From: me@privacy.net (Ronnie)
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: effect of lease length  on value of property?
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 08:03:55 GMT

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 00:06:04 +0100, John Boyle
 wrote:

>In message <862dndMaCPtEuXfZRVnyuQ@eclipse.net.uk>, Jonathan Bryce 
> writes
>> There
>>aren't that many 1000 year old houses around.
>
>But the land upon which they have been built is older.
>
Possibly not, in a property title sense.  After the Norman invasion
(less than 1,000 years ago) there were continuing disputes between the
former Saxon landholders, and the Normans who assumed title to the
lands.  These disputes were variously solved, but some remained - even
up to (IIRC) King Stephen's time.  A law had been implemented to
legalise the Norman holdings, but for some reason disputes continued
(presumably the law had been badly drafted) and during Stephen's
reign, a second property title statute was passed, effectively ending
any legal aspiration by Saxon contestants.

The Peasants Revolt may have had property title, or use, issues.

There was a book published maybe 10 years or so ago, discussing a sort
of 'Who Owns Britain' or something like that, where this was set out.
I don't have the references, and I may be remembering the detail
incorrectly, but I suspect property titles can not be proved to before
the Norman invasion because of the manner in which property was
acquired by the Normans.  In that respect, the land titles are less
than 1,000 years old.

Just for fun.


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best wishes,
Ron