Great Harwood Land Tax 1800

Reproduced with permission of the Lancashire Record Office.Reference: QDL/1800/B/37

Transcribed by B.Youds

‘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

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