MEM23531 - Porlock Vale House (Building)

A building is depicted and labelled as 'Porlock Ford Cottage' on the Porlock Tithe Map. The building still appears to be extant but has been much enlarged to the north since this time and was named Porlock Vale House in 2016.

A building is depicted within Plot 869 on the Porlock Tithe Map and is labelled as 'Porlock Ford Cottage'. [1] A building of a similar size is shown in this location on both the First and Second Edition 25 inch Ordnance Survey maps where it is labelled as 'Porlockford'. It is impossible to determine from the cartographic evidence alone whether this is the same building as that shown on the earlier Tithe Map, but it seems likely that this is the case. [2,3] A much larger building is depicted in this location on the Ordnance Survey MasterMap where it is labelled as 'Porlock Vale House'. [4] Porlock Ford Cottage is named in the Legacies of British Slavery index as the home of John George Cox (1778-1852) who received compensation for two enslaved people, known as Louise and John of St Vincent. Cox was born and had lived in St Vincent but was living in Porlock in 1841 with his wife Sarah. In his letter to enquire about compensation, he refers to the enslaved people euphemistically as "apprentices." [5]