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The term '''Tithe map''' is usually applied to a map of an [[England|English]] or [[Wales|Welsh]] parish or township, prepared following the [[Tithe Commutation Act 1836]]. This act allowed tithes to be paid in cash rather than goods. The map and its accompanying schedule gave the names of all owners and occupiers of land in the parish. Individual tithe owners sometimes prepared maps for their own use to show who owned what land. These maps are sometimes also called tithe maps, although such maps are not common before 1836<ref>Lockwood, p.24</ref>.

==Tithes==

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==Maps==

The map (and schedule) held by the commissioners passed to the [[Inland Revenue]] and these are now held in the [[The National Archives]] at Kew<ref>Foot, p.20</ref> (classes IR29 and IR30). Although the maps do not always survive, the localparish copy is now usually held in the county record office. The diocesan copies for most Welsh parishes are held at the [[National Library of Wales]]. Prior to the publication of large scale [[Ordnance Survey]] maps in the late nineteenth century, tithe maps were frequently copied (in whole or part) for other purposes - for example to accompany planned railways or as part of the title deeds for a sale. More recently, tithe maps and apportionments have often been used as references by genealogists and other historical researchers. For many parishes they provide the only large scale map showing the landscape prior to the [[industrial revolution]]<ref>Harley, p.35</ref> and they frequently provide the earliest evidence for the [[field system]] in the parish.

==References==

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*List and Index Society, ''Inland Revenue; Tithe Maps and Apportionments'' (List and Index Society; Volume I, 1971 and volume II, 1972)

*Herbert Hope Lockwood, ''Tithe & Other Records of Essex and Barking'' (Essex Record Office, 2006)

*Robert Davies, ''The Tithe Maps of Wales'' (National Library of Wales, 1999)

==External links==

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* [http://www.historic-maps.norfolk.gov.uk Norfolk E-Map Explorer - historical maps and aerial photographs of Norfolk including parish tithe maps]

* [http://www.tracksintime.wyjs.org.uk/index.htm Tracks in Time - Leeds tithe maps online]

* [http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=549 Tithe maps of Wales]

[[Category:Maps|Tithe Maps]]