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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Norfolk => Topic started by: Steve C on Tuesday 12 September 17 20:50 BST (UK)
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Just wondering if anyone has tried to find out when their relations purchased a property and how you would go about finding out.
My Grandparents were born in 1881 and 1885. They married in 1908, I have found them individually on the 1891 and together on the 1911 Census but can not find either of them on the 1901 Census.
They married in Wisbech in 1908 but lived together for all their married lives just outside Kings Lynn. I know the property and address where they lived. I am now curious to find out when they actually purchased their property and how they managed to finance their purchase.
Does anyone have previous experience of findings these things out and could you tell me the best way to go about it please.
Many thanks in anticipation
Steve ;)
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Start at HM Land registry
Ask HM Land Registry to search who owned the property for a specific date or multiple dates. https://www.gov.uk/get-information-about-property-and-land
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Are you sure they bought the house or could it have been rented?
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Start at HM Land registry
Ask HM Land Registry to search who owned the property for a specific date or multiple dates. https://www.gov.uk/get-information-about-property-and-land
Thank you very much iluleah for your reply and the link. ;)
Are you sure they bought the house or could it have been rented?
Thank you for your reply nanny jan and the question you pose. ;) I don`t know for sure whether it was originally rented or purchased, it was purchased at sometime though as it was sold when my Grandparents passed away in the early 1960s.
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Start at HM Land registry
Ask HM Land Registry to search who owned the property for a specific date or multiple dates. https://www.gov.uk/get-information-about-property-and-land
Thank you very much iluleah for your reply and the link. ;)
Are you sure they bought the house or could it have been rented?
Thank you for your reply nanny jan and the question you pose. ;) I don`t know for sure whether it was originally rented or purchased, it was purchased at sometime though as it was sold when my Grandparents passed away in the early 1960s.
The approach (surely) is to find out who owned it. If it's your grandparents, you know they bought it. If it isn't you know they rented it, and who from. Good information either way.
BugBear
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Thank you very much for your reply and the comments you make.
Since my original post I have carried out some research but I am struggling at present. As mentioned previously I know the property and the address, however, the property was only known by its house name but the list I have checked only relates to house numbers.
Whether the modern day postal numbering system is the same as 100 plus years ago I don`t know, its something I need to try find out. :-\
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It was not unusual for properties to be known only by name, I know of some properties where that is still the case.
Numbers today are not necessarily the same as years ago, as more building took place houses were sometimes renumbered, for example, I once lived in number 28 which was renumbered to 4 while we were living there.
You may also find the house is missing from the Land Registry, many old properties are still not registered, unless they have been bought and sold in recent years.
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Hi Jebber,
Many thanks for your reply :)
Please accept my apologies for not acknowledging your response sooner but I normally get an email notification letting me know someone has replied but this did not happened on this ocassion and I have only just revisited this topic.
You make a very valid point about old properties not being registered with Land Registry. After speaking to some friends recently regarding their proposed house purchase it highlighted your point exactly, the elderly vendors only had the deeds to the property and it was never registered.
Steve