Heritage Trail - Ox Close and Field Names

Old field systems, once part of the original Ox Close, on which Boston Spa was founded in the C18th.

The 1850 Field Names map shows how Ox Close was divided into fields and plots in earlier times.

Although such information is limited, you can study the Field Names map above with the list below to see what each field or plot was called, what it was used for and who owned it at a particular time in the past. You can then compare it with what it is like today.

Field Names Usage:

Deep Dale to Holgate (Boston Spa) From West Yorkshire Tithe Awards 1842 – Clifford
(Abbreviations: a = arable, g = grazing)

No	Name of Field	Use	1807 Owner	2008 Use
49	Ox Close	g	Miss Atkinson	developed
50	Ox Close (& Plantation added in later hand)	g	Miss Atkinson	developed
51	Ox Close	g	James Fox Esq	developed
52	Ox Close	g	James Fox Esq	developed
53	House Outbuildings Pleasure Grounds Gardens etc.		Miss Atkinson	similar
54	Ox Close	g	Samuel Taite	St Kitts house
55	House Pleasure Ground Outbuildings etc	g	Samuel Taite	developed
56	Garden	garden	Samuel Taite	developed
57	Croft		Samuel Taite	developed
58	House Yard etc.		Samuel Taite	similar use
59	House Yard etc.		Samuel Taite	business
60	Farm Yard Stable and Outbuildings		Samuel Taite	developed
61	House and Garden	garden	Samuel Taite
62	House and Garden	garden	Samuel Taite	PC picnic site
63	Ox Close	g	Samuel Taite	Holgate meadow
64	Orchard and Garden	garden	Samuel Taite	developed
65	Ox Orchard	a	Samuel Taite	developed
66	Ox Orchard	g	Samuel Taite	developed
67	Ox Close	g	Samuel Taite	developed
68	House Workshop Yard etc.		Samuel Taite	similar use
69	Wood	wood	Samuel Taite	developed
70	Garden	garden	Samuel Taite	developed
71	Plantation	plantation	Samuel Taite	developed
72	Bottom	garden	Samuel Taite	wood
73	Garden	garden	Samuel Taite	wood
74	Boatstead	g	William Gossip Esq	wood
75	House	garden	William Gossip Esq	Dam House site
76	Plantation	plantation	James Fox Esq	wood
77	Common by River Side	g	S Taite/ M Hampshire	wood
78	Ox Close	a	S Taite/ M Hampshire	Church & houses
79			Samuel Taite	churchyard
80	Ox Close	a	James Fox	churchyard
81	Ox Close	g	William Gossip Esq	a
82	Ox Close	a	William Gossip Esq	a
83	Ox Close	a	William Gossip Esq	a
84	Tow Bank Close	a	William Gossip Esq	a
85	Plantation	plantation	William Gossip Esq	wood
86	Tow Bank Close	a	William Gossip Esq	a
87	House Pleasure Ground Outbuildings Garden etc.	garden	William Gossip Esq	similar use
88	Narrow Close	g	William Gossip Esq	grazing
89	Tow Bank Close	g + a	Ard Walker	developed
90	Plantation	plantation	William Gossip Esq	wood
91	Tow Bank Close	a	John Clarke	arable
92	Plantation	plantation	John Clarke	plantation
93	Tow Bank Close	a	John Clarke	a
94	Tow Bank Close	a	Rev W Atkinson	House garden
95	Tow Bank Close	a	Rev W Atkinson	g
96	Wood		James Fox Esq	wood
100a	Plantation	plantation	Mary Hampshire	wood