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Charter issued by the Anglo-Saxon King Edgar
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Series
Board of Inland Revenue: Valuation Office: Domesday Books
Catalogue reference: IR 91
What's it about?
IR 91
These books - known as Domesday Books but properly entitled Duties on Land Values - were prepared by the Inspector of Taxes and contain details of the valuation of land in the City of London and in Paddington for the purposes of duty under the...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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IR 91
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Title (The name of the record)
- Board of Inland Revenue: Valuation Office: Domesday Books
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Date (When the record was created)
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1910
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Description (What the record is about)
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These books - known as Domesday Books but properly entitled Duties on Land Values - were prepared by the Inspector of Taxes and contain details of the valuation of land in the City of London and in Paddington for the purposes of duty under the Finance Act (1909-10), 1910. They provide basic information relative to the valuation of each property, including the valuation assessment number, map reference, owner, occupier, situation, description and extent.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Other surviving Domesday Books have been presented to local record offices under s.3(6) of the Public Records Act, 1958.
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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27 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
- Maps and plans
- Landed estates
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- An index to street names for the City of London Domesday Books only is shelved with the set of paper lists.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9429/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
373,334 records
Within the department: IR
Records of the Boards of Stamps, Taxes, Excise, Stamps and Taxes, and Inland Revenue
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Board of Inland Revenue: Valuation Office: Domesday Books
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