Editing Heworth, York (section)

===Local enclosures===

The lands called Monk Ward Stray consist of 131 acres and 38 [[Perch (unit)|perch]]es of land, situate near York, and in the township of Heworth. Before the passing of an Enclosure Act 1817, the freemen of York, who were occupiers of houses within a division or ward of the city, called Monk Ward, were, together with certain other persons, entitled to common of pasture and right of stray or average, and had immemorially used and enjoyed the same, in and over a parcel of ground called Heworth Moor, of which G.&nbsp;A. Thweng, lord of the manor of Heworth, was then [[wikt:seised in fee|seised in fee]]; another piece of land, called Heworth Grange, of which the king was then seised in fee; and certain closes and other parcels of ground, called Hall Fields, of which E. Prest and others were then seised in fee.<ref>Thomas Sergeant (editor), ''et al''. ''Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law: With Tables of the Cases and Principal Matters'', Great Britain. Bail Court, T. & J.&nbsp;W. Johnson, 1865. [https://books.google.com/books?id=dIMwAAAAIAAJ&dq=heworth+moor+meeting&pg=PA233 p. 233]</ref>