Sticks Research Agency can undertake any type of historical research, but we offer research services to legal professionals specifically in connection with property development, estate management, rights of way, unregistered land, and boundary disputes.

Our team of expert historians and researchers can research past ownership of a site (over time or at a specific date), identify previous occupiers or uses, and locate historical deeds referenced in Land Registry titles.

We conduct research in historical archives and libraries across the country including the UK National Archives, British Library, Parliamentary Archives, and local county and London borough archives and record offices.

We can help you find:

  • Maps (including Tithe and Inclosure material)
  • Railway plans
  • Definitive maps and statements
  • Old deeds and conveyances
  • Local authority records
  • Estate surveys
  • Town planning material
  • Planning history for specific sites
  • Ordnance Survey maps and preparatory records
  • Sale particulars
  • Crown Estate records
  • Draft legislation and Parliamentary committee documents
  • Historical taxes on land and property
  • Records of central government departments (e.g. Ministry of Environment, Housing & Local Government, Commission for the New Towns, etc)

We can also locate and copy documents in connection with individuals, such as Board of Trade sea service certificates.