o/t help with history of my house

[mex]

does anyone know of any sites where i can research the history of my house, its 1800 to 1850 and used to be on the banks of the wilts and berks canal that is now filled in.

Any sites ie census sites that search by address etc?

[Graham C]

Have you tried the Land Registry?  I don't know that they are the answer but it seems a good place to start.

[FlyingPig]

The land registry will hold details, drawings and all purchases from the inception of the property. When people move into a house now the LRO send out the details as a matter of course, this is because their storage space is going fast.

If you contact them they may send it for free, but sometimes they will require an admin fee....Thats unless they have already sent it to the previous owner and started afresh, which they do sometimes.

I got mine, and it goes back to the land being sold at auction in 1800 then splitting it up into farms and it was sold to highest bidders in a local pub, which is still there....All the way through to the house being erected and all the sales and prices since then.

[Dingdell]

I went to the library about mine and the local museum as it's on a park and there was lots of info about how the land was sold in the 1800's etc. My land registry stuff didn't go back far enough but the local historical society had more information - they are always worth a try.

[Jon MW]

The census sites are generally browsable by address, if not searchable. This isn't necessarily a simple matter as a lot of streets in the country will have been renumbered at some point.

The stuff from the Land Registry (as long as it hasn't ever been destroyed) will give you the most information - and it should make it a lot easier to find extra information. As long as it includes anything with the names of the previous owners you will then be able to search the Census's by their names.