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Historic Building Research

Heritage Chronicles partners with businesses, legal professionals, heritage groups, and developers to conduct comprehensive land history and archival property research.

We specialise in tracing ownership, usage, and structural evolution of historic properties using land deeds, maps, tax records, architectural documents, and more. Whether you’re assessing historic value, preparing for development, or ensuring regulatory compliance, our detailed research provides clarity and context rooted in documented history.

From estates and landmarks to rural parcels and urban properties, we deliver precise, well-documented histories you can rely on.

“Genealogy and Property Research Rooted in Accuracy”

Historic Building Research Packages

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THRESHOLD
(FROM £150)

A first look into your property’s past – with room to go further…

  • A brief focused report which offers a two-hour investigation into the history of your home.  Designed to uncover key facts and potential research directions.  Ideal for gifts, curiosity, adding sentimental value property sales, or before committing to a house history package.  Delivered as a printed report, this concise investigation includes core discoveries from primary and secondary sources, record transcription, chronological timeline, brief analysis and context, and optional recommendations for future research.  If you’d like a more extensive search, 1 additional hour’s research may be added, charged at £50 per hour based on two researchers working on your project.  If any further research is required, we offer the option to upgrade to one of our home histories packages; Foundations, Inheritance, or Provenance.  

  • £150 (includes 2 hours research and a printed report)

    Additional hours research charged at £50/hour or option to upgrade to Foundations, Inheritance, or Package)

    Archival documents purchased and charged at cost

    If travel is required, an additional cost of 45p per mile will be charged

    professional support, when and where it’s needed.

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FOUNDATIONS
(FROM £400)

  • Foundations delves deeper into your property’s story, particularly for homes built in the late nineteenth to early twentieth century.  By investigating a variety of sources including census records, maps, newspapers, directories and electoral registers, our researchers uncover key facts about your property’s origins, such as when it was built, who lived there, and it’s uses.  Presented in a visually appealing report style print, Foundations is a perfect gift, or as a dedicated exploration for those ready to take a glimpse into the history of their home.

  • Includes: 8 hours research pre 1920s

    Concise research, no additional narrative.

    Printed timeline, softcover book, documents and transcriptions.

Laying the groundwork to your home’s past…

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INHERITANCE
(FROM £800)

Where ownership meets memory…

  • As your home’s history deepens, so does the story it has to tell.  Inheritance traces the people, families, and events that have shaped your property across the centuries, from changing hands to changing times.  Through detailed archival research and local record offices, we uncover who lived there, how it was used, and other hidden details to uncover the memory of the stories once lived within your walls.

  • Includes: 20 hours research pre 1920s

    Concise research, no additional narrative.

    Includes, printed timeline, softcover book, documents and transcriptions.

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PROVENANCE
(FROM £3500)

Every deed, every decade, every detail…

  • Provenance offers a comprehensive, fully sourced history of your home – from the earliest available records to the present day.  Depending on what records survive for your property, this research draws upon deeds, wills, maps, architectural plans, and census, tax, and sales records, and more, weaving together a rich, chronological narrative that captures the life of your property across centuries. We will explore ownership, occupancy, context, and change, connecting your home to the broader local and natural history. 

    Presented as a fully referenced, narrative hardback, Provenance is a definitive history of your property – an heirloom in its own right.

  • Includes:  80 hours research pre 1920s, including local cemetery and archive visits, and travel within 25 miles of Wrexham.

    Full story narrative of your property’s history including photographic evidence of primary source materials and contextual information.

    Printed timeline, hardcover book, documents and transcriptions.