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Re: 1841 Census enumeration district boundaries
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 15 November 22 09:46 GMT (UK) »
The "NEW" houses were one in 1715 and the others 1873 for which there weren't regular planning applications required. Do you know if there would have been any other notification required by the then authorities whoever they may have been?

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Re: 1841 Census enumeration district boundaries
« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 15 November 22 13:36 GMT (UK) »
The key date for public footpaths and planning applications is 1947. The modern planning system commenced then and publick rights of way began to be registered. Public footpaths, bridleways etc. are defined on the local Difinitive Footpath Map but many of these weren’t adopted until well after 1945. Unless something has been added to the map in recent years, I doubt whether any of the current day, fresh faced, footpaths officers would have the information at hand to answer questions on the history of any public footpath.

ED boundaries are set by the Boundaries Commission and they change them from time to time; mainly to ensure that individual wards contain roughly the same population. I can’t be sure exactly how EDs relate to the census or for how long the Boundaries Commission has been in existence but they do consult local authorities on the logic of their proposals. E.G. they once wanted to move a boundary to the middle of the M60 but I suggested it went along the river Mersey and that’s where it went.

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Re: 1841 Census enumeration district boundaries
« Reply #11 on: Tuesday 15 November 22 14:10 GMT (UK) »
Hi,

Not sure if your question re rights of way is out of interest or you are attempting to claim there is a right of way on what today is private land.

You mention that a house/s built 1874 are your saying these took away a right of way? 

Where on the tithe map, you supplied, is this house or houses?

The point is if on the original approx 1945 footpath map there is no right of way shown, then there is no such right.

Where I live, in approx 1850, there was an ancient footpath over 3 fields owned by wealthy land owner.  He closed the footpath in order to obtain surface coal nothing could be done, when the mining ceased the footpath was never reinstated.
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Re: 1841 Census enumeration district boundaries
« Reply #12 on: Tuesday 15 November 22 17:24 GMT (UK) »
It started with an interest in RoW.  I have known the roads for over 50 years. When I first knew them they were freely used by everyone. New owners didn't want people there and despite bing given PRoW status by the CC it was overturned on appeal. Now i am just curiosity, though I'd always help those trying to maintain the old publically-used road that I remember. 1870s saw the smartening up of a rustic farming/stone-quarrying area. There were two routes applied for as PRoW, N-S and and E-W one.  The house built a the time I'd have loved to have seen planning permission for it because it would have told us something about the nature of the lane at that time.  The big  house early 1700s is Nuthurst Lodge, that even changed the route of the earlier old road N-S through the area.  The road past there looks less public tho there was good evidence for a public road.