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The tithe apportionments will show you who occupied and who owned the plots shown on the tithe map. About 175,000 plots of land are recorded on this website. You can search across the county, or narrow your search by parish or township. Because the maps were made between the late 1830s and the early 1850s they can also be be used alongside such sources as the 1841 and 1851 census.
Searching
You have two options; the Quick Search option and the Advanced Search option. You can use the Quick Search directly from e-Mapping Victorian Cheshire: Cheshire's Tithe Maps Online or you can access it from e-Mapping Victorian Cheshire: Twin Maps (click ‘Search All Tithe Apportionments’):
Quick Search option
Your search results will appear below the search. Help on carrying out a search can be found by clicking the ‘Useful tips for names’ link.
The search results will show the township, parish, plot number, land owner, occupier(s), plot name, land use and acreage. In the far right hand column you will see a link to ‘Map’. Clicking on this link will take you to the relevant map, with the plot highlighted in yellow.
Advanced Search option
You can get to this via the Search All Tithe Apportionments button on the Maps page. The search offers more options. You can specify whether you want to search for a land owner or occupier, and you can narrow your search by township or parish.
As for the Quick Search, your search results will appear below the search. Help on carrying out a search can be found by clicking the ‘Show examples’ link.
The search results will show the township, parish, plot number, land owner, occupier(s), plot name, land use and acreage. In the far right hand column you will see a link to ‘Map’. Clicking on this link will take you to the relevant map, with the plot highlighted in yellow
But....
- Not everybody is recorded. Children, for example, are missing altogether, unless land is held in trust on their behalf. Only one family member per plot is generally mentioned.
- Only property subject to tithe is included. This excludes many urban areas, for example, including much of central Chester, Congleton and Northwich. This is because in most urban areas tithes had been commuted prior to the Tithe Commutation Act.
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