TST: Land & Property information for Worcestershire and places above it in the hierarchy

Land & Property information for Worcestershire and places above it in the hierarchy

Some abstracts of Worcestershire Feet of Fines (land conveyances) covering 1422-1509 - on Chris Phillips Medieval English Genealogy web site.
Mike Durtnall is providing a country-wide collection of Historical Manuscripts Pages recording details of deeds that have been offered for sale on eBay and in auction catalogues. In most cases whereabouts of the documents will be unknown, but sufficient details of the property involved and of buyers, sellers, mortages, &c. is provided to make them a useful research tool. Added 10 Mar 2009.
Pat Johnson has a large collection of original Family Deeds. Abstracts, with name and parish indexes are provided onsite, with transcriptions of the full documents available for a modest fee. In addition, the original deed may also be available for purchase if required. Added 19 Sep 2007.
Returns of Owners of Land in 1873 - searchable database.

There are many useful Research Guides from The National Archives - try keywords 'enclosure (land)', 'land' and 'land ownership'.
The Harvard Law School Library Special Collections: English Deeds, Manor Rolls, and Chancery Writs.
For a general search for information on England's historic sites and buildings, including images of listed buildings, try the Heritage Gateway

For English and Welsh records see PRO Leaflet: Tithe Records in the National Archives. Scottish records are held at the National Archives of Scotland in Edinburgh.
The University of Nottingham provides a detailed set of explanatory pages: Introduction to Deeds.
Legal Terms in Land Records is a useful glossary of obscure terms which occur in property deeds.
Robin Alston's Country House Database (archived copy) "represents a first attempt at listing country houses in the British Isles from the late medieval period to ca. 1850, together with an index to all the families so far traced as having occupied them".
Estate Records held by Kings College, Cambridge.
Disused Railway Stations website - a large and growing set of photographs of closed stations, with brief details of each station and a map showing its location.
The Trace My House website provides extensive information and guidance for anyone wishing to investigate the history of a house and the people who lived in it.
TNA's Research Guide on Houses - "Records relating to the history of houses are kept in a variety of archives. This guide will help you to find out where the information you are looking for might be, and how to go about finding it."
British Listed Buildings - "an online database of buildings and structures that are listed as being of special architectural and historic interest".
Researching Historic Buildings in the British Isles - a guide.