The Valuation Office Survey (or Lloyd George's Domesday) 1910

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The 1910 land value duties map

Cambridgeshire Archives: croc.ma.LVD.Meldreth

These records were made for tax administration following the 1910 Budget and are sometimes referred to as the Land Values Duties returns. The Act provided for a valuation to be made of the land of the United Kingdom as at 30 April 1909. This valuation was to include all property, whether it was later considered exempt or not.

The valuation process began during the summer of 1910.  From August, landowners were sent a form which “an owner of land or any person receiving rent in respect of land” was required to complete and return to the district valuation office. The information from these forms was transcribed into the valuer’s field book and a physical inspection of all properties was made. The returns show the use of land and buildings and can be particularly useful for family historians. Maps were drawn up showing the location and extent of each property and plot of land to be valued. The main work of the original valuation was completed by the autumn of 1915.

For Meldreth, the map and returns are held by Cambridgeshire Archives.  The information below was kindly transcribed for us by Arnold Stanford from photographs of the original records.  It is an extract from the return and is displayed in alphabetical order of the occupiers’ surnames.  To search this information, use the search facility on your browser.

The complete transcription is also available and gives owners’ names as well as valuations.