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London Metropolitan Archives

HEARTH TAX


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/0114

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: HEARTH TAX

Date(s): 1670

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.01 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Unknown.

CONTEXT

Administrative/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.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

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.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

One document.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.

Physical characteristics:

Fit

Finding aids:

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

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Records deposited in February 1939.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES Rules or conventions: 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.

Date(s) of descriptions: June to August 2010.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Hearth tax | Taxation | Fiscal policy | Finance

Personal names

Corporate names

Places
Harrow | Middlesex | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Hendon | Middlesex | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Barnet
London