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The archives of the valuation of Ireland, 1830-65 / Frances McGee.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McGee, Frances, author.
- Series:
- Maynooth research guides for Irish local history.
- Maynooth research guides for Irish local history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ireland. Valuation Office--Evaluation.
- Ireland.
- Taxation--Ireland.
- Taxation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (251 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Dublin, Ireland : Four Courts Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- Between 1830 and 1864 every piece of property in Ireland was valued, from houses on tiny plots of land to the great landed estates.The work of valuation created a large volume of archives that recorded the occupiers of land and houses as well as details of the location, extent and quality of their property.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Table of contents
- List of illustrations
- Citation conventions and abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Development of the system and the work of valuation
- 2. The valuation staff
- 3. The manuscript books and other documents of the valuation
- 3a. Field books
- 3b. House books
- 3c. Quarto books
- 3d. Mill books
- 3e. Townland valuation appeal books
- 3f. Townland valuation printed books
- 3g. Tenure books
- 3h. Other series
- 3i. Administrative documents and correspondence
- 4. The maps of the valuation
- 4a. Valuation maps
- Plates
- 4b. Valuation town plans
- 5. The Primary valuation
- 6. Appeals against the Primary valuation
- 6a. Appeals under the 1846 act
- 6b. Appeals under the 1852 act
- 7. Keeping the archives safe
- 7a. Management and preservation of archives in the ValuationOffice
- 7b. Archives now held in the Valuation Office, Dublin
- 7c. Valuation archives in the Public Record Office of NorthernIreland
- 7d. Local archives and local- studies libraries
- 8. Conclusion
- Appendix A: Procedures for appeals under valuation acts of 1826-52
- Appendix B: Chronology of principal measures and amendments, 1826-64
- Appendix C: Field work in Townland Valuation and Tenement Valuation
- Appendix D: Start dates of field work, by county, 1830-57
- Appendix E: Table of main book types extant, by county
- Appendix F: Table of main map types extant, by county
- Appendix G: Classification of buildings
- Appendix H: Statutes, 1826-64
- Appendix I: Research in the valuation archives
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-84682-762-0
- OCLC:
- 1076573874
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