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, Hearth / Window Tax, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records |
Title: | BENDING Family History |
Link: | http://www.jbending.org.uk/ |
Description: | BENDING Family History |
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: | Hearth / Window Tax, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc. |
Title: | BUZZA Family History One Name Study |
Link: | http://buzzafamilyhistory.co.uk/index.html |
Extra Info: | Mainly from Cornwall. Includes BOZZOE, BOSSOWE, BUSSOWE, BUSSOW, BASSOW, BOSOW. |
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: | Hearth / Window Tax, Bastardy / Illegitimacy Records, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | Cornwall Online Parish Clerk |
Link: | https://www.opc-cornwall.org/ |
Description: | Cornwall Online Parish Clerk |
Extra Info: | For apprentice indentures click search then scroll down to additional searches. |
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: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records |
Title: | FE(A)THERSTON((E)HAUGH) One Name Study |
Link: | https://featherstone.one-name.net/ |
Description: | FE(A)THERSTON((E)HAUGH) One Name Study |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Newspapers, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | GUMBLETON One Name Study and Family History |
Link: | http://martleweb.co.uk/gumbleton/ |
Description: | GUMBLETON One Name Study and Family History |
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: | Hearth / Window Tax, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Parish of St Stithians, Cornwall |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~stithiansopc/geneal... |
Description: | Parish of St Stithians, Cornwall |
Extra Info: | Includes images of signatures of people associated with the parish, from as far back as 1714/5. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Newspapers, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Tithe Records, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Religious Lists / Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Poor Rate, Other Records |
Title: | Parish of St. Austell, Cornwall |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~staustell/genealogy... |
Description: | Parish of St. Austell, Cornwall |
Extra Info: | Includes information about the china clay and tin industry. Click on genealogy for a list of the information available. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Religious Lists / Records, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Parish Registers of St. Erth, Cornwall |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~sterth/genealogy/ |
Description: | Parish Registers of St. Erth, Cornwall |
Extra Info: | Site includes a list of the clergy from the 1200's, protestation returns from 1641 and more. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Journals / Diaries |
Title: | Selected Genealogical Records |
Link: | http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mwi/filessection/ |
Description: | Selected Genealogical Records |
Extra Info: | A selection of transcriptions including extacts from Army lists, bankrupts, a list of people in Cornwall in past times, a list of coastguards in 1851, Hammermen and more. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Tithe Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | Sennen Online Parish Clerk |
Link: | https://sennencornwall.tripod.com/contents.htm |
Description: | Sennen Online Parish Clerk |
Extra Info: | The site aims to provide information, from an historical viewpoint, on Sennen, Cornwall, the most westerly parish in the United Kingdom. |
Classification: | Hearth / Window Tax, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | St Keverne Local History Site |
Link: | http://www.st-keverne.com/History/ |
Description: | St Keverne Local History Site |
Extra Info: | Includes information on shipwrecks, lifeboats and crew and even some photographs of the people rescued. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Other Taxes - such as Horse Tax, Tithe Records, Register & Rent Rolls, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | STERRY One Name Study |
Link: | https://www.sterryworldwide.com/ |
Description: | STERRY One Name Study |
Extra Info: | Includes STERRY apprentices, London guilds, manorial records, newspaper extracts and more |
Classification: | Hearth / Window Tax, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Religious Lists / Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc. |
Title: | Tywardreath - A Cornish Village |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20170313053123/http://... |
Description: | Tywardreath - A Cornish Village |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site. Most information is still available to view. Click on history for trade directory and taxes. |
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