The Lacuna Project

lacuna (n.) a gap in a record where something should be

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Sector

Owners and occupiers of tithable land in England and Wales

Documented money flows

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • REL-2.7: The Tithe Commutation Act of 1836 converted tithe in each parish into a money rentcharge on the land recoverable by distress; church rates ended in 1868, tithe rentcharge was extinguished on 2 October 1936 with compensation to owners and redemption annuities charged on land, and the last annuities were extinguished from 2 October 1977.

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 518 18 August 1836. Parliament of the United Kingdom: Act for the Commutation of Tithes in England and Wales, 6 & 7 William IV c. 71
  • Exhibit 520 31 July 1936. Parliament of the United Kingdom: Tithe Act 1936, 26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8 c. 43
  • Exhibit 521 1977. Parliament of the United Kingdom: Finance Act 1977, section 56 (annuities under the Tithe Acts 1936 and 1951)