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== Manor Records == | == Manor Records == | ||
Records survive from 1246; most manors stopped holding court in the 1800's.<br> | Records survive from 1246; most manors stopped holding court in the 1800's.<br> | ||
The Manorial Documents Register lists extant manorial records and their location. They also have a list, by parish, showing the manors lying within each parish. Actual records are held in The National Archives (Kew, near London), county record offices, large reference libraries, muniment rooms in the manor house, and sometimes in the private papers of the solicitors for the estate.<br> | The Manorial Documents Register lists extant manorial records and their location. They also have a list, by parish, showing the manors lying within each parish. Actual records are held in The National Archives (Kew, near London), county record offices, large reference libraries, muniment rooms in the manor house, and sometimes in the private papers of the solicitors for the estate.<br> | ||
The Manorial Documents Register is being placed online. As of November 2011 | The Manorial Documents Register is being placed [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/mdr/ online]. As of November 2011, the catalogue of extant manorial documents available online includes:<br> | ||
*Wales (all counties) | |||
*Berkshire, | |||
*Buckinghamshire, <br> | |||
*Cumberland, <br> | |||
*Dorset | |||
*Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, <br> | |||
*Hertfordshire, <br> | |||
*Lancashire North of the Sands (the Furness area, part of Cumbria since 1974)<br> | |||
*Middlesex, <br> | |||
*Norfolk<br> | |||
*Nottinghamshire,<br> | |||
*Shropshire, <br> | |||
*Surrey, <br> | |||
*Westmorland, and <br> | |||
*Yorkshire (all three Ridings). <br> | |||
all other counties can be searched at The National Archives search room.<br> | |||
== Further Reading == | == Further Reading == | ||