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Advanced English Records
Course Summary:
Optional Print Course Material: English: Land and Property Records
*Course material will only be sent to students who are registered in the course.
This course is a survey of the many records to do with land that are helpful for the family historian. We shall examine maps, gazetteers, title deeds, land tax, ancient & modern Domesday books, tithes, enclosure, manorial records, quit claims, estate papers, Land Registry & Valuation Office and many other types of records. Their availability & practical details on how to use them in genealogical research will be emphasized.
Course Length: 7 weeks
Contact Hours: 18
Grading Scale: 70% Tests/30% Assignments
Course Length: 7 weeks
Course Content
MODULE 1
INTRODUCTION
Gateways to English Archives & Libraries
Description of Land
Gazetteers
Maps for Genealogists
Finding Maps
Early Maps
The Ordnance Survey
Counties & Unitary Authorities
County Maps
Town Plans
Street Maps
MODULE 2
ESTATE MAPS & RECORDS
Finding Estate Maps
Building Plans
Fire Insurance Plans
Estate Records
Enclosure Records
Communication Maps
Early Roads
Carriers’ Routes
Navigable Rivers
Coastal & Maritime Charts
Canals
Roads
Railways
Trams
Trolleybuses
Omnibuses
Ancient & Modern Domesday
Domesday 1086
Monastic Cartularies
Hundred Rolls of Edward I – 1279
Valor Ecclesiasticus – 1534
Parliamentary Surveys – 1646-1660
National Farm Surveys 1940-1943
MODULE 3
HOLDING & TENANCY OF LAND
Types of Tenure
Manors
Manorial Courts
Manorial & Estate Surveys
Terriers
Who Holds the Land?
Title Deeds
Marriage & Family Settlements
Charity & Trust Deeds
Enrollment of Deeds
Land Registration
Return of Owners of Land 1871-1876
Land Registry 1891
Building Societies
House History
MODULE 4
INHERITANCE OF LAND
Customs & Rights of Inheritance
Procedures of Inheritance of Land
Inquisitions Post Mortem
Manorial Courts Baron Records
Inheritance of Copyhold Land
Finding Manorial Court Records
MODULE 5
SALE & TRANSFER OF LAND
Freehold Property
Fee Simple
Fee Conditional
Leasehold Property
Copyhold Property
Related Matters
MODULE 6
TAXES ON LAND
Land Tax Assessments
Land Tax Redemption
Tithes
Finding Tithe Awards & Agreements
Valuation Office Records 1910-1914
Land Records Timeline
REFERENCES
MODULE 1
INTRODUCTION
Gateways to English Archives & Libraries
Description of Land
Gazetteers
Maps for Genealogists
Finding Maps
Early Maps
The Ordnance Survey
Counties & Unitary Authorities
County Maps
Town Plans
Street Maps
MODULE 2
ESTATE MAPS & RECORDS
Finding Estate Maps
Building Plans
Fire Insurance Plans
Estate Records
Enclosure Records
Communication Maps
Early Roads
Carriers’ Routes
Navigable Rivers
Coastal & Maritime Charts
Canals
Roads
Railways
Trams
Trolleybuses
Omnibuses
Ancient & Modern Domesday
Domesday 1086
Monastic Cartularies
Hundred Rolls of Edward I – 1279
Valor Ecclesiasticus – 1534
Parliamentary Surveys – 1646-1660
National Farm Surveys 1940-1943
MODULE 3
HOLDING & TENANCY OF LAND
Types of Tenure
Manors
Manorial Courts
Manorial & Estate Surveys
Terriers
Who Holds the Land?
Title Deeds
Marriage & Family Settlements
Charity & Trust Deeds
Enrollment of Deeds
Land Registration
Return of Owners of Land 1871-1876
Land Registry 1891
Building Societies
House History
MODULE 4
INHERITANCE OF LAND
Customs & Rights of Inheritance
Procedures of Inheritance of Land
Inquisitions Post Mortem
Manorial Courts Baron Records
Inheritance of Copyhold Land
Finding Manorial Court Records
MODULE 5
SALE & TRANSFER OF LAND
Freehold Property
Fee Simple
Fee Conditional
Leasehold Property
Copyhold Property
Related Matters
MODULE 6
TAXES ON LAND
Land Tax Assessments
Land Tax Redemption
Tithes
Finding Tithe Awards & Agreements
Valuation Office Records 1910-1914
Land Records Timeline
REFERENCES