In the rural parts of the industrial West Riding some Local Boards of Health took on a "development control" role, for example the Midgley (Halifax) Board insisted that the Edwards family sought permission for a Lodge to their new estate at Castle Carr in the early 1870s. The rate books from this period are also a good source for identifying development activity.
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From: From: Local-History list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Brian Read
Sent: 09 December 2009 17:27
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [LOCAL-HISTORY] Charting the growth of a village from 1850?
Local government as we know it hardly existed in England in 1849. The
countryside was largely under the control of the landed gentry and
unelected ecclesiastical parishes until county councils were created in
1888, followed by elected civil parishes and district councils after
the Local Government Act, 1894.
Building control in rural areas didn't start until about the beginning
of the 20th century, and then only in a patchy way. I did find a few
early plans in Oxford's record office submitted to a rural district
council from about 1907 but most were quite fragile and it was not easy
to identify the properties they related to.
Brian Read
On 8 Dec 2009, at 13:42, Duncan Amos wrote:
> Hi
> I'm new to local history and am trying to determine the growth of
> Oatlands
> Park, a village between Walton on Thames and Weybridge in Surrey that,
> basically, didn't exist before the former Duke of York's estate was
> sold by
> auction in 1849, being broken up into building plots.
>
> Was building 'controlled' by local councils at this time? i.e. is it
> possible to see
> the order of building from council records if they still exist?
>
> Does anybody know where I can obtain full-sheets of the OS-maps? The
> sheets being Surrey S.X1.12 for the 1:2500 published in 1883 and 1890.
> Ideally I'd like to get these and any later ones in sorme sort of
> digital form so
> that I can 'overlay' them. They exist in the local library but the A4
> copies of
> parts are very awkward and messy to tape together and they seem to be
> distorted so that I cannot 'scan and join' them.
>
> Being new (though I've been doing genealogy/family history for about 30
> years) and advice would be very welcomed.
>
> Thanks
>
> Duncan Amos
>
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