What is this line? Land registry question.

[Cosmois]

Hi! Can anyone tell me what the dot and cross line is please?

Possibly some kind of services cable? Either above or below ground.

www.gov.uk/government/publications/land-registry-plans-title-plan/land-registry-plans-title-plan-practice-guide-40-supplement-5

That might help.....

Could it be the parish boundary?

It will be some sort of service - drain, water main, gas pipe, overhead cable etc I think.

Parish boundary or similar would not cut through so many properties - they usually follow roads, field boundaries etc except if there has been new development altering original landmarks.

I would agree with a boundary line.

The houses look modernish (semi-detached with large front and back gardens), so the boundary line could have been set before they were built.

This page has historical map legends - one of the oldest (towards the bottom) shows that a line of crosses and dots was an 'administrative county and civil parish boundary'.

Subsequent draftsmen probably just copied the line over from older deeds.

Is there a legend/key on your deeds?

Probably the proposed route of HS2.

Not really. Just placemarking to come back and read the land registry document.

Thanks all! There is no key or legend on the deeds, but further investigation shows it is the parish boundary line. They are 1930 semis (mostly) on the road so I guess the boundary must have been there from before which is why it isn't straight.

Ooh. I’m a bit please with myself there.