Land Tax
was assessed by the name of each proprietor of land, and gives names
of occupiers and the amount of tax liable. It was imposed
in England in 1693 and abolished in 1963. It established the
qualification of landowners to vote, in the days before universal
franchise, and the proceeds were often used by the government of the
day to fund conflicts e.g. the Napoleonic War against France. CHRG
has transcribed the Land Tax Assessment for the Parish for 1832.
Poor Rates were a local tax levied on owners and
occupiers of land, for the support of paupers chargeable to the Parish.
Names, lands and sums payable were entered in a ledger by the Clerk of the Parish; CHRG
has transcribed one such book, dated 1852, and available to
view at the link below.
