Many Archive collections for England and Wales have Parish Poor Rate or Vestry Rate Books compiled annually which may date from the c18th and continue into the c20th. They usually give:
the address
the rateable value of a property based on an estimated yearly rental
the tenant's name
the owner's name
the type of property
the amount due and the amount actually paid
the start or end date of an occupancy
Where they exist they can helpful for finding ancestors before the 1841 census, but particularly for filling the gap between censuses. They can give a clue as to the economic rise or fall of an individual. If one wishes to know a very little, perhaps the details for a year or two, kindly archivists may do a look up without charge.
It is the luck of the draw whether they survive e.g Manchesters' are vitrtually complete from 1793, Stockport has 2. Southwark Archives have them for Bermondsey, but many of Camberwell's before 1913 (ish) were destroyed.
the address
the rateable value of a property based on an estimated yearly rental
the tenant's name
the owner's name
the type of property
the amount due and the amount actually paid
the start or end date of an occupancy
Where they exist they can helpful for finding ancestors before the 1841 census, but particularly for filling the gap between censuses. They can give a clue as to the economic rise or fall of an individual. If one wishes to know a very little, perhaps the details for a year or two, kindly archivists may do a look up without charge.
It is the luck of the draw whether they survive e.g Manchesters' are vitrtually complete from 1793, Stockport has 2. Southwark Archives have them for Bermondsey, but many of Camberwell's before 1913 (ish) were destroyed.
