Professional Researchers
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Specialist Manorial Property Agents
Historical Research
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Manorial Lordships are Specialist in Historical Research
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Manorial Lordships offer a private service carrying out Historical Research
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Domesday Book – The greatest historic reference of English lordships.
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It was dated 1086 however it took over three centuries to compile.
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Most Lordship Titles are listed in the Domesday book.
Our extensive research includes:
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The National Archive
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Historic Journals
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Historic Gazettes
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HM Land Registry
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The Manorial Documents Register (MDR)
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Public Records Office (London)
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University Library, Cambridge
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The Victoria County History Records
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The National Library of Wales
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Gwent Archive and Records Office
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Bristol Archives and Records Office
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Glamorgan Archive and Records Office
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Herefordshire Archive and Records Office
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Monmouthshire Archive and Records Office
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The Victoria County History Records
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British Library (Formerly British Museum)
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Plus many other sources
Manorial Records are held by many archives and record offices, often within landed family and estate collections. They are protected under the Law of Property Amendment Act 1924, to ensure their preservation.
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​The National Archives holds official records including tithe apportionments and maps and valuations made by the 1909-10 Finance Act commissioners as well as the Manorial Documents Register.
The National Archives, Ruskin Avenue, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU
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County record offices often hold enclosure awards and maps, court rolls, surveys and other manorial records
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Diocesan boards of finance hold ecclesiastical records, including tithe apportionments and maps
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Highway authorities (county councils where they exist, otherwise district and borough councils) hold records of highways and highway boundaries
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Commons registration authorities hold registers of commons and town and village greens, with accompanying maps, and many parish records contain relevant information
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There are many different types of manorial record, and they range in date from the 12th century until the 1960s.
Because of this they can sometimes be a challenge to use.
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