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Catalogue reference: HLG 35

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HLG 35

General policy files and registers of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Housing and Local Government relating to extinguishment of tithe rentcharges. The files contain information about grants to local authorities, rates and rate...

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HLG 35

Title
Ministry of Health and successors: Local Government Division and Local Government Finance Division: Extinguishment of Tithe Rent Charges, Registered Files (91038 Series) and Registers of Payments of Grants
Date

1920-1958

Description

General policy files and registers of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Housing and Local Government relating to extinguishment of tithe rentcharges. The files contain information about grants to local authorities, rates and rate refunds, and evidence submitted to the Royal Commission on Tithe Rentcharge in 1934. The registers contain records of payments of grants to various authorities from 1938 to 1955 under the Tithe Act 1936.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

91038 file series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Local Government Board, 1871-1919
  • Ministry of Health, 1919-1968
  • Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Local Government Finance Division, 1951-1970
Physical description

28 files and volumes

Subjects
Topics
Government finances
Tithes
Local Government
Administrative / biographical background

The Tithe Act, 1836, replaced tithes by rent charges on land, which continued to be called tithes. Tithe owners were chargeable with local rates on their tithes or on the rent charge received in lieu of tithe. The 1836 Act was amended eighteen times between that date and 1925, when the State assumed responsibility for the whole of the rate surcharge.

The Royal Commission on Tithe (1934/35) recommended the extinguishment of tithe rent charges and their rateable values and made provision for grants towards subsequent loss of rate income of Rating Authorities in England and Wales.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8730/

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