When Was A Property Built

[jesmond]

i have heard this can be done via land registry for a fee but can I find out for free when a specific property or housing estate was built, tia

[Canary42]

Ask the owner ?

[Buenchico]

The relevant County Records Office might well hold copies of planning applications,etc, which could assist you in your search.

(If visiting a Record Office for the first time, take your passport and a proof of address with you. You'll need them for the registration process).

[jesmond]

yes I could do either of these, thanx

[jno]

local history societies may be able to help.

[Mosaic]

If your house is pre 1939, try the maps (free) from National Library of Scotland
http://maps.nls.uk/

[Jackdaw33]

One way of getting a rough idea of the age of older properties is by looking at the royal cypher on the nearest post box. For example, the post box in my street has the cypher of Edward VII, which tells me the houses were built between 19101 and 1910.

[Jackdaw33]

^1901 and 1910

[reinganum]

The building style will give you a rough idea (e.g. Victorian, inter-war, 1950s, 1970s etc.) then go to your nearest library that has a 'local studies' section - most importantly find out if it has local large-scale maps (1:10000 or better). These show individual buildings and will probably be dated. If it is a good source there will be several maps of differing dates so you could find the latest map that doesn't show your property and the earliest map that does and you then have a time frame for the date of your property.
(by the way if you lived in my road it would be a nightmare; all the properties are different ages as the road was developed piecemeal between 1890 and 1960, and the post box was removed 30 years ago)
But a quicker way is probably (as suggested) local history groups.

[DaisyNonna]

Them red thingies what are useless if you want a letter delivered the next day?