Research guides

• Houses
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  Find out about records relating to the history of houses, which are kept in a variety of archives.

  Keywords: architecturebuildingshousestitle deeds
• Overseas maps and plans
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  Keywords: borders (international)boundaries (international)british empirecoloniesinternational relationsmapsplans
• Agricultural statistics of England and Wales
  Keywords: agriculturedatasetsfarms and farmingstatistics
• Architectural drawings
  Keywords: architecturebuildingsplans
• Architectural history records held by other archives
  Keywords: architecturebuildingsplans
• Chancel repair liabilities in England and Wales
  Keywords: chancel repairstithes
• Colonies and dependencies from 1782
  Keywords: british empirecoloniescommonwealth of nationsdominions (british)
• Court of Wards and Liveries 1540-1645: land inheritance and disputes
  Keywords: civil litigationcourts of lawdeeds (property ownership)early modern periodlandland ownershipwards and liveries (court of)
• Crown, church and royalist lands 1642-1660
  Keywords: church landscivil war (english)early modern periodestates (landed gentry)landland ownership
• Enclosure awards and maps
  Keywords: enclosure (land)landland ownershipmaps
• Environmental pollution and damage
  Keywords: contaminated landenvironmental pollutionlandland ownershippollution
• Foreign countries
  Keywords: diplomacyforeign affairsforeign officeinternational relations
• Foreign Office correspondence 1906-1919
  Keywords: diplomacyforeign affairsforeign officeinternational relations
• French lands of the English kings
  Keywords: early modern periodfrance (english lands in)landland ownership
• Inquisitions post mortem: land ownership and inheritance in the medieval and early modern periods
  Keywords: early modern periodinquisitions post mortemlandland ownership
• International boundaries
  Keywords: borders (international)boundaries (international)coloniesdiplomacyforeign affairsinternational relationsmaps
• Irish maps c.1558-c.1610
  Keywords: digitised recordsearly modern periodirelandmapsonline collections All records viewable online
• Land and property for charitable use: trust deeds, 1736-1963
  Keywords: charitable trustsconveyance of landdeeds (property ownership)early modern periodlandland ownershiptrust deeds
• Land and property ownership: conveyances by feet of fines 1182-1833
  Keywords: conveyance of landdeeds (property ownership)early modern periodfines (land conveyances)landland ownership
• Land and property ownership: enrolment and registration of title 1227-c1930
  Keywords: conveyance of landdeeds (property ownership)early modern periodlandland ownershiptitle deeds
• Land and property requisitioned for war in the 20th century
  Keywords: first world warlandland ownershiprequisitioned landsecond world warworld war oneworld war two
• Land ownership, use and rights: common lands
  Keywords: common landlandland ownership
• Land use, value and ownership: Valuation Office Survey 1910-1915
  Keywords: datasetsfinance 1909-1910 actlandland ownershipmapsstatisticssurveystaxationvaluation office
• Landed estates
  Keywords: estates (landed gentry)landland ownership
• Manorial documents and lordships and how to use the Manorial Documents Register
  Keywords: early modern periodlandland ownershipmanorial documents registermanors
• Manors and manorial records
  Keywords: early modern periodlandland ownershipmanorsmaps
• Maps and plans
  Keywords: early modern periodmapsplans
• Military maps of the First World War
  Keywords: first world warmapsworld war one
• Military maps of the Second World War
  Keywords: mapssecond world warworld war two
• National Farm Survey of England and Wales 1941-1943
  Keywords: agriculturedatasetsfarms and farminglandland ownershipmapsnational farm surveystatisticssurveys
• Ordnance Survey
  Keywords: mapsordnance survey
• Public rights of way, roads and other highways
  Keywords: landland ownershipmapsordnance surveypublic rights of wayrights of way
• Religious houses and their lands c.1000-1530
  Keywords: abbeyschurch landsmonasteriesreligious history
• Sea charts
  Keywords: admiraltycharts (maps)maps
• Tithes
  Keywords: datasetslandland ownershipmapsstatisticssurveystaxationtithes
• Towns and cities
  Keywords: citiestowns
• Villages and the countryside
  Keywords: countrysidenational parkparishruralvillages