Catalogue description The Crown Estate and predecessors: maps used for land management; Crown ownership and transactions

These maps record in graphic form the land possessions of the Crown. They record Crown ownership and transactions occurring in the course of land management. They were the ‘master’ documents on which all transactions were recorded.

Crown Lands, 1925-1956

Office of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, 1810-1832

Office of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, 1851-1924

Office of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, Forest of Dean Deputy Surveyors Office, 1860-1919

Office of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, New Forest Deputy Surveyors Office, 1869-1919

Office of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings, 1832-1851

Office of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings, Works Department, 1832-1851

Surveyor General of Crown Lands, 1625-1810

Surveyor General of Woods and Forests, 1715-1810

Surveyor General of Woods, Forest and Land Revenues, 1810-1832

The Crown Estate, 1956-