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Hearth Tax
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Thelma | Report | 5 Dec 2008 09:50 |
Thank you Heather, |
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Heather | Report | 5 Dec 2008 09:25 |
The hearth tax was on the same lines as the window tax. It was a way of discerning how big your property was and therefore how much you whould pay in taxes. Hence the reason you see so many very old houses with windows bricked up :) |
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Thelma | Report | 4 Dec 2008 23:25 |
Thank you for the information. Very helpful and much appreciated. |
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Ozibird | Report | 4 Dec 2008 23:16 |
From Wikipedia |
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Thelma | Report | 4 Dec 2008 23:07 |
Please could someone explain what the Hearth Tax was and how it could be useful in researching? Many thanks Thelma |