My g grandfather James Loveluck also appears near the end of the list at Aberavon, Glamorgan. I'm not sure where the land came from since his father, William, was a customs officer, and in the 1881 census James (Ship Broker Commission Agent) was living in the "Custom House, Margam", where his father William had also lived. 3 acres seems like a lot of land to be associated with a custom house. Maybe it was inherited from his grandfather (also William) who was a farmer. It's interesting that there were already large differences in the value of land in different parts of the country - e.g. 3 acres in Glamorgan had a rental value of £31 whereas 1 acre in Henley-on-Thames was worth £75; and depending where one lived in Berks an acre could be worth anything from £3 to £23. Maybe Mike, with his historian's hat, could comment on this. James John Lovelock wrote: >Thank you Mike for this new resource. > >I was pleased to see that it includes my GGG Grandfather George Lovelock >in Henley on Thames Oxfordshire. George lived in a Georgian Town House >in Northfield End (where he appears in the 1871-1891 Censuses). I assume >the entry refers to this property. > >Best Wishes > >John Lovelock >Buckinghamshire UK > >-----Original Message----- >From: James Loveluck [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: 05 January 2006 18:16 >To: [email protected] >Subject: Web site addition: Lovelock land owners 1872-73 > >Hello all, > >I have added to the Web site a document listing Lovelock records from an > >1872/73 return of land owners. The document is linked to the Sources - >General page: >http://perso.numericable.fr/~lovjames/family-history/lovelock/gen-record >s.htm >in the section "Other Records". > >Many thanks to Mike Turner, who transcribed these records. > >James > > >==== LOVELOCK Mailing List ==== > >