Gritts Farm

The name ‘Gritts’ comes from the word ‘Greets’, which was the local name for waste land.

Gritts Farm was created by Sir Christopher Sykes in 1795.

When put up for sale by the Sledmere Estate in 1919, the details were as follows:

Farm House: Entrance, Three Sitting Rooms, Kitchen, Scullery, Front and Back Stairs and Eight Bedrooms. Barn, Stable for 12 Horses, Granary, Cowhouses, Smithy, Three Covered Fold Yards, Boxes, Sheds and other Buildings. A pair of Cottages. known as “Paradise Cottages.” and the following Closes of Grass and Arable Land.

Tenant – Mr. Thomas Mudd.

No. on Plan.	DESCRIPTION OR CULTIVATION.		Area (acres)
17	House and Homestead		3.310
17A	Garden		.415
16	Paddock	Grass	2.249
22	do.	do.	2.610
21	do.	do.	5.330
24	Cowdale	do.	41.140
5	Brubber Dale	do.	72.917
153	Huggate Hill	do.	42.122
			170.093
20		Arable	48.467
4	Hill Side		3.599
1		Arable	48.549
3		do.	23.372
2		do.	45.009
6		do.	51.867
7		do.	42.932
10		do.	38.587
11		do.	30.656
12		do.	35.575
14		do.	35.431
23		do.	29.604
13	Waterdale Road		.218
154	Road		.320
150	Huggate Hill do.		2.170
9	Paradise Cottages and Gardens (a pair)		.631
15	Shelter Plantation		9.082
18	do. do.		1.219
20A	Hill End do.		3.326
		A	620.707