0 the legal right to own and use a building or piece of land for an unlimited time: --
1 owned in a way that means you can own and use a building or piece of land for an unlimited time: --
2 the right to own a building or piece of land without time limit: --
3 a building or piece of land that is owned by someone without time limit: --
4 freehold property is owned by someone without time limit: --
Figures for freehold properties commonly ranged between 1s and 3s per annum.
In the predominant freehold sector, rents were nominal.
It is not a possession that they lease out to others, while still retaining the freehold.
A final change accelerated fencing: g. the need to demarcate boundaries clearly and protect property when freehold land was purchased.
It would appear that many of the freehold properties have been alienated at least twice, often three times, between 1669 and 1716.
Freehold farms could also be used as security for loans and were therefore at risk of being lost to creditors.
The advantages of individual freehold are many, but four are prominent.
How many tenant farmers with big farms had freehold property elsewhere is difficult to ascertain.
