Tracing the history of an address - W2 postcode

[josey]

Do the title deeds that you have include a plan and when do they date from?

If a lease is granted for more than 7 years, it must be registered with HM Land Registry. Some leases that are shorter than 7 years are also registered. Info here:
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01tnj/

Also
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/hm-land-registry-portal-request-historical-copies

You can search for title number by address or map. I am sure the Land Register will search for the title number for you but again, it may cost.

[HappyHedgehog]

Do the title deeds that you have include a plan and when do they date from?

If a lease is granted for more than 7 years, it must be registered with HM Land Registry. Some leases that are shorter than 7 years are also registered. Info here:
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01tnj/

Also
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/hm-land-registry-portal-request-historical-copies

You can search for title number by address or map. I am sure the Land Register will search for the title number for you but again, it may cost.

They don't include a plan, no. The most recent date on them is 2020 - when the freehold last changed ownership. Other dates vary by flat, the oldest being 1966.

[HappyHedgehog]

How old is the property? Might it be covered in the 1910-15 Lloyd George "Domesday" Survey ?

Ooh quite possibly, yes. I hadn't heard of that and it looks like a goldmine - thank you! The property is, I believe, late Georgian/early Victorian.

[josey]

They don't include a plan, no. The most recent date on them is 2020 - when the freehold last changed ownership. Other dates vary by flat, the oldest being 1966.

That's strange - the whole point of the Land Register is that it is plan based. My son's 22nd storey  leasehold flat in Islington had a plan when he bought it in the 1990s.

Have you had any luck with newspapers & electoral rolls - as ShaunJ suggested?

[ShaunJ]

Land Tax records are another possibility.

Also the Returns of Owners of Land (1873).

If you send me the address by PM I could have a dig around.