Historical Land Registry Maps

Fees depend on the type of search you need. These maps are particularly relevant for genealogy or those with an interest in social history. To obtain details of previous land ownerships from the land registry you will need to apply for a prior copies search.

A range of historical records are available online following their digitisation, listed below. Each registered property was given a unique reference number or 'title number'. Historical maps (cancelled editions of crown land parish maps)*.

The historical land records viewer (hlrv) provides online access to more than 19 million images of historical maps, plans, titles, registers and indexes.

Depending on when the title was cancelled, some historical titles must be ordered from the relevant land. You can search back to april 1993 when the land registry started digitising their title records. The access to and acquisition of land drove much of american history. Land registration began in 1862 when the first land registry office opened, situated in lincolns inn fields in holborn, london.