1862 Act Registers

• Published by: HM Land Registry
• Last updated: 17 April 2014
• Topic: Education
• Licence: Open Government Licence

Summary

The 1862 Act Register contains records of land and property in England and Wales, registered under the Land Registry Act 1862. It was the government’s first attempt to record property ownership information.

Almost 2,000 properties were registered in 272 volumes of handwritten and typed pages, made of parchment, waxed linen or paper. Documents like deed plans and marriage certificates were often supplied to support registration applications and were usually kept in the Instrument Books as part of the record.

Geographic coverage

England and Wales

Additional resources

Access historical information about properties and people recorded in the 1862 Act Register

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Our 1862 Act Register data is released under the Open Government Licence (OGL). This licence allows public bodies to make their data available for re-use. You need to make sure you understand the terms of the OGL before using the data. If you use or publish our 1862 Act Register data, you must add the following attribution statement:

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2020. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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