Women and Property 1784-1790 Overview Data: North Riding Register of Deeds

Research hypothesis was to use the Registers of Deeds for the North Riding of Yorkshire (held at North Yorkshire County Record Office, Northallerton, England) to advance knowledge about women's involvement with property transfer and the wider property market in the 18th & 19th centuries. Registers began in 1736 and ceased in 1970; there are 89 Index Ledgers and 2,328 Deeds Registers. The system for recording data changed in 1885 so one Index Ledger was selected from pre/ post this date and 100 years apart to incorporate impact of Marriage Acts. Stage 1 - Two Index Ledgers were transcribed in full: 1) Index of Lands Vol 9 (1784-90) covers a seven-year period and contains 6,868 unique transactions (31,966 lines); and 2) Index of Lands 1885-1889 covers a five-year period and contains 14,481 unique transactions (52,741 lines). Each line represents a person's name. Core data from Index showed Township, unique reference and names of parties, but the 18th century Index Ledger did not show date of transaction or all parties. To analyse by gender this information was required so was added by using the Deeds Registers. Information from the individual Deeds Registers was then used to add to the core datasets: Stage 2 - The gender of all parties ('male', 'female' and 'not applicable' (for businesses) was added. Stage 3 - The usual residence, occupation (if any), marital status and any details of family relationships or inheritance rights of every women was added. Stage 4 - The 18th century dataset was then reduced to a five-year period covering 1785-1789 ONLY to provide a direct comparison with the 19th century dataset. Comparative analysis by: gender, marital status and number of transactions. Each transaction has a unique reference number but can contain multiple parties and cover more than one township. To identify the true number of transactions, the data had to be controlled for these factors. A control for uniqueness was also required for those individuals and organisations involved in multiple transactions and to avoid assuming that everyone with the same name was actually the same person. Where women were involved, additional data e.g. marital status, residence or family relationships was used to differentiate between like women. **This is the analysis overview, showing statistics by gender (full dataset) and by unique people (full dataset). Then statistics for ALL FEMALES by marital status; and then UNIQUE FEMALES by marital status.**本研究的研究假设为：借助藏于英国北约克郡县档案保管处（北阿利顿）的**约克郡北骑区产权登记册（Registers of Deeds for the North Riding of Yorkshire）**，深化对18至19世纪女性参与财产转让及更广泛房地产市场活动的认知。该产权登记册始于1736年，终止于1970年，共计包含89本索引账册（Index Ledgers）与2328份契约登记册（Deeds Registers）。1885年，数据记录体系发生变更，因此研究分别选取该日期前后、间隔100年的两本索引账册，以纳入《婚姻法（Marriage Acts）》的政策影响范畴。 第一阶段，研究人员完成了两本索引账册的全量转录：其一为《土地索引 第9卷（1784-1790年）》，涵盖7年时间跨度，包含6868笔独立交易（对应31966条记录行）；其二为《土地索引 1885-1889年》，涵盖5年时间跨度，包含14481笔独立交易（对应52741条记录行）。每条记录行对应一位当事人姓名。 索引账册的核心数据包含镇区（Township）、唯一参考编号及当事人姓名，但18世纪的索引账册未记录交易日期及全部当事人信息。若要按性别维度开展分析，需补充此类缺失信息，因此研究人员借助契约登记册完成了信息增补。 随后，研究人员通过单份契约登记册的信息对核心数据集进行多轮补充： 第二阶段，为所有当事人标注性别（"男性""女性"及适用于企业主体的"不适用"）； 第三阶段，补充每位女性的常驻地、职业（若有）、婚姻状况，以及其家庭关系或继承权相关的全部细节； 第四阶段，将18世纪数据集缩减至仅1785-1789年的5年时间跨度，以实现与19世纪数据集的直接对比。 本次研究将从以下维度开展对比分析：性别、婚姻状况及交易数量。每笔交易均配有唯一参考编号，但可涉及多位当事人且覆盖多个镇区。为明确交易的真实数量，需针对上述因素开展数据控制。同时，需对参与多笔交易的个人及组织开展唯一性控制，避免将同名个体误判为同一主体。针对涉及女性的交易，研究将借助婚姻状况、常驻地或家庭关系等额外信息，区分同名女性当事人。 **本分析概述将呈现按全量数据集统计的性别分布及独立主体分布情况，随后分别呈现全量女性当事人及独立女性当事人按婚姻状况划分的统计数据。**