Freehold may refer to:
In real estate
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Freehold (law)
In common law jurisdictions such as England and Wales, Australia, Canada, and Ireland, a freehold is the common mode of ownership of real property, or land, and all immovable structures attached to such land. It is in contrast to a leasehold, i ...
, the tenure of property in
fee simple
In English law, a fee simple or fee simple absolute is an estate in land, a form of freehold ownership. A "fee" is a vested, inheritable, present possessory interest in land. A "fee simple" is real property held without limit of time (i.e., ...
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Customary freehold
Customary freehold is in English law a species of tenure which may be described as a variety of copyhold. It is also termed privileged copyhold or copyhold of frank tenure. It is a tenure by copy of manorial roll, but not expressed to be at the ...
, a form of feudal tenure of land in England
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Parson's freehold The parson's freehold refers to a system within the Church of England in which the rector or vicar of a parish holds title to benefice property, such as the church, churchyard or parsonage, the ownership passing to his successor. This system is to b ...
, where a Church of England rector or vicar of holds title to benefice property
Places
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Freehold, Greater Manchester
Freehold is an urban area of Werneth in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. It occupies an area in the west of Werneth along the Oldham township boundary with Chadderton. It is contiguous on all sides with other urban areas, including parts o ...
, an area of Oldham, in North West England
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Freehold Metrolink station
Freehold is a tram stop on the Oldham and Rochdale Line (ORL) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. It opened to passengers on 13 June 2012 as part of Phase 3a of the system's expansion, and is located on Block Lane in Chadderto ...
, a light rail stop in Greater Manchester, England
*Freehold, a Victorian terraced area in the north east of
Lancaster, Lancashire
Lancaster (, ) is a city and the county town of Lancashire, England, standing on the River Lune. Its population of 52,234 compares with one of 138,375 in the wider City of Lancaster local government district. The House of Lancaster was a branch ...
, England
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, United States
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Freehold Township, New Jersey
Freehold Township is a township in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is both a regional commercial hub for Central New Jersey (home to the Freehold Raceway and Freehold Raceway Mall) and a bedroom community of Ne ...
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Freehold, New York
Freehold is a hamlet in the town of Greenville in Greene County, New York, United States. It has the ZIP Code 12431, and its own fire district.
The hamlet is centered on the junction of New York State Route 32 and Greene County Route 67. T ...
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Freehold Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania
Freehold Township is a township in Warren County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,217 at the 2020 census, down from 1,510 at the 2010 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total ar ...
, United States
In fiction
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Farnham's Freehold
''Farnham's Freehold'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein. A serialised version, edited by Frederik Pohl, appeared in '' Worlds of If'' magazine (July, August, October 1964). The complete version was published in n ...
'', 1965 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein
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''Freehold'' (novel), 2004 science fiction novel by Michael Z. Williamson
Other
*, a United States Navy minesweeper and tug in commission from 1917 to 1919
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Freehold Stakes, an American Thoroughbred horse race
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Freehold, Iowa
The Landover Baptist Church is the website of a parody fundamentalist Baptist church. The church lampoons fundamentalist, Independent Baptist churches and Biblical literalism, and originated as a satire of Liberty University.
Origin
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, fictional town
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