Why is the Road Named Nothill Way?
Why is one of the roads on the Jelson Estate off Cropston Road named Nothill Way?
Nothill was the name of one of the common or open fields, which existed before the Enclosure Act of 1762, when the land was awarded to Richard Hurd, the Rector of Thurcaston, in lieu of tithes (taxes). At this time Anstey was part of the Chapelry of Thurcaston.
The area is now part of Castle Hill Country Park; stretching from the Thurcaston Road entrance to Sheepwash Lane and boarding the brook.
The map is courtesy of Michael Tedd (click to enlarge).
The extract from the ‘Anstey Award of 1762’ is courtesy of Paul Day.
Levies and all other payments whatsoever TO and for the said Richard Hurd and his successors Rectors of the said Rectory in lieu and full compensation of and for the Great and Small Tythes of such part of Ansty aforesaid and the said fields whereof he is intitled to the Great and Small Tythes (except of the said Antient Inclosure) and also in lieu of all other Rectorial and Vicarial dues and payments in Ansty aforesaid belonging to the said Rectory (Except Surplice fees and Mortuaries and certain Modus’s payable to the said Rector for the Mill the Mill Holme and Earl’s Meadow respectively all in Ansty aforesaid or the Lordship or Liberty thereof) ONE piece plot or parcel of Land in certain places in Ansty aforesaid called Nothill field and Nothill Meadow bounded on or towards the North East by the said Lordship of Beaumont Leys and Land in the said Nothill Meadows hereinafter allotted to the said Richard Hurd in lieu of Glebe On or towards the North and North West by part of a Meadow in Ansty aforesaid called Mear’s Meadow a Brook called Ansty Brook and the said land hereinafter allotted to the said Richard Hurd in Tieu of Glebe on or towards the South East by the said Lordship of Beaumont Leys On or towards the South and South West by the said Lordship of Beaumont Leys and other part of the said Mear’s Meadow and contains inclusive of Two Little Closes called Nothill Closes part of this Allotment which are hereby allotted to the said Rector at the request of the said Rector and also of the said Daniel Glover and George Lamson the present proprietors thereof testified by their severally executing these presents which same Daniel Glover and George Lamson have a proper satisfaction for the same in their respective allotments and exclusive of the Land allowed for such part of the Public Carriage Road hereinafter set out called Thurcaston Road and is hereinafter appointed over the same) Seventy one acres and two perches or thereabouts And ONE piece plot or parcel of land in a certain place in Ansty aforesaid called Nether field bounded on or towards the North West by a Road hereinafter appointed from Ansty aforesaid sowards Cropston called Cropstone Read on or towards the South East by Ansty Brook on or towards the South West by Land hereinafter allotted the said Elizabeth Hook and Mary Choyce and on all other parts thereof by Land hereinafter allotted to the said Henry Walker containing Twenty acres two roods and three perches or thereabouts which said two pienes plots or parcels of land are exclusive as aforesaid (together Ninety me acres two roods and five perches or thereabouts and (quantity and ity considered) contain in the whole ONE FULL SEVENTH PART and no more of such part of the said fields in Ansty aforesaid (except of the said antient Inclosures) whereof the said Richard Hurd is entitled to the Great and Small Tythes AND TO and for the said Richard Hurd and his successors as Rectors as aforesaid in lieu of Glebe Land in the said fields belonging to the said Rectory ONE piece plot or parcel of land in the said Nothill field bounded on or towards the North East by the List of Thurcaston On or towards the North West by the said Ansty