Dovey surname in the Return of Owners of Land, 1873

The Return of Owners of Land, 1873 was published in two volumes in 1875, and lists people who owned more than one acre of land, for most of England and Wales. It gives their name and rough address, and the extent and rough value of the land, but does not list where the land was.

There are only eight Doveys listed across the two volumes. These are as follows:

County	Name of Owner	Address of Owner	Extent of Land (Acre, Rood, Perch)	Gross Estimated Rental (Pounds, Shillings)
Buckinghamshire	Dovey, Geo.	Warwick St. S.W.	1 3 31	148 –
Herefordshire	Dovey, Jane	Bromyard	1 3 32	10 –
Herefordshire	Dovey, William	Linton	1 – 15	9 15
Hampshire	Dovey, F. A.	Hammersmith, W.	1 – 28	175 6
Wiltshire	Dovey, Isaac	West Wellow	8 – 20	7 15
Worcestershire	Dovey, J	Worcester	–	116 13
Worcestershire	Dovey, Thomas	Rock	2 – 13	6 10
Worcestershire	Dovey, William	Upton-upon-Severn	3 – 39	43 1

There are no mentions of the Dovey surname in Bedford, Berkshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, Cumberland, Derby, Devon, Dorset, Durham, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Lincolnshire, Middlesex, Monmouthshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Warwickshire, Westmorland, nor Yorkshire. Note that London was not included in The Return of Owners of Land, 1873.