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=== Before the Great Fire (1666) === | === Before the Great Fire (1666) === | ||
A very useful guide for finding London property records predating the Great Fire | A very useful guide for finding London property records predating the Great Fire is available online: | ||
*''A Survey of Documentary Sources for Property Holding in London before the Great Fire:'' London Record Society, 22 (1985). Available [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=582 online], courtesy: [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ British History Online]. | *''A Survey of Documentary Sources for Property Holding in London before the Great Fire:'' London Record Society, 22 (1985). Available [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=582 online], courtesy: [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ British History Online]. | ||
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London Land and Property
Before the Great Fire (1666)[edit | edit source]
A very useful guide for finding London property records predating the Great Fire is available online:
- A Survey of Documentary Sources for Property Holding in London before the Great Fire: London Record Society, 22 (1985). Available online, courtesy: British History Online.
Feet of Fines[edit | edit source]
During the medieval period, archival copies of agreements between two parties concerning land lawsuits were known as feet of fines.[1]
Many of these old records have been published:
- Hardy, W.J. and W. Page. A Calendar to the Feet of Fines for London & Middlesex. Vol. I: Richard I to Richard III. London: Hardy & Page, 1892. Digital version at Family History Archives.
References
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- ↑ Wikipedia Contributors, "Feet of Fines," Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feet_of_Fines, accessed 19 July 2011.