https://www.devon.gov.uk/historicenvironment/tithe-map/
It's later than the dates for the apprenticeships, but if you download the PDF, you will see there are 2 plots of land: Burnells Marsh and Burnells Brake.
A Google search brought up a Burnells Cottage in Preston, Kingsteignton, a Grade II listed building.
https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MDV39768&resourceID=104
If you go to the National Library of Scotland side by side viewer, there's a map (1873 -1888) that shows Burnells, presumably an estate:
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=17.0&lat=50.56064&lon=-3.61253&layers=178&right=ESRIWorld
and another (1840-1880) https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=17.0&lat=50.56064&lon=-3.61253&layers=257&right=ESRIWorld
Message Thread
« Back to index | View thread »