From: john boyle 
Newsgroups: uk.finance uk.legal
Subject: Re: mortgage company sent me the title deeds
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 21:04:38 +0100

In message , The Todal 
 writes
>If any of them are still current (eg a 99 year lease which is still running)
>then of course they need to be kept safe. Usually the old conveyances and
>mortgages date from fifty years ago or more,

Compulsory registration is relatively recent n some areas and there 
could be many that are considerbaly younger than that.

> and anything important with
>valid restrictive covenants in it, would be lodged at the Land Registry. If
>in doubt, keep the conveyances but throw away the "charges" or "mortgages"
>if they are plainly out of date.

.... and discharged.
-- 
John Boyle