The following is a press release from TheGenealogist:
Comprehensive collection offers unprecedented access to early 20th-century property records across 1,400 square miles
TheGenealogist has announced the release of the Lloyd George Domesday Survey for Essex, a significant addition to its growing collection of historical property records. This extensive dataset contains 356,265 records of occupiers, owners and organisations, all meticulously pinned to annotated maps.
This brings the total coverage of the Lloyd George Domesday Survey to over 11,000 square miles, exclusive to TheGenealogist!
Named after David Lloyd George, the Chancellor of the Exchequer responsible for the 1910 Finance Act, the Lloyd George Domesday Survey was a comprehensive land valuation of England and Wales. The resulting records offer genealogists and historians an invaluable insight into property ownership and occupation in the early 20th century.
The Lloyd George Domesday Survey Map for Maldon, Essex
“From the coastline, the countryside and up to the capital, these records provide an invaluable resource for those researching family and social history in Essex,” said Mark Bayley head of online content at TheGenealogist. “By combining detailed records with precise geographical data, Map Explorer enables researchers to visualise exactly where their ancestors lived and understand the area they called home.”
The collection features:
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356,265 individual records of property occupiers, owners, and organisations
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Annotated maps covering 1,400 square miles of Essex
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Detailed property descriptions and valuations
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Names and addresses of both owners and occupiers
This release forms part of TheGenealogist’s ongoing commitment to digitising and preserving these historically significant records. The Lloyd George Domesday Survey is particularly valuable as it records the exact locations of properties, making these property records an essential source for genealogical, social and historical research.
Researchers can access the Lloyd George Domesday Survey records for Essex through TheGenealogist’s Diamond Subscription, where they can be searched by name, address, or through MapExplorerTM, allowing for precise research across this historic county.
For more information about TheGenealogist’s Lloyd George Domesday Record Collection or to begin searching these records, visit: https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/1910/
The Courtauld family, one of Britain’s greatest industrial success stories can be found in this release – read their story here: https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/2025/courtaulds-a-crape-british-industry-8018/
For a limited time, you can get our Diamond Subscription for just £99.95. You’ll also receive a 12 month subscription to Discover Your Ancestors’ Online Magazine plus four eBooks; Discover Your Ancestors’ Occupations by Laura Berry, Regional Research Guidebook by Andrew Chapman, Researching and Locating Your Ancestors by Celia Heritage and Discover Your Ancestors Periodical Compendium, giving you a combined saving of over £100.
Explore these new records and start your genealogical journey today with TheGenealogist by claiming this offer here:https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/MGBLGD325
Offer expires 30th April 2025.
About TheGenealogist
TheGenealogist is an award-winning online family history website, who put a wealth of information at the fingertips of family historians. Their approach is to bring hard to use physical records to life online with easy to use interfaces such as their Tithe and newly released Lloyd George Domesday collections.
TheGenealogist’s innovative SmartSearch technology links records together to help you find your ancestors more easily. TheGenealogist is one of the leading providers of online family history records. Along with the standard Birth, Marriage, Death and Census records, they also have significant collections of Parish and Nonconformist records, PCC Will Records, Irish Records, Military records, Occupations, Newspaper record collections amongst many others.
TheGenealogist uses the latest technology to help you bring your family history to life. Use TheGenealogist to find your ancestors today!
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