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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Worcestershire => Topic started by: sandy35 on Saturday 31 July 21 18:30 BST (UK)
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H M land registry can't seem to locate it,is there any where else to try.I know it existed as my Grand parents built it.The area is Martley,Hillside.
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Where you able to provide a full address to Land Registry? When did your grandparents live there?
Just giving an area is of no use -full address needed
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About 1928,and yes full address as i knew it.Did every house have to be registered ?or just the land.
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Planning & Building permission would have been needed to build on any land - if the rules were the same in 1928 as today.
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Planning & Building permission would have been needed to build on any land - if the rules were the same in 1928 as today.
Not every Local Authority will keep all the plans they have ever received for development and the PLANNING ACT only came into effect in 1948 after which there was a requirement to keep details of all applications and a map for identification for use by the public.
Much will depend on how the authority treated its older applications, pre 1948 and what has happened in the various re-organisations in recent years.
One LA in which I worked took a 10% sample of each year's applications for archiving and dumped the remainder (after a suitable time lapse).
In another, when still the office junior, I was given the task of sorting all the plans, which were kept in various places in the office attic and in a variety of sizes of envelope, and matching them to the relevant Registers- took me ages but we finished up with a system where it was relatively easy to help such enquiries as this one.
I think rural authorities were much more lax in their approach to keeping records than larger Urban authorities.
So it just depends how the systems were managed. And I think these days with most authorities there will be a search fee to pay!
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These are rural properties,i'm just going to be brave and knock on the doors and ask the owners what they know once i've mapped out the area
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You may find the GIS Mapping provided by Worcestershire County Council useful in terms of house names/locations. The map also has a useful series of overlays including 2005 aerial photographs on the Maps tab. Just zoom into Martley Hillside to the north west of Martley. https://gis.worcestershire.gov.uk/website/WccGISOnline/
Kay
Added - This is the 1902 map to help you compare with houses built pre 1928 https://maps.nls.uk/view/101586340#zoom=7&lat=3337&lon=4885&layers=BT
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Thank you that was a great help,ordered a couple of maps,now the hard work starts.Again thank you.
sandra
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My local authority was able to find the original plans for my house (built circa 1928) so it's worth asking.
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Check the electoral registers - that should tell you when your grandparents were first listed there.
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Thank you i'll try them when i've found out which authority it is.
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The property is in Malvern Hills https://www.malvernhills.gov.uk/
Kay
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That's saved me some work.Why is it so hard.Thank you