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LINKS - Maps, Land & Property Records, Electoral rolls, Poll Tax, etc.
« on: Sunday 21 November 10 11:26 GMT (UK) »
Cheshire Tithe Maps & Apportionments.  Search for owners and occupiers of land from c150 years ago, compare with modern maps:
http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/tithemaps/

Old and Interesting Maps - Cheshire Contains over 70 historical maps of Cheshire from 1577 until 1922 at various levels of detail including road, canals / navigable waterways and specific areas of Cheshire.

Tallis map of Cheshire c 1850
http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/wales/tallis/maps/chs.htm

Northwich Town Centre c1600. Found this using the archive.org Wayback machine - not sure it will work so please R2M if you are unable to find it.  Original link is below, should work with the Wayback machine.
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0ahc/

Old Maps:(not just Cheshire)
http://www.old-maps.co.uk/index.html
Connected to gazetteer of Cheshire (not all the links seem to work):
http://www.old-maps.co.uk/gazetteer/10ches051/10ches051gazA.htm

Liverpool & Birkenhead 1874:
http://www.artus-familyhistory.com/source/Early%20Maps.html/Liverpool%201874/Main%20Map.html

Historical Legal Documents
Although you have to pay for a transcription or a copy of the original document, you are able to search for free for your ancestors surname to see if they appear
http://www.familychest.co.uk/index.htm

A List of Freeholders in Cheshire in the Year 1578
http://www.archive.org/details/alistfreeholder00britgoog

1611 Survey of Macclesfield Manor and Forest The contains information about freeholders, copyholders and tenants living in the Macclesfield Manor & Forest area at the time of the Survey, which was commissioned by Prince Henry, the Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall and Earl of Chester, and made by 23 persons of standing in the local community.
Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

CHS: Barber(Tabley) Barlow(Antrobus) Blackshaw(Lymm, Mobberley) Blease/Done/Moore(G Bud) Owen(Netherton, Tabley) Spragg/Witter(Goostrey) Youd(Frodsham) Pennell Bankes Birchall Beckett
DBY: Higginbottom(Mellor)
HRT: Gurney
HRT/BED/ESS: Verney (Markyate St)
LAN: Davenport(Bolton) Schofield/Gurney(Oldham) Lord(Heap) Quinn(Manchester) Sutcliffe(Rossendale)
NTH: Tubb/Johnson(Hellidon)Brown(Kettering)
YKS: Scott(Clapham)

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Arley Hall Archives Online
The website holds a searchable database of records from 1750–1790 including:
  • Over six thousand original receipted invoices showing the names of suppliers and their occupations, goods and services.
  • Estate Accounts
  • Farm Rentals
  • Staff Lists 1750 - 1790
Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

CHS: Barber(Tabley) Barlow(Antrobus) Blackshaw(Lymm, Mobberley) Blease/Done/Moore(G Bud) Owen(Netherton, Tabley) Spragg/Witter(Goostrey) Youd(Frodsham) Pennell Bankes Birchall Beckett
DBY: Higginbottom(Mellor)
HRT: Gurney
HRT/BED/ESS: Verney (Markyate St)
LAN: Davenport(Bolton) Schofield/Gurney(Oldham) Lord(Heap) Quinn(Manchester) Sutcliffe(Rossendale)
NTH: Tubb/Johnson(Hellidon)Brown(Kettering)
YKS: Scott(Clapham)
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