The Hearth Tax was levied between 1662 and 1689 on each householder according to the number of hearths in the dwelling. The tax was introduced in England and Wales by the government of Charles II. Window Tax was a tax on windows or similar openings, levied from 1696 until it was abolished in 1851.
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Tithe Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | British History Online |
Link: | https://www.british-history.ac.uk/ |
Description: | British History Online |
Extra Info: | A variety of records and documents relating to the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Religious Lists / Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Poor Rate |
Title: | CLUETT / CLEWETT Records and One Name Study |
Link: | http://www.cluett.org.uk/ |
Description: | CLUETT / CLEWETT Records and One Name Study |
Extra Info: | Part way down the home page is the Search link. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Other Records |
Title: | Cumbria Genealogy Search |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20140216110425/http://... |
Description: | Selected Transcriptions |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of site that is no longer active. Most information is available to view. Click at the dot at the start of each description for transcription. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Tithe Records, Valuation Books, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | DALTON Data Bank and One Name Study |
Link: | http://www.daltondatabank.org/ |
Description: | DALTON Data Bank and One Name Study |
Classification: | Hearth / Window Tax, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Other Records |
Title: | Eden Valley Genealogy |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20190828175450/http://... |
Description: | Eden Valley Genealogy and Transcriptions |
Extra Info: | This is an archived copy of a site that is no longer being updated. Most information is still availbale, although it may be slow to load. |
Classification: | Hearth / Window Tax |
Title: | Hearth Tax Digital |
Link: | https://gams.uni-graz.at/context:htx |
Description: | British Academy Hearth Tax Project & Centre for Hearth Tax Research |
Classification: | Hearth / Window Tax |
Title: | Hearth Tax Online - Householders in late 17th century England |
Link: | https://hearthtax.wordpress.com/ |
Description: | Hearth Tax Online - Householders in late 17th century England |
Extra Info: | Hearth Tax Online is a web site dedicated to providing data and analysis of the records of the hearth tax introduced in England and Wales in 1662. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Religious Lists / Records, Information, Other Records |
Title: | Open Library |
Link: | http://openlibrary.org/ |
Description: | Open Library - Scanned Books Online |
Extra Info: | Use the search facility and select e-books only. Some English trade directories, journals, historic accounts of counties and more. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Hearth / Window Tax, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy |
Title: | Parish Registers of Kirkby Stephen and More |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~enzedders/misc/ |
Description: | Kirkby Stephen Parish Register Transcriptions and More |
Extra Info: | A one place study of Kirkby Stephen a site for family historians. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Hearth / Window Tax |
Title: | Patterdale Today |
Link: | https://www.patterdaletoday.co.uk/ |
Description: | Patterdale Today |
Extra Info: | Follow the Local History link |
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