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