Who Owns England?

There has been a lot of speculation of late almost who owns England? Land ownership inwards England is a closely guarded secret. The argue why the ownership of English linguistic communication terra firma is kept such a closely guarded surreptitious is because the response is - the French.

England is owned yesteryear the French. Or, to a greater extent than accurately, the Normans.

In 1066 William the Conqueror together with an the world forces of northern Frenchmen successfully invaded England. Following his success William proceeded to dissever England upwards with his supporters. And in that location you lot convey it. Because of the almost consummate lack of social mobility inwards England the families mentioned every bit owning terra firma inwards the Domesday Book are belike the same families who ain the terra firma today.

At to the lowest degree that is my theory. I powerfulness move incorrect - but hence in that location is no agency of checking. You could convey a await at the novel Who Owns England interactive map. Unfortunately because the Normans desire to maintain terra firma ownership a surreptitious the Who Owns England map alone actually shows terra firma which is owned yesteryear the government, authorities bodies or charities.

If you lot desire to know who owns a slice of terra firma which is blank on the map (most of the country) hence you lot powerfulness every bit good await upwards the place-name inwards the Domesday Book. That is belike the closest you lot volition teach to discovering the existent possessor of the land. Alternatively you lot could banking company correspond this Farm Payments for Environmental Stewardship map. This map shows where landowners are claiming Environmental Stewardship grants. If you lot click on a highlighted surface area on the map you lot tin run into who is the recipient of the grant. The recipient powerfulness only move the possessor of the terra firma (although for taxation avoidance reasons the mortal named may besides non move the possessor of the land).

BTW - if you lot don't believe me when I tell that the Normans all the same ain together with dominion England hence explicate to me how 950 years afterward the Norman conquest students with Norman surnames are all the same over-represented at the countries elite universities.1