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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.
  
==Lloyd George's Domesday: a useful source c 1910==  
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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]]'''
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==Map Links==
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*[http://www.aboutbritain.com About Britain The Locality of Towns and Every City in Britain]
  
'''Valuation Office Records''', popularly known as Lloyd George's Domesday are held at the National Archives.  
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*[http://www.192.com/maps/ Aerial Photos of England]
  
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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*[http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/guides/maps/mapcase.htm Maps from the Oxford Digital Library]
  
'''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://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~genmaps/index.html Genmaps - A Collection of Historic Maps]
  
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.old-maps.co.uk/ Historical Map Archive Searchable by Place Name, Address or Co-ordinates (OS Grid Reference)]
  
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.nottingham.ac.uk/english/ins/kepn/ Index to English Place Names]
  
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://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.]
  
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.nls.uk/maps National Library Of Scotland - Map Section]
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==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==
 
  
'''Photographs general'''
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*[http://www.londonancestor.com/maps/maps.htm London Maps]
  
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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]
 
  
*[http://www.rogerco.freeserve.co.uk/ Date a Victorian Photo]
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==General Photograph Links==
  
*[http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php Geograph-Search by Placename, Postcode, Grid Reference, or plain text]
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*[http://www.roughwood.net/PhotoAlbum/AlbumFrames.htm Albums of British Churches and Mills]
  
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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]
  
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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]
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*[http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/default.aspx Viewfinder Historical Photograph Collection]
  
*[http://www.motco.com/panoramas/ Panoramic views of London and the Thames]
 
  
*[http://www.countyviews.com/ Photos Of Beds and Bucks]
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==Place Specific==
  
*[http://www.countyviews.com/beds/church.htm Bedfordshire Church Photographs ]
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*[http://www.motco.com/panoramas/ Panoramic Views of London and The Thames]
  
*[http://www.countyviews.com/beds/index.htm Bedfordshire Town and Village Photographs]  
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*[http://www.photolondon.org.uk/gallery.htm London Photographs]
  
*[http://www.countyviews.com/bucks/church.htm Buckinghamshire Church Photographs ]
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*[http://www.countyviews.com Town and County Views Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire]
  
*[http://www.countyviews.com/bucks/index.htm Buckinghamshire Town and Village Photographs]  
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*[http://www.countyviews.com/oxford/index.htm Oxfordshire Photos]
  
*[http://www.countyviews.com/oxford/index.htm Oxfordshire Photos (very few at the moment)]
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*[http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/ Picture the Past - Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire Photo Archive ]
  
*[http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/ Picture the Past-Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire Photo Archive and More]
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*[http://www.derbyphotos.co.uk/ Quality photographs of Derby, Derbyshire and the Midlands]
  
*[http://www.derbyphotos.co.uk/ Quality photographs of Derby, Derbyshire and the Midlands including lots of Historical data]
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*[http://www.photo-ark.co.uk/ Photo Ark- Collection of Old UK Photographs, Postcards and Images]
  
*[http://www.staffspasttrack.org.uk/ Staffordshire past track]
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*[http://www.staffspasttrack.org.uk/ Staffordshire Past Track]
  
*[http://www.leodis.net/ Leodis - a photographic archive of Leeds]
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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]
 
  
*[http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/2/2_alphabetical.htm#Other%20Photographers Edinburgh photographers]
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See also [[Maps: Tithe and Ordnance Survey]]  
  
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/Stsphots.html Staffordshire Photographers 1861-1940]
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*[http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/cgi-bin/peopleindex.pl?surname=A&role= Intute Arts and Humanities People Index]
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Back to [[General History]]
 
 
*[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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