Staffordshire Landowners, 1873

UKDA study number:4509

Principal Investigator

Brown, D.
City College Norwich

Sponsor

British Academy

Distributed by

UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.

February 2003

 

Bibliographic Citation

All works which use or refer to these materials should acknowledge these sources by means of bibliographic citation. To ensure that such source attributions are captured for bibliographic indexes, citations must appear in footnotes or in the reference section of publications. The bibliographic citation for this data collection is:
Brown, D., Staffordshire Landowners, 1873 [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], February 2003. SN: 4509, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-4509-1

 

Acknowledgement

Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials, should acknowledge the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive, and to acknowledge Crown Copyright where appropriate.
Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials should carry a statement that the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive bear no responsibility for their further analysis or interpretation.
 
Copyright:
D. Brown and City College, Norwich

 

Disclaimer

Although all efforts are made to ensure the quality of the materials, neither the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections, nor the UK Data Archive bear any responsibility for the accuracy or comprehensiveness of these materials.
 
All rights reserved. No part of these materials may be reproduced, stored in, or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the UK Data Archive.

UK Data Archive
University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park
Colchester
Essex C04 3SQ
United Kingdom
www.data-archive.ac.uk

4509 . Staffordshire Landowners, 1873

 

Depositor:

Brown, D. , City College Norwich

Principal Investigator:

Brown, D. , City College Norwich

Sponsor:

British Academy
Grant Number: ASPN 30110

Abstract:

The main aim of the project was to create from the return of owners in 1873 an accurate list of landowners for Staffordshire. This could be compared with Bateman's calculations of the number of owners in individual counties and the whole of England and Wales according to certain categories of status. Bateman defined these categories as possessing a certain fixed acreage and in some cases, but not all, a certain rental. He also included the owners in their main county of ownership to avoid duplication when he came to calculate figures for the whole of England and Wales. This project aimed to identify duplicate entries which arose from using the rate books for every parish as the method of compilation and to reassign certain entries designated as individuals to corporate ownership by parish authorities, limited companies and so on. It also necessitated an extensive search in the return especially for adjoining counties to determine where individuals had their main estate. The research required many biographical studies to establish whether entries were duplicates or not.

Main Topics:

The data collection represents the final working documents used to determine the total number of landowners in Staffordshire in 1873 according to certain categories of status. Alongside information about the size and value of individually and corporately owned land holdings in Staffordshire, biographical information about individual land owners has been recorded.

Coverage:

Time Period Covered: 1873
Dates of Fieldwork: January 2001 - December 2001
Country: England
Geography: Staffordshire
Spatial Units: Land holdings in England and Wales, 1873
Observation Units: Individuals
Kind of Data: Textual data; Numeric data; Individual (micro) level

Universe Sampled:

Location of Units of Observation: Subnational
Population: Individuals and corporate bodies owning land in Staffordshire, 1873

Methodology:

Time Dimensions: Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Sampling Procedures: No sampling (total universe)
Number of Units: (A) 2780 (obtained) Individuals
(B) 90 (obtained) Corporate bodies
Method of Data Collection: Transcription of existing materials; Compilation or synthesis of existing material
Data Sources: Return of Owners of Land, 1873
Directories for Staffordshire, 1851-1881, William Salt Library, Stafford
Burkes Landed Gentry
1881 Census Enumerators' Books for Staffordshire, Public Record Office, RG 11

Language(s) of Written Materials:

Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English

Access:

Access Conditions: The depositor has specified that registration is required. Available to all registered users. The depositor may be informed about usage.
Availability: History Data Service, UK Data Archive
Contact: Help desk: hds@essex.ac.uk

Date of First Release:

27 February 2003

Copyright:

D. Brown and City College, Norwich


File last updated:

4 January 2012