Land Tax
A Land Tax was imposed from 1692 to 1831, and was made perpetual in 1797. Between 1780 and 1831 returns were sent to the Clerk of the Peace for the Quarter Sessions. They consist of lists of houses and their owners and occupiers, and the tax paid. Returns were made every spring. The usual rate was 4 shillings in the pound.
Richardson, J – The Local Historian’s Encyclopedia
Great Harwood Land Tax 1782
Lancashire Archives: Reference: QDL/1782/B/37
| Higher Township | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proprietors | Occupiers | Sum Assessed | |||
| Squire Hesketh | William Turner | for Leashes | £13 | 2s 8d | |
| Thomas Hindle | Harwood | Thomas Hindle | 11s 1d | ||
| Thomas Hindle | Ambrose Peacop | 1s 11d | |||
| Thomas Thompson | Thomas Thompson | 1s 11d | |||
| Christopher Hindle | David Hays | 2s 3d | |||
| William Mercer | Lowerfold | William Mercer | 5s 7d | ||
| Thomas Hindle | Jas. Boardwell | 6s 8d | |||
| Thomas Hindle | Barlows | Thomas Smith | 4s 6d | ||
| Lawrence Hindle | Thomas Smith | 4s 2d | |||
| Robert Cross | Robert Cross | 2s 7d | |||
| Squire Hesketh | Mrs. Elleray | 8d | |||
| Thomas Morehouse | Jon. Haworth | 8d | |||
| Widow Crithley | Henry Whittaker | 3s | |||
| Geo. Fowler | Geo. Fowler | 4s 6d | |||
| William Hindle | Hindle Fold | John Hindle | 13s | ||
| Christopher Hindle | Thomas Mercer | 4s 2½d | |||
| Christopher Hindle | Thomas Mercer | Lands | 6s 6d | ||
| Edward Pickles | Thomas Chatburn | 2s 4½d | |||
| William Peacop | William Peacop | 5s 4½d | |||
| Thomas Mercer | Tanner | Thomas Mercer [1] | 8s | ||
| Thomas Mercer | Tanner | Jon. Calvert | 4s 6d | ||
| Thomas Taylor | Thomas Taylor | 8s 1½d | |||
| Thomas Cunliff | Thomas Cunliff | 4s 8½d | |||
| James Hoyle | James Hoyle [2] | 7s 11d | |||
| John Wiggan | Thomas Peacop | 7s 10d | |||
| James Procter | James Procter | 1s 2d | |||
| Jon. Mercer | Squires | John Mercer | 8s 4d | ||
| Thomas Mercer | Hag sike | Thomas Mercer [3] | 8s 11d | ||
| Jon. Sudele | Robert Bradel | ||||
| Do. | Jacksons | 9s 4d | 11s 7d | ||
| 2s 3d | |||||
| Richard Sudel | James Holker | ?? | |||
| James Dewhurst | James Dewhurst | ||||
| Do. | Smithey Coats | 2s 4d | 3s 7d | ||
| (Cornber or Comben?) | 1s 3d | ||||
| Thomas Fielden | Thomas Fielden | 4s 4½d | |||
| Jon. Fielden | Jon. Fielden | 4s 4½d | |||
| Jon. Smalley | Jon. Smalley | Fearley Hey | 4s 5d | ||
| Jon. Noblet | Henry Walsh | 3s 11½d | |||
| James Procter | Senior | James Procter | Senior | 2s 5½d | |
| Thomas Smalley | William Ellison | 4s | |||
| Jon. Smalley | John Smalley | Thorn | 3s 8d | ||
| Christopher Hindle | John Lund | Whittles | 7s 7d | ||
| Jon. Taylor | Richard Taylor [4] | 8s 8d | |||
| Francis Edleston | Francis Edleston | 10d | |||
| Richard Edleston | Richard Edleston | 2s 2d | |||
| James Horrobin | Henry Aspden | 10d | |||
| Andrew Sharples | Andrew Sharples | 1s 1½d | |||
| Jon. Leigh | Lawrence Sharples | 8s 8d | |||
| Nathaniel Edleston | Nathaniel Edleston | 2s 6½d | |||
| Jon. Livesey | Jon. Livesey | 1s 6d | |||
| Jon. Smalley | Thomas Clayton | 3s 4d | |||
| Franc Clayton | Franc Clayton | 2s 9½d | |||
| William Aspden | William Aspden | 1s 9d | |||
| Nathaniel Haydock | Nathaniel Haydock | 2s | |||
| Mrs. Sale | Jeffery Brogden | 8s 8d | |||
| James Bertwistle | James Bertwistle | 2s | |||
| Mrs. Sale | James Haworth | 5s | |||
| Jon. Mercer | Banks | 10d | |||
| William Turner | Tythe | 8s 10d | |||
| Docter Chew | Docter Chew | 1s 6d | |||
| Jon. Walmsley | Robert Mercer | Cock | 10d | ||
William Townson Officer of Exise 2/3 of his sallary £4
Totall £18 18s 7d
Assessors William Mercer Edmund Dugdale Jno. Hindle
Collectors William Mercer Edmund Dugdale
Lower Township
| Jno. Smalley | William Bentley | 13s | 4d | |||
| Robert Isherwood | Thomas Hindle | 6s | 7d | |||
| Mr. Lomax | James Fielding | 5s | 10½d | |||
| Esq. Lomax | Jno. Birtwistle | 5s | 2½d | |||
| Christopher Hindle | Nathaniel Aspden | 9d | ||||
| Robert Isherwood | Jno. Dugdale | 5s | 7½d | |||
| Mr. Richard Cottam | Jno. Smith | 7s | 9½d | |||
| Mr. Greenwood | William Mercer | 3s | 7d | |||
| Robert Isherwood | Lawrence Walmsley | 4s | 3½d | |||
| Mr. Richard Cottam | Jno. Fouldes | 5s | 2½d | |||
| Jno. Smalley | James West | 9s | ½d | |||
| Jno. Aldroyd | Thomas Dean | 5s | 8d | |||
| Doctor Hall | Widow Hindle | 2s | 10½d | |||
| Whalley School prop. | Abram Shaw | 1s | 10½d | |||
| Jno. Smalley | Henry Aspden | 2s | ||||
| Esq. Lomax | Lawrence Walmsley | 5s | 8d | |||
| Mr. Richard Cottom | James Walmsley | 5s | 8d | |||
| Edward Mercer | Robert Walmsley | 3s | 9½d | |||
| Roger Fielding | Jno. Cronshaw | 3s | 9½d | |||
| Esq. Lomax | William Birtwistle | 3s | 3d | |||
| Esq. Lomax | Robert Birtwistle | 5s | 2½d | |||
| William Bridges (?) | Jno. Holgate | 1s | 1½d | |||
| Mr. Richard Cottam | Jno. Heys | 2s | 10d | |||
| Esq. Lomax | Robert Mercer | 1s | 2d | |||
| John Hoyle | Jonathan Calvert | 3s | 7d | |||
| Whalley School prop. | James Kenyon | 3s | 7d | |||
| James Smith | Charles Haworth | 7d | ||||
| Robert Calvert | Robert Swain Jnr. | 1s | 8d | |||
| Thomas Calvert | Jno. Calvert | 1s | 9½d | |||
| Jno. Mercer | Jno. Mercer | 1s | 1½d | |||
| Henry Haworth | Jno. Haworth | 9½d | ||||
| Jno. Smalley | Jno. Hargreaves | 9½d | ||||
| Jno. Livesey | James Hindle | 2s | 5½d | |||
| Stephen Bannister | Stephen Bannister | 1s | 2d | |||
| Robert Haughton | James Haughton | 8s | 4d | |||
| Jno. Smalley | Jno. Brooks | 1s | ||||
| William Peacop | William Peacop | 4d | ||||
| Jno. Smalley | Robert Hindle | 1s | ||||
| Thomas Mercer | James Hindle | 1s | 8d | |||
| Esq. Lomax | Robert Baron | 6½d | ||||
| Robert Swain | Robert Swain Senior | 1s | 2d | |||
| Edward Pickles | Edward Pickles | 2s | 9½d | |||
| William Turner | Tythe | 4s | 5½d | |||
| Esq. Lomax | Dr. Hayhurst | 6½d |
Mr. Townson excise officer 1/2 sallery £2
Total £9 9s 3d
Assessors William Mercer Edmund Dugdale
Collectors William Mercer Edmund Dugdale
Great Harwood Land Tax 1800
Lancashire Archives: Reference: QDL/1800/B/37
Higher Township
| Proprietors | Occupiers | Sum Assessed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unredeemed | ||||
| Sir Thomas Dal. Hesketh | Thomas Wolstenholme | 2s | 8½d | |
| “ “ | Mathew Standen | 11d | ||
| “ “ | Mathias Aspden | 4s | ||
| “ “ | Henry Bradshaw | 4s | 11d | |
| “ “ | Jeffrey Brogden | 13s | ½d | |
| “ “ | John Sudell | 17s | 6½d | |
| “ “ | James Baron | 7d | ||
| “ “ | James Birtwistle | 2s | 8d | |
| “ “ | James Ratcliffe | 9s | 3d | |
| “ “ | James Birtwistle | 9d | ||
| “ “ | John Calvert | 6s | 9d | |
| “ “ | John Clayton | 1s | 4½d | |
| “ “ | Thomas Clayton | 1s | 6½d | |
| “ “ | Thomas Cunliffe | 7s | 1d | |
| “ “ | Thomas Aspden | 2s | 1½d | |
| “ “ | Lawrence Greenwood | 3s | 1d | |
| “ “ | Frances Edleston | 1s | 2d | |
| “ “ | John Edleston | 2s | 1d | |
| “ “ | Geo. Fowler | 6s | 9d | |
| “ “ | John Fielden | 6s | 7½d | |
| “ “ | Thomas Fielden | 6s | 7½d | |
| “ “ | John Hindle | 3½d | ||
| “ “ | Thomas Aspden | 3s | 1½d | |
| “ “ | Nathaniel Haydock | 7s | 7½d | |
| “ “ | James Hoyle | 12s | ||
| “ “ | Robert Mercer | 4s | ||
| “ “ | Christopher Hindle | 8s | 11½d | |
| “ “ | Geo. Pollard | 4s | 7½d | |
| “ “ | William Haworth | 7s | 1d | |
| “ “ | William Mercer L.f. | 7s | 6½d | |
| “ “ | Henry Mercer | 4s | 11d | |
| “ “ | Alex. Mercer | 12s | 2d | |
| “ “ | John Mercer | 12s | 7½d | |
| “ “ | William Mercer B | 5s | 10d | |
| “ “ | Robert Mercer | 1s | 2½d | |
| “ “ | Lawrence Tattersall | 5s | 6½d | |
| “ “ | Sarah Monkhouse | 13s | 3d | |
| “ “ | James Kenyon | 6s | 2d | |
| “ “ | William Peacop | 9s | 3d | |
| “ “ | Thomas Peacop | 11s | 8½d | |
| “ “ | James Procter | 3s | 6½d | |
| “ “ | Richard Procter | 2s | 7d | |
| “ “ | William Mercer Esq. | 12s | 4d | |
| “ “ | Thomas Hindle | 2s | 8½d | |
| “ “ | Thomas Hindle (Tan?) | 9s | 10d | |
| “ “ | John Sowrbutts | 2s | 8½d | |
| “ “ | Thomas Smith | 10s | 9d | |
| “ “ | John Haworth | 11d | ||
| “ “ | John Smalley | 5s | 6½d | |
| “ “ | Richard Mercer | 2s | 7d | |
| “ “ | Lawrence Slayter | 1s | 10½d | |
| “ “ | Grace Sharples | 5s | 10d | |
| “ “ | Joseph Singleton | 8s | 7d | |
| “ “ | James Clegg | 12s | 7½d | |
| “ “ | Thomas Taylor | 12s | 4d | |
| “ “ | (Mr. or Wm.) Vicors | 11d | ||
| “ “ | James Fielden | 1s | 2½d | |
| “ “ | Edmund Walmsley | 7s | 1d | |
| tythe | 15s | |||
| officer of excise | £4 | 15s | ||
| Ashton Cursen | Thomas Aspden | 4s | 3½d | |
| “ “ | Geo. Mercer | 11s | 1d |
Lower Township
| Proprietors | Occupiers | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redeemed | ||||
| R.G. Lomax | Mrs. Bentley | 3s | ||
| “ “ | Nicholas Bentley | 2s | 10d | |
| “ “ | Thomas Bentley | 2s | 6½d | |
| “ “ | John Clegg | 4s | ¾d | |
| “ “ | Robert Bertwistle | 3s | 3d | |
| “ “ | William Bertwistle | 1s | 10½d | |
| “ “ | William Aspinall | 3s | 3d | |
| “ “ | James Hickson | 3s | 9½d | |
| “ “ | Robert Mercer | 6½d | ||
| “ “ | Edward Hodgson | 6d | ||
| Mr. Tayler | James Baron | 6d | ||
| Thomas Hindle | 3s | 9½d | ||
| Lawrence Walmsley | 2s | 8d | ||
| Edmund Dugdale | 3s | 3d | ||
| Christopher Hindle | Christopher Hindle | 6½d | ||
| Henry Aspden | 1s | 3¾d | ||
| Mr. Wilkinson | Geo. Pollard | 5s | 1½d | |
| John Aldred | John Bertwistle | 4s | ½d | |
| Mr. Hall | Robert Hindle | 1s | 6½d | |
| Edward Mercer | James Walmsley | 2s | 5d | |
| James Procter | John Cronshaw | 2s | 5d | |
| William Bricksett (?) | John Hindle | 1s | 4d | |
| John Hoyle | Lawrence Rushton | 1s | 10½d | |
| Mr. (Mrs.?) Smith | Charles Haworth | 3d | ||
| John Leigh | John Hargreaves | 7½d | ||
| Widow Ellison | John Smalley | 7d | ||
| Jas. Smalley | Jas. Smalley | 8d | ||
| Jas. Houghton | Jas. Houghton | 4s | 7d | |
| Lango School | Henry Aspden | 8d | ||
| John Smalley | James Bertwistle | 3d | ||
| Robert Swain | Robert Swain | 6d | ||
| Edward Pickles | Edward Pickles | 1s | 5d | |
| B. Wilcock | B. Wilcock | 2s | 2d | |
| Mr. Cottam | John Smith | 4s | 2d | |
| “ “ | Morrit Royston | 3s | 1d | |
| “ “ | Henry Wolstenholme | 4s | 4d | |
| “ “ | Jeffrey Taylor | 1s | 4d | |
| “ “ | Robert Swain | 2d | ||
| “ “ | Jono. Calvert | 11½d | ||
| “ “ | Abram Shaw | 1s | 2¾d | |
| “ “ | Mary Kenyon | 2s | ½d | |
| John Mercer | Robert Mercer | 8¾d |
Assessors: James Baron Robert Swain
Collectors: James Baron Jas. Houghton