IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/173
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: LOUGHTON, ESSEX (MANOR)
Date(s): 1871-1875?
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 1 production unit.
Name of creator(s): Manor of Loughton | Essex
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Domesday book mentions several estates in Loughton, as many as 8. The greatest part of the parish belonged to Waltham Abbey, and its property became known as the Manor of Loughton. It held the manor until the Dissolution, when it passed to the Crown. It subsequently had various owners, including Mary Tudor, the Duchy of Lancaster and the Wroth family.
The manor later passed to the Maitland family, who were involved in the Epping Forest controversy of the 1870s. The Reverend John W. Maitland eventually gave up his rights over 650 acres of forest land in return for £30,000. The remaining manor lands and Loughton Hall were sold in 1944 to the London County Council for the creation of a housing estate.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Loughton Manor, Essex. The records comprise an account of waste inclosed (1841-1872), compiled c 1872.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
One item.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Ms 1660 was donated to Guildhall Library in 1914 and was catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
For extracts from Loughton court rolls (1570-1867), compiled ca. 1871-5 see CLC/272. See also CLC/232 for descriptions of various copyhold properties in Loughton Manor, 1848-82; reference to Loughton plan (1820), 1868; and plans of forest land in the manor, 1856-1858.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: August to October 2010.