Montgomery
and district
Victorian maps
Montgomery in 1839 | ||
The map below is based on a detail
from the tithe map for Montgomery
parish, and it gives us a picture of the town in the early years of Queen
Victoria's reign. |
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TITHE MAPS In Victorian times almost everyone had to pay tithes to the Church of England. At the beginning of the reign the tithe became a tax on your property. The maps were drawn to see what property everybody had |
The line of the medieval
town walls can still be seen on the map. Originally these open
spaces in the town would have been garden plots and sheds for the inhabitants.
In 1839 they still were. |
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