The National Archives at Kew has added detailed descriptions of some 12,000 tithe maps from England and Wales (from the 1840s) to its Discovery catalogue, thanks to a collaboration with Exeter University.
The full story is at http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/802.htm.
Chris
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Tuesday, 22 January 2013
English/Welsh tithes maps descriptions on Discovery
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archives,
catalogues,
Discovery,
England,
maps,
TNA,
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