Land Tax Handlist Version 1

Tax Records On Microfilm At The Hive Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service 2012 1 Contents Land Tax Records………………..1 Hearth Tax Records……………..34 Poll Tax Records………………...98 2 Land Tax Returns 1781-1832 On Microfilm 3 Contents Introduction to Land Tax Returns 5 How to use this handlist 6 Section 1: By date 7-14 Section 2: By hundred 15-31 Blakenhurst 16 - 17 Doddingtree 18 - 19 Lower Halfshire 20 - 21 Upper Halfshire 22 - 23 Middle and Lower Oswaldslow 24 - 25 East Oswaldslow 26 - 27 Lower Pershore 28 - 29 Upper Pershore 30 - 31 4 Introduction to Land Tax Returns Land Tax Assessment was established in 1692 and was levied on land with an annual value of more than 20 shillings. It was first collected in 1693 and continued to be collected until 1963. Before 1780 Land Tax Assessments are rare but from then until 1832 duplicates of the Land Assessments had to be lodged with the Clerk of the Peace and are to be found in County Quarter Sessions records. In 1798 the tax was fixed at 4 shillings in the pound and this was made as a permanent charge on the land. The landowners were given the choice of paying 15 years of tax in a lump sum and by 1815 one third of landowners had taken this option. Worcestershire Land Tax Returns can give: Rental value of the owner’s property. Names of owners and copyholders. Names of occupiers. Names or description of property or estate. The amounts of tax levied. Those owners exonerated from paying the tax annually. Land tax Returns classified at 260.2091 BA 4609 have not been microfilmed. These are Land Tax Assessments and related papers of the Middle and Lower Divisions of Oswaldslow/Worcester Division dated 1798 – 1946. 5 How to use this Handlist 1. Find out which Hundred the parish you are looking for is in. This can be found in the green Worcestershire County Land Tax Assessment Volumes found in the Self-Service Area. All parishes and their hundreds are listed, together with dates of the surviving documents. 2. Check the years you require are available using the same volumes as in (1) above. There is no complete coverage of Land Tax Assessments and there are quite a few gaps. Note down any reference number written against each of the years in which you are interested. If there is no reference number we do not have a return for that year. 3. Once you have located the years and Hundred you require, locate the film number(s) you need using section 1 of this handlist. For example - if you require land tax assessments for Belbroughton for the year 1792 you will find in the Land Tax Placenames Index that Belbroughton is in the Hundred of Lower Halfshire. For the year 1792 the ref 152 BA 823/6 is given. If you check section 2 of this handlist you will find that 1792 ref 152 BA 826/6 Lower Halfshire Hundred is on film no. 5. 4. The second section of the handlist contains the information given in section 1, arranged by hundred. 6 Section 1 By Date 7 Dates Original ref no Hundreds Film no. 1781-83 152 BA 823/1 Blackenhurst 1 Doddingtree 1 Lower Halfshire 1 Upper Halfshire 1 Middle & Lower Oswaldslow 1 East Oswaldslow 1 Lower Pershore 1 Upper Pershore 1 1787 152 BA 823/2 Blackenhurst 1 Doddingtree 1 Lower Halfshire 1 Upper Halfshire 2 Middle & Lower Oswaldslow 2 East Oswaldslow 2 Lower Pershore 2 Upper Pershore 2 1788 152 BA 823/3 Blackenhurst 2 Doddingtree 2 Upper Halfshire 2 Lower Halfshire 2 Middle & Lower Oswaldslow 3 East Oswaldslow 3 Lower Pershore 3 Upper Pershore 3 1789 152 BA 823/4 Blackenhurst 3 Doddingtree 3 Lower Halfshire 3 Upper Halfshire 4 Middle & Lower Oswaldslow 4 East Oswaldslow 4 Lower Pershore 4 Upper Pershore 4 1790-91 152 BA 823/5 Blackenhurst 4 Upper Halfshire 5 Middle & Lower Oswaldslow 5 East Oswaldslow 5 Lower Pershore 5 Upper Pershore 5 1792 152 BA 823/6 Blackenhurst 5 Doddingtree 5 Lower Halfshire 5 Upper Halfshire 5 Middle & Lower Oswaldslow 5 East Oswaldslow 6 Lower Pershore 6 Upper Pershore 6 8 Dates Original ref no Hundreds Film no. 1793-94 152 BA 823/7 Blackenhurst 6 Lower Halfshire 6 Upper Halfshire 6 Middle & Lower Oswaldslow 6 East Oswaldslow 6 Lower Pershore 6 Upper Pershore 7 1794-95 152 BA 1636/1 Blackenhurst 24 Lower Halfshire 25 Upper Halfshire 25 Middle & Lower Oswaldslow 25 East Oswaldslow 25 Lower Pershore 25 Upper Pershore 25 1795-96 152 BA 1636/2 Blackenhurst 25 Lower Halfshire 26 Middle & Lower Oswaldslow 26 East Oswaldslow 26 Lower Pershore 26 Upper Pershore 26 1797-98 152 BA 1636/3 Blackenhurst 26 Doddingtree 26 Lower Halfshire 27 Middle & Lower Oswaldslow 27 Lower Pershore 27 Upper Pershore 27 1799 152 BA 1636/4(i) Doddingtree 27 Middle & Lower Oswaldslow 27 Upper Pershore 27 1800-02 152 BA 823/8 Blackenhurst 7 Upper Halfshire 7 Middle & Lower Oswaldslow 7 Upper Pershore 7 East Oswaldslow 8 1802-03 152 BA 823/9 Blackenhurst 8 Doddingtree 8 Lower Halfshire 8 Upper Pershore 8 Middle & Lower Oswaldslow 8 East Oswaldslow 8 Upper Halfshire 8 9 Dates Original ref no Hundreds Film no. 1804-05 152 BA 823/10 Upper Halfshire 9 Lower Halfshire 9 Upper Pershore 9 Lower Pershore 9 Middle & Lower Oswaldslow 9 Doddingtree 9 East Oswaldslow 9 1806 152 BA 823/11 Blackenhurst 10 Doddingtree 10 Lower Halfshire 10 Upper Halfshire 10 Middle & Lower Oswaldslow 10 East Oswaldslow 10 Lower Pershore 10 Upper Pershore 10 1807-08 152 BA 823/12 Blackenhurst 11 Doddingtree 11 Upper Halfshire 11 Lower Halfshire 11 1808-09 152 BA 823/13 Blackenhurst 11 Doddingtree 11 Lower Halfshire 11 Upper Halfshire 12 Middle & Lower Oswaldslow 12 Lower Pershore 12 1809-10 152 BA 823/14 Blackenhurst 12 Doddingtree 12 Lower Halfshire 12 Upper Halfshire 13 Middle & Lower Oswaldslow 13 Upper Pershore 13 Lower Pershore 13 1810-11 152 BA 823/15 Blackenhurst 13 Doddingtree 13 Lower Halfshire 13 Upper Halfshire 13 East Oswaldslow 13 Middle & Lower Oswaldslow 14 Upper Pershore 14 10 Dates Original ref no Hundreds Film no. 1811-13 152 BA 823/16 Blackenhurst 14 Doddingtree 14 Lower Halfshire 14 Upper Halfshire 14 East Oswaldslow 15 Middle & Lower Oswaldslow 15 Upper Pershore 15 1813-14 152 BA 823/17 Doddingtree 15 Lower Halfshire 15 Upper Halfshire 15 Middle & Lower Oswaldslow 15 Upper Pershore 15 1815-16 152 BA 823/18 Doddingtree 16 Lower Halfshire 16 Upper Halfshire 16 East Oswaldslow 16 Middle & Lower Oswaldslow 16 Upper Pershore 16 1816-17 152 BA 1636/4(i) Doddingtree 28 1816-17 152 BA 1636/4(ii) Lower Halfshire 28 Upper Halfshire 28 East Oswaldslow 28 Middle & Lower Oswaldslow 28 Lower Pershore 28 Upper Pershore 28 1817-18 152 BA 1636/5 Doddingtree 29 Lower Halfshire 29 Upper Halfshire 29 East Oswaldslow 29 Middle & Lower Oswaldslow 29 Lower Pershore 29 Upper Pershore 29 1817-20 152 BA 823/19 Blackenhurst 16 Lower Halfshire 16 Upper Halfshire 17 Lower Halfshire 17 East Oswaldslow 17 Middle & Lower Oswaldslow 17 Lower Pershore 17 Upper Pershore 17 11 Dates Original ref no Hundreds Film no. 1818 152 BA 1636/6 Blackenhurst 30 Doddingtree 30 Upper Halfshire 30 East Oswaldslow 30 Middle & Lower Oswaldslow 30 Lower Pershore 30 Upper Pershore 30 1819 152 BA 1636/7 Blackenhurst 30 Doddingtree 30 Upper Halfshire 31 East Oswaldslow 31 Middle & Lower Oswaldslow 31 Lower Pershore 31 Upper Pershore 31 1821-22 152 BA 823/20(i) Doddingtree 17 Lower Halfshire 18 East Oswaldslow 18 1821-22 152 BA 823/20(ii) Lower & Middle Oswaldslow Lower 18 Pershore 19 1823-24 152 BA 823/21 Doddingtree 19 Lower Halfshire 19 Upper Halfshire 19 East Oswaldslow 19 Middle & Lower Oswaldslow 19 Lower Pershore 20 1824 152 BA 823/22 Doddingtree 20 Lower Halfshire 20 Upper Halfshire 20 East Oswaldslow 20 Middle & Lower Oswaldslow 20 Lower Pershore 20 1825 152 BA 823/23 Doddingtree 21 Upper Halfshire 21 East Oswaldslow 21 Middle & Lower Oswaldslow 21 Lower Pershore 21 Upper Pershore 21 1826 152 BA 823/32(i) Lower Halfshire 32 12 Dates Original ref no Hundreds Film no. 1826-27 152 BA 823/24 Blackenhurst 21 Doddingtree 21 Middle & Lower Oswaldslow 22 1826-27 152 BA 823/25 Lower Pershore 22 Upper Pershore 22 1827 152 BA 823/32(ii) Lower Halfshire 32 1827-28 152 BA 823/32(iii) Lower Pershore 32 1827-28 152 BA 823/26 Blackenhurst 22 Doddingtree 22 Upper Halfshire 22 1827-28 152 BA 823/27 East Oswaldslow 22 Middle & Lower Oswaldslow 22 Upper Pershore 23 1828-29 152 BA 823/28 Blackenhurst 23 Doddingtree 23 1828-29 152 BA 823/29 Lower Halfshire 23 Upper Halfshire 23 1828 152 BA 823/30 Middle & Lower Oswaldslow A-L 23 Middle & Lower Oswaldslow M-Z 24 Upper Pershore 24 1829-33 152 BA 823/31 Doddingtree 24 + undated Lower Halfshire 24 Upper Halfshire 24 East Oswaldslow 24 Middle & Lower Oswaldslow 24 Lower Pershore 24 Upper Pershore 24 1829 152 BA 823/33(i) Blackenhurst 32 1829 152 BA 823/33(ii) Doddingtree 32 1829 152 BA 823/33(iii) Middle & Lower Oswaldslow 32 1829 152 BA 823/33(iv) Upper Pershore 32 1829 152 BA 823/33(v) Lower Pershore 32 1829 152 BA 823/33(vi) Upper Halfshire 33 13 Dates Original ref no Hundreds Film no. 1829 152 BA 823/33(vii) Lower Halfshire 33 1830 152 BA 823/34(i) Blackenhurst (part 1) 33 1830 152 BA 823/34(ii) Blackenhurst (Part 2) 33 1830 152 BA 823/34(iii) Doddingtree 33 1830 152 BA 823/34(iv) East Oswaldslow 33 1830 152 BA 823/34(v) Middle & Lower Oswaldslow 33 1830 152 BA 823/34(vi) Upper Pershore 33 1830 152 BA 823/34(vii) Lower Pershore 33 1830 152 BA 823/34(viii) Upper Halfshire 33 1830 152 BA 823/34(ix) Lower Halfshire 34 1831 152 BA 823/35(i) Blackenhurst 34 1831 152 BA 823/35(ii) Doddingtree 34 1831 152 BA 823/35(iii) East Oswaldslow 34 1831 152 BA 823/35(iv) Middle & Lower Oswaldslow 34 1831 152 BA 823/35(v) Upper Pershore 34 1831 152 BA 823/35(vi) Lower Pershore 34 1831 152 BA 823/35(vii) Lower Halfshire

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