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Old maps showing land areas
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treebloke
, 03 Jan 2011 20:15
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Posted 05 January 2011 - 22:54
Romany
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Farmer Giles
Great - thanks, Treebloke! Just what I was asking for in my other post 
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Posted 07 January 2011 - 13:24
Cornish Gems
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Hi - what a very useful website Treebloke - thank you so much.
Quick question somebody - the individual areas of given for each field both in acreas and hectares, but would we be right in thinking that the land covered by hedges is not included?
We ask this because these maps show our 3 fields to have once been 6 fields and when we add up their original areas, the total does not agree with that which the estate agent used in their particulars. We are however pleased to discover that the original total was indeed in excess of the obligatory 5 hectares.
Quick question somebody - the individual areas of given for each field both in acreas and hectares, but would we be right in thinking that the land covered by hedges is not included?
We ask this because these maps show our 3 fields to have once been 6 fields and when we add up their original areas, the total does not agree with that which the estate agent used in their particulars. We are however pleased to discover that the original total was indeed in excess of the obligatory 5 hectares.
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Posted 07 January 2011 - 21:11
shepie
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Hi Cornish gems
The hedges would have been included in the areas as most boundries are taken from the middle of a hedge , your deeds should show which boundries you own according to where the t markers are shown .
DO NOT TRUST AGENTS DETAILS THEY ARE ONLY A GUIDE .
There are several companies that supply OS maps of land with areas etc , just look on the net ,we had one done when buying some land , or just use the measuring tool on Magic map
As for old maps it is a good site i found out we had a building in our field in 1885 big enough to bend the road round it but then it doesn`t show up after that , just a very strange bend in the lane which i suspect i am one of only a few people that know why it`s there
The hedges would have been included in the areas as most boundries are taken from the middle of a hedge , your deeds should show which boundries you own according to where the t markers are shown .
DO NOT TRUST AGENTS DETAILS THEY ARE ONLY A GUIDE .
There are several companies that supply OS maps of land with areas etc , just look on the net ,we had one done when buying some land , or just use the measuring tool on Magic map
As for old maps it is a good site i found out we had a building in our field in 1885 big enough to bend the road round it but then it doesn`t show up after that , just a very strange bend in the lane which i suspect i am one of only a few people that know why it`s there
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Posted 09 January 2011 - 20:55
treebloke
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Hi - what a very useful website Treebloke - thank you so much.
Quick question somebody - the individual areas of given for each field both in acreas and hectares, but would we be right in thinking that the land covered by hedges is not included?
We ask this because these maps show our 3 fields to have once been 6 fields and when we add up their original areas, the total does not agree with that which the estate agent used in their particulars. We are however pleased to discover that the original total was indeed in excess of the obligatory 5 hectares.
Try this
http://magic.defra.gov.uk/
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Posted 12 January 2011 - 19:40
happymanoftheworld
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Yep Treebloke - I have been using that site for years doing family history - it is excellent - used to be better because you could use furtive methods to "save" the map. They've fixed it now so that you have to buy.http://www.old-maps.co.uk/maps.html
Anyway, if anyone is in Scotland, the Scottish National Library also have old maps online which you can access easily.
