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Return of Owners of Land 1873, covering England and Wales (excluding London)

In 1872, the Government of the day instructed the Local Government Board to compile a list of Owners of Land, from one acre in size upwards. The return was compiled from rating returns, and gave the name of each landowner, the place, size of land and gross estimated rental from the land, as an indication of value. The return covered all of England and Wales, excluding the Metropolis (London). Separate volumes covered Scotland and Ireland. At the time, it was known as the 'modern Domesday'. The Preece entries from the England and Wales return follow below (there were no entries in Scotland or Ireland)..

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County Name Place Size of Land Gross Est. Rental
Berkshire Samuel Moffatt Maidenhead 23 acres £498 0s 0d
Gloucestershire Louisa West Dean 2 acres £6 17s 0d
  Samuel West Dean 2 acres £13 5s 0d
  William West Dean 2 acres £14 8s 0d
Herefordshire Elizabeth Leominster 3 acres £12 0s 0d
  Frances St Devereux 8 acres £27 5s 0d
  George Little Dewchurch 8 acres £19 9s 0d
  Hannah Brimfield 17 acres £44 0s 0d
  James Dinedor 3 acres £16 0s 0d
  James Hope under Dinmore 1 acre £6 0s 0d
  John Bosbury 5 acres £10 0s 0d
  John Brimfield 16 acres £24 0s 0d
  John Canon Pyon 55 acres £144 6s 0d
  John Marden 35 acres £113 5s 0d
  Joseph Canon Pyon 3 acres £10 11s 0d
  Joseph Hereford 1 acre £5 0s 0d
  Mansell Grafton 8 acres £16 0s 0d
  Mary St Margarets 13 acres £18 10s 0d
  Richard Aymestrey 6 acres £12 0s 0d
  Samuel Aconbury Hill 1 acre £7 0s 0d
  Thomas Birley 2 acres £2 13s 0d
  Thomas Kings Caple 3 acres £12 0s 0d
  Thomas Marden 61 acres £123 19s 0d
  Thomas Newton 17 acres £14 0s 0d
  William Aymestrey 1 acre £7 10s 0d
  William Burghill 15 acres £30 0s 0d
  William Ewyas Harold 2 acres £13 10s 0d
  William St Devereux 7 acres £12 15s 0d
Monmouthshire Simon Llanvihangel 82 acres £71 7s 0d
Shropshire Ann Sheinton 4 acres £21 0s 0d
  John Bromfield 11 acres £37 0s 0d
  John Cressage 1 acre £19 5s 0d
  John Ross, Herefordshire 2 acres £3 10s 0d
Glamorgan Morgan Bridgend 4 acres £5 9s 0d
  Thomas Bridgend 1 acre £4 2s 0d
  Thomas Colwinstone 110 acres £134 15s 0d
  Thomas Wick 163 acres £253 5s 0d
  David (Prees) Coyty 48 acres £113 8s 0d