How can one find out who owned a property

[LindyTumblethump]

Is there anyway of finding out who owned a property tween 1900 - 1940 please. xxhugxx

[Macbev]

I don't know the answer,Lindy...but I'd like to know also...so will watch this thread with interest.

[Nell]

It would be on the title deeds though not sure if those are a matter of public record. I presume you want to know who owned it rather than who lived in or rented it?

[LindyTumblethump]

Yes who owned it way back then xxhugxx

[Nell]

Not sure if that info would be in rates books?

[LindyTumblethump]

I cannot see how you can do an addresss search on Ancestry 1901 or FMP 1911 might have to contact local council xxhugxx

[Margaret in Burton]

I cannot see how you can do an addresss search on Ancestry 1901 or FMP 1911 might have to contact local council xxhugxx

You can do an address seach on FMP on any census I think.

[Uncle John]

Just out of interest, and of no use at all for this question, you can find out quite a lot about registered land from the Land Registry website, though I think it only goes back as far as the current freeholder.

[Phoenix]

Valuation Act field books, circa 1914, where they survive should give details of owners of every property in the land.

Historically, it has always been difficult to find out who owned property. I've been in a street in London, where nobody built on the bombsite because nobody knew who really owned it.