House history

[mrsgoose]

I have recently moved to a bungalow which our survey estimated it to have been built around the 1920s but who knows. on its first land registry in 1974 it was known as East Lynn with no number. Apart from a farm & 3 farm cottages there was nothing else around, apart from Blake Street Railway station across the road. I would really love to know it's age and who has lived here.

[CaroleW]

Hi and welcome

Have you checked electoral registers at your local library?

Do the deeds show the names of previous owners?

[copperbeech5]

Hi,

Welcome to Rootschat from me too!

Like Carol says the Library would be my first port of call.  Go to the local History section, and get out the old maps, then by process of elimination you can find when it was built,  and the lay of the land etc.

Best wishes,
Copperbeech5

[stanmapstone]

If you go to http://www.old-maps.co.uk/maps.html and enter the post code B74 4EB you can see old maps of the area.

Stan

[mrsgoose]

Hi Stan

Looked on the old maps and there was a plot there 1920-24 then no map till 1938 and our house is there so just need to pin it down further.

Thank you

Margaret

[mrsgoose]

Hi Carole

Plan to check electoral lists but our local library has closed so a trip into Birmingham to be planned on a day that the lists are available.
We have no deeds to speak of, just a 1974 record of when the house was first put on the land registry,which bears no relationship to the time it was built.

Thanks

Margaret

[GFHWP]

Whilst you might not have copies of the old deeds, the Land Registration Certificate will contain information relating to legal aspects of the property. These could possibly be in the form of extracts from or even copies of the deeds that gave rise to the sale from the builder to the first occupier.
Obtain a copy of the Land/Charge Certificate and see what it contains.

Phil