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An Explanation of the REASON the 1873 Return of Land Owners was called for, WHAT the difficulties were and, WHY

Ancestry.com - England, Return of Owners of Land, 1873 $

Digitized images of the books. Original source: Returns of Owners of Land. Gloucestershire, England: Archive CD Books Ltd. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

Ancestry.com - Search Reference Materials & Finding Aids Records

Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription.

Harvard Law School Library - Rare Books & Early Manuscripts

Includes English Deeds from 1170 to 1888; Manor Rolls Collection 1305 to 1770; Chancery Writs collection.

Harvard Library - English Manor Rolls, 1305-1770: Finding Aid

This collection consists of 170 parchment rolls of diverse type (court-rolls, account-rolls, and others) from various manors, ranging in date from 1305 to 1770.

Land Registry - Land Registry for England and Wales

Manorial Documents Register

Online searchable record of the whereabouts of manorial documents in England and Wales.

Return of Owners of Land in England and Wales, 1873

We are slowly transcribing the Return of Owners of Land in 1873. This lists names of owners who owned more than an acre of land, address, extent of lands, and rental.

Return of Owners of Land, 1873

This lists names of owners who owned more than an acre of land, address, extent of lands, and rental.

Tenures of Land and Customs of Manors

Details, including full index by surname, for new edition of Tenures of Land and Customs of Manors. First published in 1679, this book gives details of land tenure (who owned what pieces of land) in England and Wales, from Middle Ages onwards.

The Domesday Book Online