 It also kept intact a system of chancel repair liability affecting the minority of parishes where the rectory had been lay-appropriated.The precise land affected in such places hinged on the content of documents such as the content of deeds of merger and apportionment maps.Rent charges in lieu of abolished English tithes paid by landowners were converted by a public outlay of money under the Tithe Act 1936 into annuities paid to the state through the Tithe Redemption Commission.