Collection GB 0074 ACC/0620 - COMMISSIONER OF STAMPS AND TAXES

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Reference code

GB 0074 ACC/0620

Title

COMMISSIONER OF STAMPS AND TAXES

Date(s)

  • 1843-1844 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.01 linear metres

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Biographical history

The licences were for one year, and were issued by the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes in accordance with 50 Geo. III. c.41: the Hawkers Act 1810.

Licences for hawkers and pedlars were first introduced in 1697. They were managed by the Board of Commissioners of Hawkers, Pedlars and Petty Chapmen. In 1810 this Board was replaced by the Board of Hackney Coach Commissioners, and then in 1832 the licencing work was taken over by the Board of Stamps and Taxes.

Archival history

GB 0074 ACC/0620 1843-1844 Collection 0.01 linear metres Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes

The licences were for one year, and were issued by the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes in accordance with 50 Geo. III. c.41: the Hawkers Act 1810.

Licences for hawkers and pedlars were first introduced in 1697. They were managed by the Board of Commissioners of Hawkers, Pedlars and Petty Chapmen. In 1810 this Board was replaced by the Board of Hackney Coach Commissioners, and then in 1832 the licencing work was taken over by the Board of Stamps and Taxes.

Records deposited in April 1957.

Licences issued by the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes to hawkers and street traders based in Uxbridge, Staines and Hillingdon.

Licences arranged in chronological order.

Available for general access.

Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.

English

Fit

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

For Records of the Boards of Stamps, Taxes, Excise, Stamps and Taxes, and Inland Revenue see The National Archives, reference IR.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

June to August 2010. England Uxbridge Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes Hawkers Law Licensing Information sources Documents Quarter Sessions records Middlesex Licences People People by occupation Personnel Travelling sales personnel Itinerant salesmen Pedlars UK Western Europe Europe Surrey Hillingdon (district) Hillingdon London Staines

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Records deposited in April 1957.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Licences issued by the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes to hawkers and street traders based in Uxbridge, Staines and Hillingdon.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Licences arranged in chronological order.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

For Records of the Boards of Stamps, Taxes, Excise, Stamps and Taxes, and Inland Revenue see The National Archives, reference IR.

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Language(s)

  • English

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