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Exhibit 520

Tithe Act 1936, 26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8 c. 43

Exhibit 520 ยท Statute

Tithe Act 1936, 26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8 c. 43

all tithe rentcharge shall be extinguished on the second day of October, nineteen hundred and thirty-six

Extinguishes tithe rentcharge on 2 October 1936, compensates the owners with stock and charges landowners redemption annuities.

Source
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Date
31 July 1936
Quoted from
s. 1 (as enacted); Part I heading 'Extinguishment, Compensation by issue of Stock, Charge of Redemption Annuities'
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5and1Edw8/26/43/section/1/enacted
Accessed
2026-11-09
Cited by
Findings citing this exhibit

Cited by

Finding REL-2.7
Primary record 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.