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Board of Inland Revenue: Valuation Office: Field Books
Catalogue reference: IR 58
What's it about?
IR 58
These field books were prepared by the Valuation Offices and contain details of the valuation of land for the purposes of increment value duty under the Finance (1909-10) Act 1910. They normally contain names of occupiers and owners; date of...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- IR 58
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Title (The name of the record)
- Board of Inland Revenue: Valuation Office: Field Books
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1910
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Description (What the record is about)
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These field books were prepared by the Valuation Offices and contain details of the valuation of land for the purposes of increment value duty under the Finance (1909-10) Act 1910. They normally contain names of occupiers and owners; date of erection of buildings; details of extent, owner's interest, tenure, market value and information about such matters as liability for rates and taxes; they also often provide an indication of the existence of public rights of way. Sometimes, sketch plans of individual properties are included. Details of each unit of valuation were recorded in assessment number order.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Catalogue entries for places in Bristol, Cheltenham and Gloucester districts were enhanced in January 2018 using data supplied by Anthea Jones and originally created as part of a project sponsored by the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society and Gloucestershire Archives.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically under district valuation office and then by income tax parish.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Field books for Southampton district and the Isle of Wight were destroyed by enemy action during the Second World War. Some books for Basildon (Essex) were destroyed by fire.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 95579 volume(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Taxation
- Trade and commerce
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- The following indexes are shelved with the set of paper lists: Alphabetical index to place names: identifies District Valuation Office. Supplementary index to place names not included in the above index. Alphabetical indexes to place names and streets in London, identifying the District Valuation Office
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9396/
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Board of Inland Revenue: Valuation Office: Field Books
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