258 Notes on the History of Mere. 
other farms belonging to the Duchy of Cornwall. The farm house 
and buildings adjacent were erected about 1720, when tradition 
says the homestead was built for the “ Lord Farmer” of the Duchy 
rents, &c. The bricks were made at “ Knoll,” a hamlet now in 
Barrow Street Farm, and considering there were no macadamised 
roads in those days the cost of transit must have been enormous. 
Prospecr Farm is a very recent formation, in its present extent, 
being principally composed of the rectorial glebe (which was sold 
by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners) and various contiguous pieces 
of land belonging to the Grove estate, some of which was acquired 
by exchange with the Duchy of Cornwall. 
AGRICULTURAL Survey, 1793. 
An unpublished MS., evidently intended to form a portion of a 
report on the agriculture of the County of Wilts, dated 1793, and 
entitled “ Agricultural Survey of Wiltshire,” has lately come to 
light (probably from the Stourhead Library). It was apparently 
written for the Board of Agriculture, but the writer confined his 
notes to this district, and did not complete his work. 
The pages are divided into two columns, and subjoined is a literal 
copy of the portion relating to Mere :— 
GENERAL OUTLINES OF SITUATION 
AND STATE OF PROPERTY. 
1. Mere with the Hamlets of 
2. Zeales. 
3. Wolverton, 
4, Chaddenwyche. 
5. Burton. 
Nos. 1 and 6 are held by Geo. Au- 
gustus Schutz, Esq., under the Prince 
of Wales. 
Nos. 2 and 3 chiefly to the Devisees 
of W. Chafin Grove, Esq., whose 
residence was at Zeales. No. 4 is 
Sir Richard Hoare’s. 
Rectory is Mr. Grove’s, held under 
Vicarage is a Peculiar of Dean of 
Sarum, present Incumbent Rev. Mr. 
Allix. 
So1zr—Size or IncLosurxs, &c. 
Zeals and Wolverton are inclosed 
and chiefly Sand Land. 
Mere has a few Inclosures South 
of the town, also a few Inclosed farms 
particularly Mere Park farm, but the 
greatest part of Mere Land is still in 
Common, viz., four Arable fields. 
A Large Common. 
Common Meadows, 
Common Downs. 
Soil of the three fields toward the 
Downs is Whiteland, and that toward 
Stourton a very bad Whiteland. 
The field E. of Town—good Loam. 
Meadows and Comon Pastures, 
strong clayey Loam and capable of — 
great improvement. 
Chaddenwych farm is several, and 
