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

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Family Deeds

A free family history website with full name index and place index using genealogical information from old deeds & documents for the UK. Deeds have summary of property and information on parties and other people named in them including information from Wills etc. The Family Deeds Project is a non-commercial voluntarily run family history project which many people have said has helped to break down brick walls as the information in the deeds is often not found elsewhere.

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Manorial Documents Register

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

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