Collection GB 0074 ACC/0114 - HEARTH TAX

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 ACC/0114

Title

HEARTH TAX

Date(s)

  • 1670 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.01 linear metres

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Name of creator

Biographical history

A hearth is part of a fireplace or oven. A tax on hearths was introduced in May 1662, requiring payment of 2 shillings per hearth in a domestic household. The tax was abolished in 1689.

Archival history

GB 0074 ACC/0114 1670 Collection 0.01 linear metres Unknown.

A hearth is part of a fireplace or oven. A tax on hearths was introduced in May 1662, requiring payment of 2 shillings per hearth in a domestic household. The tax was abolished in 1689.

Records deposited in February 1939.

Notes on reviewing hearth tax assessments and bringing them up to date for a speedy return to the Clerk of Peace and subsequent transmission to Exchequer. A review of Hendon and Harrow on the Hill assessments are provided as examples.

One document.

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

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. Europe UK Western Europe England London Finance Fiscal policy Taxation Hearth tax Hendon Middlesex Harrow Barnet Hertfordshire

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Records deposited in February 1939.

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Scope and content

Notes on reviewing hearth tax assessments and bringing them up to date for a speedy return to the Clerk of Peace and subsequent transmission to Exchequer. A review of Hendon and Harrow on the Hill assessments are provided as examples.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

One document.

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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

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English

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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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  • English

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