In a poll book for a parish in Somerset dated 1832, I noticed that the nature of qualification for one voter had been recorded as: "freehold and leasehold houses and land, for the remainder of a period of 1,000 years". Does anyone know whether this is likely to be a mistranscription of the original records, or could such a long period be accurate? Lin Howard

Yes it could certainly be that long. Last year I researched the history of a house in Bristol which was built on land leased for 1,000 years from Christmas Day 1596, at a peppercorn rent of 1 penny per year. There is a house in Lostwithiel, Cornwall, which has the details of a 3,000 year lease, beginning 29 September 1652, carved into its stonework: http://goo.gl/UOiI50. Caroline Gurney http://www.carolinegurney.com On 24 September 2014 18:02, Lin & David via <sog-uk@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > In a poll book for a parish in Somerset dated 1832, I noticed that the > nature of qualification for one voter had been recorded as: "freehold and > leasehold houses and land, for the remainder of a period of 1,000 years". > Does anyone know whether this is likely to be a mistranscription of the > original records, or could such a long period be accurate? > > > Lin Howard > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOG-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message