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==Lloyd George's Domesday: a useful source c 1910==
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'''Valuation Office Records''', popularly known as Lloyd George's Domesday are held at the National Archives.
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This was a precursor of Capital Gains Tax. Tax would be paid on the increase in value of properties sold, so their values had to be calculated. Most were apparently done in the summer of 1914.
  
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'''Every property in England & Wales was marked on a map''', given a hereditament number and then the property described in a field book. The field books (in IR 58) each contain (up to) 100 properties and there are four standard preprinted pages for each property. You get owner, occupier, rental, a description of the property and value.
  
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Not everything survives, of course, but where it does, you can find out if your ancestor was in a detached house or a terrace, what it was made of, who his or her neighbours were etc etc.
  
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I've been to several talks, which all made research sound very complicated. The parish of Bury in Sussex stretches over 6 maps, so working from map to field book would be a long winded process, but there are only three field books (less than 300 properties) so you could go the other way round if looking for rural properties. The fieldbooks have references back to the maps, which are very large scale, often with coloured boundaries, so works of art.
  
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It would be more difficult in a town, where you would have to be able to pinpoint a property on a map before you started, but town maps are very large scale.
  
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We may not have census available for the period yet, but for those who can get to the National Archives at Kew, this would certainly help our understanding of pre WW1 ancestors.
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'''[[Maps: Tithe and Ordnance Survey]]'''
  
==Lloyd George's Domesday: a useful source c 1910==
 
  
Valuation Office Records, popularly known as Lloyd George's Domesday are held at the National Archives.
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This was a precursor of Capital Gains Tax. Tax would be paid on the increase in value of properties sold, so their values had to be calculated. Most were apparently done in the summer of 1914.
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==Map Links==
  
Every property in the country (well, England & Wales) was marked on a map, given a hereditament number and then the property described in a field book. The field books (in IR 58) each contain (up to) 100 properties and there are four standard preprinted pages for each property. You get owner, occupier, rental, a description of the property and value.
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*[http://www.aboutbritain.com About Britain The Locality of Towns and Every City in Britain]
  
Not everything survives, of course, but where it does, you can find out if your ancestor was in a detached house or a terrace, what it was made of, who his or her neighbours were etc etc.
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*[http://www.192.com/maps/ Aerial Photos of England]
  
I've been to several talks, which all made research sound very complicated. The parish of Bury in Sussex stretches over 6 maps, so working from map to field book would be a long winded process, but there are only three field books (less than 300 properties) so you could go the other way round if looking for rural properties. The fieldbooks have references back to the maps, which are very large scale, often with coloured boundaries, so works of art.
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*[http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/guides/maps/mapcase.htm Maps from the Oxford Digital Library]
  
It would be more difficult in a town, where you would have to be able to pinpoint a property on a map before you started, but townmaps are very large scale.
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~genmaps/index.html Genmaps - A Collection of Historic Maps]
  
We may not have censuses available for the period yet, but for those who can get to the National Archives at Kew, this would certainly help our understanding of pre WW1 ancestors.
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*[http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ Historical Map Archive Searchable by Place Name, Address or Co-ordinates (OS Grid Reference)]
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*[http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/ins/kepn/ Index to English Place Names]
  
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*[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/map.aspx First Generation of 1:2,500 and 1:10,560 Scale Ordnance Survey Maps for England, Scotland and Wales.]
  
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*[http://www.nls.uk/maps National Library Of Scotland - Map Section]
  
==Map Links==
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*[http://www.churchplansonline.org/ Plans of Churches]
  
*[http://www.aboutbritain.com Aboutbritain] is most useful for discovering the locality of Towns within every city in Britain, and their distances from one another. As well as providing other interesting information within those Towns and cities.
 
*[http://www.motco.com/MAP/ Historic maps of London – most have indexes of place names]
 
*[http://www.motco.com/print/ Historic prints of London and other parts of Britain]
 
*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/oldmap/index.asp Lancashire County Council - Environment Directorate: Old Maps]
 
*[http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ Historical map archive searchable by place name, address or coordinate (OS Grid Reference)]
 
*[http://www.nls.uk/maps/early/index.html Maps of Scotland 1560-1928]
 
*[http://www.nls.uk/pont/index.html Ponts Maps of Scotland]
 
*[http://www.nls.uk/maps/military/index.html Military Maps of Scotland (18th century)]
 
*[http://www.nls.uk/maps/townplans/index.html Ordnance Survey town plans 1847-1895]
 
*[http://www.churchplansonline.com/ Plans of Churches]
 
 
*[http://www.historic-maps.norfolk.gov.uk/Emap/EmapExplorer.asp Norfolk Maps]
 
*[http://www.historic-maps.norfolk.gov.uk/Emap/EmapExplorer.asp Norfolk Maps]
*[http://archivemaps.com/mapco/cross1861/cross.htm Archive maps London 1850 & 1860]
 
*[http://archivemaps.com/mapco/cross/cross.htm Archive maps london 1850 & 1860]
 
  
=='''Old London Maps''' ==
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*[http://contueor.com/baedeker/ Baedeker's Old Guide Books]
  
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*[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/oldmap/index.asp Lancashire County Council - Environment Directorate: Old Town Maps]
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*[http://youroldbooksandmaps.co.uk/ Your Old Books & Maps....] CD-Books for Historical, Military or Family Research.
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*[http://www.oldtowns.co.uk/MapShop_mainpage.htm Old Towns of England Map Shop]
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*[http://www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/ Old Ordinance Survey Maps - The Godfrey Edition]
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==Old London Maps==
  
 
*[http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow/1818map/maphistory.htm Map of London in 1818 pre John Snow]
 
*[http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow/1818map/maphistory.htm Map of London in 1818 pre John Snow]
*[http://www.motco.com/map/81002/ LONDON, WESTMINSTER AND SOUTHWARK BY JOHN ROCQUE 1746]
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*[http://www.motco.com/MAP/ Historic Maps of London]
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*[http://archivemaps.com/mapco/cross1861/cross.htm Archive Maps London 1850 & 1860]
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*[http://www.motco.com/Map/81001/ 1786 J Cary 15 Miles Round London ]
 
*[http://www.motco.com/Map/81001/ 1786 J Cary 15 Miles Round London ]
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*[http://www.londonancestor.com/maps/map-leigh.htm 1819 Leigh's Environs of London ]
 
*[http://www.londonancestor.com/maps/map-leigh.htm 1819 Leigh's Environs of London ]
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*[http://users.bathspa.ac.uk/greenwood/home.html 1827 Greenwood's Map of London]
 
*[http://users.bathspa.ac.uk/greenwood/home.html 1827 Greenwood's Map of London]
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*[http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow/1859map/map1859.html 1859 John Snow's Map of London]
 
*[http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow/1859map/map1859.html 1859 John Snow's Map of London]
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*[http://www.umich.edu/~risotto/ 1889 Charles Booth's Map of London Poverty ]
 
*[http://www.umich.edu/~risotto/ 1889 Charles Booth's Map of London Poverty ]
*[http://www.londonancestor.com/maps/maps.htm London Maps - Various, from London Ancestor]
 
*[http://booth.lse.ac.uk/ Another link to theCharles Booth map and pages from his book]
 
  
==Photograph Links==
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*[http://www.londonancestor.com/maps/maps.htm London Maps]
  
'''Photographs general'''
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*[http://booth.lse.ac.uk/ The Charles Booth Map and Pages From His Book.]
  
  
*[http://www.francisfrith.com/pageloader.asp? Francis Frith collection]
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==General Photograph Links==
  
*[http://www.rogerco.freeserve.co.uk/ Date a Victorian Photo]
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*[http://www.roughwood.net/PhotoAlbum/AlbumFrames.htm Albums of British Churches and Mills]
  
*[http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php Geograph-Search by Placename, Postcode, Grid Reference, or plain text]
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*[http://www.francisfrith.com/pageloader.asp? Francis Frith Collection]
  
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*[http://www.rogerco.freeserve.co.uk/ Date a Victorian Photo ~ Roger Vaughans personal collection]
  
'''Place specific'''
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*[http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php Geograph British Isles - searchable photograph collection]
 
 
  
 
*[http://www.commanet.org/ The Community Archives Network]
 
*[http://www.commanet.org/ The Community Archives Network]
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*[http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/ Images of England]
 
*[http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/ Images of England]
  
*[http://www.picturesofengland.com/ Pictures of England dot com]
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*[http://www.picturesofengland.com/ Pictures of England-  Exploring The Most Picturesque & Historic Parts of England]
  
*[http://www.motco.com/panoramas/ Panoramic views of London and the Thames]
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*[http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/default.aspx Viewfinder Historical Photograph Collection]
  
*[http://www.countyviews.com/ Photos Of Beds and Bucks]
 
  
*[http://www.countyviews.com/beds/church.htm Bedfordshire Church Photographs ]
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==Place Specific==
  
*[http://www.countyviews.com/beds/index.htm Bedfordshire Town and Village Photographs]  
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*[http://www.motco.com/panoramas/ Panoramic Views of London and The Thames]
  
*[http://www.countyviews.com/bucks/church.htm Buckinghamshire Church Photographs ]
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*[http://www.photolondon.org.uk/gallery.htm London Photographs]
  
*[http://www.countyviews.com/bucks/index.htm Buckinghamshire Town and Village Photographs]  
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*[http://www.countyviews.com Town and County Views Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire]
  
*[http://www.countyviews.com/oxford/index.htm Oxfordshire Photos (very few at the moment)]
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*[http://www.countyviews.com/oxford/index.htm Oxfordshire Photos]
  
*[http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/ Picture the Past-Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire Photo Archive and More]
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*[http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/ Picture the Past - Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire Photo Archive ]
  
*[http://www.derbyphotos.co.uk/ Quality photographs of Derby, Derbyshire and the Midlands including lots of Historical data]
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*[http://www.derbyphotos.co.uk/ Quality photographs of Derby, Derbyshire and the Midlands]
  
*[http://www.staffspasttrack.org.uk/ Staffordshire past track]
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*[http://www.photo-ark.co.uk/ Photo Ark- Collection of Old UK Photographs, Postcards and Images]
  
*[http://www.leodis.net/ Leodis - a photographic archive of Leeds]
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*[http://www.staffspasttrack.org.uk/ Staffordshire Past Track]
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*[http://www.leodis.net/ Leodis - A Photographic Archive of Leeds]
  
 
*[http://www.heanorhistory.org.uk/ Heanor and Derbyshire Local History Society]
 
*[http://www.heanorhistory.org.uk/ Heanor and Derbyshire Local History Society]
  
*[http://collage.cityoflondon.gov.uk/search.htm Collage By the Corporation of London and iBase Image Systems]
 
  
*[http://people.bath.ac.uk/lismd/dorset/churches/ Images of Dorset Churches]
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==Churches==
  
*[http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/Alist.htm Suffolk Churches Site]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~temples/indexe.html Richard's Church Albums]
  
*[http://www.essexchurches.info/AtoZ.asp Essex Churches a-z]
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*[http://www.churchcrawler.co.uk/ Mainly Bristol...]
  
*[http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/norfolkindex.htm Norfolk Churches Site]
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*[http://www.moston.org Photographs of More Than 400 of The Historic Churches of Cheshire]
  
*[http://www.moston.org Photographs of more than 400 of the historic churches of Cheshire]
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*[http://people.bath.ac.uk/lismd/dorset/churches/ Images of Dorset Churches]
  
*[http://www.britainexpress.com/wales/mid/churches.htm Churches and Religious Places in Mid Wales]
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*[http://www.essexchurches.info/AtoZ.asp Essex Churches A-Z]
  
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcots/theParishes.html Cotswold Churches]
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*[http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/norfolkindex.htm Norfolk Churches Site]
  
*[http://www.achurchnearyou.com Church of England]
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*[http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/Alist.htm Suffolk Churches Site]
  
*[http://www.churchcrawler.co.uk/ Mainly Bristol...]
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*[http://www.britainexpress.com/wales/mid/churches.htm Churches and Religious Places in Mid Wales]
  
*[http://www.toxteth.net/places/liverpool/churches/index.htm Liverpool Churches]
 
  
*[http://mywebpage.netscape.com/hibchris/instant/aboutme.html Victorian photographers 1850-1901]
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==Photographers==
  
  
'''Photographers'''
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[[Directories of Victorian and Edwardian Photographers]]
  
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*[http://photoexchange.ourgenealogy.co.uk/pe/index.php Genealogy Photos] Search for Volunteer Photographers.
  
*[http://www.thornburypump.myby.co.uk/PI/ Edwardian and Victorian Photographers]
 
  
*[http://www.photolondon.org.uk/directory.htm Database of London photographers 1841-1908]
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See also [[Maps: Tithe and Ordnance Survey]]  
  
*[http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/2/2_alphabetical.htm#Other%20Photographers Edinburgh photographers]
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*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/Stsphots.html Staffordshire Photographers 1861-1940]
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Back to [[General History]]
 
 
*[http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/cgi-bin/peopleindex.pl?surname=A&role= Intute Arts and Humanities People Index]
 
 
 
*[http://photoexchange.ourgenealogy.co.uk/pe/index.php Genealogy Photos] Search for Volunteer Photographers.
 
  
 
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Lloyd George's Domesday: a useful source c 1910

Valuation Office Records, popularly known as Lloyd George's Domesday are held at the National Archives.

This was a precursor of Capital Gains Tax. Tax would be paid on the increase in value of properties sold, so their values had to be calculated. Most were apparently done in the summer of 1914.

Every property in England & Wales was marked on a map, given a hereditament number and then the property described in a field book. The field books (in IR 58) each contain (up to) 100 properties and there are four standard preprinted pages for each property. You get owner, occupier, rental, a description of the property and value.

Not everything survives, of course, but where it does, you can find out if your ancestor was in a detached house or a terrace, what it was made of, who his or her neighbours were etc etc.

I've been to several talks, which all made research sound very complicated. The parish of Bury in Sussex stretches over 6 maps, so working from map to field book would be a long winded process, but there are only three field books (less than 300 properties) so you could go the other way round if looking for rural properties. The fieldbooks have references back to the maps, which are very large scale, often with coloured boundaries, so works of art.

It would be more difficult in a town, where you would have to be able to pinpoint a property on a map before you started, but town maps are very large scale.

We may not have census available for the period yet, but for those who can get to the National Archives at Kew, this would certainly help our understanding of pre WW1 ancestors.


Maps: Tithe and Ordnance Survey




Map Links


Old London Maps


General Photograph Links


Place Specific


Churches


Photographers

Directories of Victorian and Edwardian Photographers


See also Maps: Tithe and Ordnance Survey

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