Old house of my ancestors

[Wharfedale]

My relatives lived in a large villa in Prenton from around 1860 to 1924, when the house was demolished. I want to find details of the house, for example, size, ground map, and area of the land. Does the Land registry keep such details?

[stanmapstone]

Welcome to RootsChat
Old maps are available at https://maps.nls.uk/geo/find/#zoom=5&lat=55.4227&lon=-3.0000&layers=102&b=1&point=0,0

and https://www.old-maps.co.uk/#/

Do you know the address?

Stan

[Wharfedale]

Hi, and I know the address and the place where it used to be.

[JohninSussex]

The Land Registry would only be involved if there was a sale of the property in the period before it was demolished and even then only in particular circumstances.  As far as I know there would have to be a small location plan showing where the land/building was situated but that should be possible to find on one of the map sites given.

Also I am not aware whether historic Land Registry data is accessible to the public.  So I don't think that is likely to be a useful avenue.

Another option would be to see if there is a local history society, or even a local histriy web site, Facebook group etc, where you could ask local people.

[Wharfedale]

Thank you very much, that is really helpful.