of £34 which began on 6 April 1910.
• There are no other Crompton's in the Nafferton census for 1911.
• The house was co-owned by FR Carter, who does not appear in the 1911 census, who appears to have bought the property in 1895

• The house is described as a four bed roomed a brick and tile cottage with kitchen, scullery, dairy and saddle room.
• There is an adjoining stable for six, a cowshed for four and a hen house described as being in only fair condition.
• The ash pit toilet is described as bad. A coal place is situated at the end of the cottage.
• From the rent of £34 a sum of £5/10/0 (£5.50) was deducted. The market value was £28.50 for a period of 25 years to make £800, apportioned between £250 for the structures, £20 for things growing and £530 for the barren land.

• This page shows that three fields, of a total of 9 acres, 2 roods and 2 perches were attached to the property.

• The Assessable Value was the Total Value of £800 (£45,648) less the £270 (£15,406) value of the properties structures.
• The Full Site Value of £579 (£33,037.74) was the Gross Value of £849 less £270 (£15,406) deductions for buildings.