Property News · July 26, 2017

Leasehold in England and Wales is last redoubt of a colonial relic


Property system was spread throughout British empire but has since been almost completely scrapped in the former colonies The British empire spread leasehold to every corner of the globe – but now England and Wales remain the last redoubt of a system regarded as a feudal relic everywhere else.In Ireland, much-hated ground rents extracted by the Anglo-Irish aristocracy, and dating back to the Cromwellian era, were partly behind the rise of the Land League in the late 19th century, and the country’s fight for independence. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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