Valuation Survey

Thanks to the dedicated work of a team of volunteers from The Badsey Society, a complete transcription of the Lloyd George Valuation Office Survey records for Badsey, Aldington, Blackminster and Wickhamford (undertaken as part of a national survey between 1910 and 1915), is now available giving detailed information about land ownership in these parishes. This under-utilized resource is a goldmine for local and family historians. It complements the 1911 census so, with both resources available, it helps us to have a better understanding of the living conditions of our ancestors in the years leading up to the First World War.

• What was the Valuation Office Survey and why was it undertaken
• How the Survey was carried out
  • Stage 1 – The Valuation or Domesday Books
  • Stage 2 – Form 4-Land (Duties on Land Values)
  • Stage 3 – The Maps
  • Stage 4 – The Field Books
  • Stage 5 – Form-37 Land (Statement of Provisional Valuation)
• A century later, how The Badsey Society undertook the transcription
• Valuation Survey Records for Aldington
• Valuation Survey Records for Badsey
• Valuation Survey Records for Offenham
• Valuation Survey Records for Wickhamford

See also:  Wickhamford Farming and Land Ownership