Estate (land)

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For other uses, see Estate.

The term estate applies to land under ownership and as such is a generic term for a parcel of land held by an individual or family, common in early British Gentry.

Later, twentieth century usage in Great Britain may apply to land which forms part of housing for social usage."Housing estates" were a common occurrence in British social housing of the twentieth century. Many estates were later transformed by individual house ownership brought on by Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.

See instead

Estate (area)
Housing estate

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