Source Information
Ancestry.com. London, England, Land Tax Valuations, 1910 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.Original data: Board of Inland Revenue: Valuation Office: Domesday Books. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives, 1910. Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England. The National Archives gives no warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or fitness for the purpose of the information provided. Images may be used only for purposes of research, private study or education. Applications for any other use should be made to the National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU.
About London, England, Land Tax Valuations, 1910
This is a collection land tax valuation rolls in the City of London taken in 1910. The Finance Act 1910 included the taxation in the increase in the value of land and in order to tax the increase the land had to be valued to begin with. These rolls are the baseline valuations of land in the different districts of London. The work was done by the District Valuation Offices of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue. It involved the compilation of field books and maps that listed all property. The Domesday Books that comprise this collection is the summary of this information.
The records contain:
- District/ward
- Residence
- Tax date
- Proprietor name
- Tenant name
- Street
- Description of property
- Yearly rent or value
