Yorkshire Registries Act 1884
| Act of Parliament | |
| Long title | An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the Registration of Deeds and other matters affecting lands and hereditaments within the North, East, and West Ridings of the County of York. |
|---|---|
| Citation | 47 & 48 Vict. c. 54 |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 7 August 1884 |
| Commencement | 1 January 1885[b] |
| Repealed | 5 November 1993 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | See § Repealed enactments |
| Repeals/revokes | See § Repealed enactments |
| Amended by | Law of Property Act 1969 |
| Repealed by | Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Yorkshire Registries Act 1884 (47 & 48 Vict. c. 54) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments related to the registration of deeds and other matters affecting lands and hereditaments within the North Riding, East Riding, and West Riding of the county of York.[1]
Provisions
Repealed enactments
Section 51 of the act repealed 4 enactments, listed in the first schedule to the act.[2]
| Citation | Short title | Description | Extent of repeal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 & 3 Anne c. 4 | Yorkshire (West Riding) Land Registry Act 1703 | An Act for the publick registring of all deeds, conveyances, and wills that shall be made of any honors, manors, lands, tenements, or hereditaments within the west riding of the county of York after the nine-and-twentieth day of September one thousand seven hundred and four. | The whole act. |
| 6 Anne c. 20[c] | Yorkshire (West Riding) Land Registry Act 1706 | An Act for inrollments of bargains and sales within the west riding of the county of York in the register office there lately provided, and for making the said register more effectual. | The whole act. |
| 6 Anne c. 62[c] | Yorkshire (East Riding) Land Registry Act 1707 | An Act for the publick registring of all deeds, conveyances, wills, and other incumbrances that shall be made of or that may affect any honors, manors, lands, tenements, or hereditaments within the east riding of the county of York or the town and county of the town of Kingston-upon-Hull after the nine-and-twentieth day of September one thousand seven hundred and eight, and for the rendring the register in the west riding more complete. | The whole act. |
| 8 Geo. 2. c. 6 | Yorkshire (North Riding) Deeds Registry Act 1734 | An Act for the publick registring of all deeds, conveyances, wills, and other incumbrances that shall be made of or that may affect any honors, manors, lands, tenements, or hereditaments within the north riding of the county of York after the nine-and-twentieth day of September one thousand seven hundred and thirty-six. | The whole act. |
Subsequent developments
The whole act, except section 49, was repealed in stages by section 16(2) of, and part I of schedule 2 to, the Law of Property Act 1969 (c. 59), as the Yorkshire deeds registries were progressively closed.[3]
Section 49 was repealed by section 1(1) of, and part XIII of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 (c. 50), which came into force on 5 November 1993.[4]
Notes
- ^ Section 1.
- ^ Section 2.
- ^ a b This is the citation in The Statutes of the Realm.
References
- ^ "[R]Yorkshire Registries Act 1884 | LexisNexis". www.lexisnexis.co.uk. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ^ "Yorkshire Registries Act 1884", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Vict/47-48 c. 54
- ^ "Law of Property Act 1969", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1969 c. 59
- ^ "Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1993 c. 50
External links
- Text of the Yorkshire Registries Act 1884 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.