| Description | Registers of duties on land values ('Domesday Books') and the Forms 37 (Land) from which they were compiled, were prepared under the Finance ( 1909-1910) Act, 1910, and present a complete record of land ownership and property values in the period c. 1910-12. The series of marked-up 25":1 mile O.S. maps (NVB) which accompany the registers, is, however, far from complete.
Valuation Districts Domesday Books c. 1910: Chester 47 volumes (NVA 1); Crewe 54 volumes (NVA 2); Warrington 24 volumes (NVA 3); Macclesfield 22 volumes (NVA 4)
Forms 37 (Land): East Cheshire Region c. 1910-15 (NVA 2677, 2679, 2689) |
| Administrative History | Union, later area, assessment committees were constituted under the Union Assessment Acts, 1862-80, and their principal duty was to supervise the work of rating authorities and to revise valuations. The records consist of minutes and valuation lists, with details of addresses, owners and rateable values.
The process for assessing the value of land under the Finance (1909-10) Act 1910 was an elaborate one. The Land Valuation Officer assessed the valuation and recorded it in the Valuation book ("Domesday Book"); a copy of this valuation was sent to the landowner on a Form 4-Land (few of these survive). If the landowner agreed, the information was enterd in the Field Books (now in the Public Record Office). The information was then entered on a Form 37-Land (in local record offices if they have been kept), and a copy, on Form 36-Land which was sent to the owner. The information was then entered on a large scale OS map which was the Record Plan (now in the Public Record Office) |