LOUGHTON, ESSEX (MANOR)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/173
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full 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 & 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.

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
August to October 2010.