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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Land tax rolls - Midlothian (Edinburgh) county - Volume 7 - parishes (see 'More info' for parish details), E106/22/7

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Description of Property	Valuation Sub 2	Present Proprietors	Valuation
		Abstract of the preceding Rectified Valuation Roll 1814.
PAGES.	NO.	PARISHES	SCOTS MONEY.
29	1	North Leith	£1220.17.0
31	2	South Keith	£6413.2.11
33	3	Abbey of Holyroodhouse	£4365.0.0
34	4	Duddingston	£3687.11.8
35	5	Libberton	£13,685.6.8
38	6	West Kirk, or St Cuthbert's	£29,045.5.6
55	7	Hails, or Collington	£4514.10.0
58	8	Corstorphine	£5692.2.4 1/4
61	9	Cramond	£9591.10.11 3/4
63	10	Currie	£5363.2.8
65	11	Ratho	£6252.13.8
68	12	Kirkliston, south side Water of Amond	£3578.0.0
69	13	Kirknewton	£1053.0.0
70	14	Calderclear, or East Calder	£2707.3.4
72	15	Mid-Calder	£5157.10.0
74	16	West-Calder	£3153.10.4
77	17	Inveresk	£15,373.2.6
82	18	Dalkeith	£7548.12.2
87	19	Bewton	£4887.15.2
77	20	Newbottle	£7138.16.8
90	21	Lasswade	£7436.6.8
92	22	Woodhouselee, or Glencorse	£1579.8.0
94	23	Pennicuick	£3780.3.4
95	24	Cockpen	£3068.15.8
96	25	Carrington, or Primrose	£2830.0.0
97	26	Cranston	£6208.1.4
98	27	Crichton	£4123.17.8
99	28	Falla	£674.0.0
99	29	Borthwick	£5483.18.0
101	30	Temple	£4399.10.0
103	31	Herriot	£2803.10.0
104	32	Stow	£8239.13.4
		Total 1814	£191,055.17.7
		Total 1726	£191,053.17.2
		Difference, 40s. [shillings] 5d. [pennies] Scots.	£2.0.5
		CONCLUSION.
		In a work so involved in figures, tracing Cumulo Valuations from the earliest Roll down to the present time, through Divisions, Sub-divisions, want of descriptions of Lands, and change of Pro- prietors, errors must naturally have crept in; but these, so far as could be discovered, have been corrected: And it may be here observed, that the sum total of the Roll 1726 is only Forty Shilling and Five Pennies Scots, and that in 1738, Thirty-three Shilling and
		Nine Pennies Scots, less than the Rectified Valuation Roll 1814 ; which shews that no Valuations, however complicated, have been overlooked or omitted.
		Where separate Valuations could be easily stated and added, they are drawn out in Cumulo ; others, Abstracts of them are made ; and when neither could be easily done, reference is made to them.
		In Parishes principally Landward, the description of the lands applicable to each Valuation, as far as could be obtained, are mentioned ; while it was next to impossible, in Parishes partly Land- ward, and partly Urban, such as St Cuthbert's, Inveresk, Dalkeith, South and North Leith, &c. where houses stand separately valued, to mark the description of the variety of Urban Valuations, other than by the Names of the original and present Proprietors,
		where the descriptions are un-known, or could not be discovered. Superiors often change, and cannot be easily traced; besides, it is the Proprietors, and not the Superiors, who pay the Land-Tax, - the regular Collection of which is the great object of a Rectified Valuation Roll.
		In short, from local knowledge, and every information that could be obtained, and a strict adherence to the Text Roll 1726, aided by that in 1702, and the certified one in 1738, a rough draft of the Rectified Valuation Roll of the County of Edinburgh, for the year 1814, is humbly sub- mitted to the consideration and amendment of the Committee, by
		WILLIAM MACFARLANE.
		Edinburgh, George's Street, 30th April 1814.
		Edinburgh, Parliament House, 14th November 1814.
		The Commissioners of Supply for the County of Edinburgh, at a General Meeting, held of this date, approved of the Scroll of the preceding Rectified Valuation Book, or Cess Roll, and appointed the same to be printed.
		GEORGE CLERK, Preses.
		Alexander Smellie, Printer, Edinburgh.

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Abstract of the preceding Rectified
Valuation Roll 1814.

PARISHES TOTAL

PAGES. NO. SCOTS MONEY

29 1 North Leith-- £ 1220.17.0
31 2 South Leith-- 6413. 2.11
33 3 Abbey of Holyroodhouse-- 4365.0.0
34 4 Duddingston-- 3687.11.8
35 5 Libberton-- 13685.6.8
38 6 West Kirk, or St Cuthbert's-- 29045.5.6
55 7 Hails, or Collington-- 4514.10.0
58 8 Corstorphine-- 5692.2.4¼
61 9 Cramond-- 9591.10.11¾
63 10 Currie-- 5363.2.8
65 11 Ratho-- 6252.13.8
68 12 Kirkliston, south side Water of Amond-- 3578.0.0
69 13 Kirknewton-- 1053.0.0
70 14 Calderclear, or East Calder-- 2707.3.4
72 15 Mid-Calder-- 5157.10.4
74 16 West-Cald-- 3153.10.4
77 17 Inveresk-- 15,373.2.6
82 18 Dalkeith-- 7548.12.2
87 19 Newton-- 4887.15.2
88 20 Newbottle-- 7138.16.8
90 21 Lasswade-- 7436.6.8
92 22 Woodhouselee, or Glencorse-- 1579.8.0
94 23 Pennicuick-- 3780.3.4
95 24 Cockpen-- 3068.15.8
96 25 Carrington, or Primrose-- 2830.0.0
97 26 Cranston-- 6208.1. 4
98 27 Crichton-- 4123.17.8
99 28 Falls-- 674.0.0
101 30 Temple-- 4399.10.0
103 31 Herriot-- 2803.10.0
104 32 Stow-- 8239.13.4

Total 1814-- £191,055.17.7

Total 1726-- 191,053.17.2

Difference, 40s. 5d. Scots £2.0.5

107

CONCLUSION.

In a work so involved in figures, tracing Cumulo Valuations from the earliest Roll down to the
present time, through Divisions, Sub-divisions, want of descriptions of Lands, and change of Pro-
prietors, errors must naturally have crept in; but these, so far as could be discovered, have been
corrected: And it may be here observed, that the sum total of the Roll 1726 is only Forty Shilling
and Five Pennies Scots, and that in 1738, Thirty-three Shilling and Nine Pennies Scots, less than
the Rectified Valuation Roll 1814 ; which shews that no Valuations, however complicated, have
been overlooked or omitted.

Where separate Valuations could be easily stated and added, they are drawn out in Cumulo ;
others, Abstracts of them are made ; and when neither could be easily done, reference is made to
them.

In Parishes principally Landward, the description of the lands applicable to each Valuation, as
far as could be obtained, are mentioned ; while it was next to impossible, in Parishes partly Land-
ward, and partly Urban, such as St Cuthbert's, Inveresk, Dalkeith, South and North Leith, &c.
where houses stand separately valued, to mark the description of the variety of Urban Valuations,
other than by the Names of the original and present Proprietors, where the descriptions are un-
known, or could not be discovered. Superiors often change, and cannot be easily traced; besides,
it is the Proprietors, and not the Superiors, who pay the Land-Tax,------the regular Collection of
which is the great object of a Rectified Valuation Roll.

In short, from local knowledge, and every information that could be obtained, and a strict adher-
ence to the Text Roll 1726, aided by that in 1702, and the certified one in 1738, a rough draft
of the Rectified Valuation Roll of the County of Edinburgh, for the year 1814, is humbly sub-
mitted to the consideration and amendment of the Committee, by

WILL. MACFARLANE.

Edinburgh, George's Street, 30th April 1814.

__________________________________

Edinburgh, Parliament House, 14th November 1814.

The Commissioners of Supply for the County of Edinburgh, at a General Meeting, held of this
date, approved of the Scroll of the preceding Rectified Valuation Book, or Cess Roll, and appointed
the same to be printed.

GEORGE CLERK, Preses.

____________________________________

Alex. Smellie, Printer, Edinburgh.

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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Land tax rolls - Midlothian (Edinburgh) county - Volume 7 - parishes (see 'More info' for parish details), E106/22/7

This volume contains land tax information from the parishes of Midlothian in 1814. These parishes include North Leith, South Leith, St Cuthbert's, Collington, Currie, Kirknewton, Inveresk, Lasswade, Newton, Newbattle, Libberton, Abbey of Holyroodhouse, Duddingston, Corstorphine, Cramond, Ratho, Kirkilston, East Calder, Mid Calder, West Calder, Dalkeith, Glencorse, Penicuik, Carrington, Crichton, Fala and Soutra, Temple, Heriot, and Stow.

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records)

The Scottish Exchequer, and subsequently the Court of Exchequer, were concerned with the accounting of collected taxes in Scotland. These taxes include the Carriage tax (1785-1798), Cart tax (1785-1798), Clock and watch tax (1797-1798), Dog tax (1797-1798), Farm horse tax (1797-1798), Servant tax (1777-1798), Hearth tax (1691-1695), Horse tax (1785-1798), Inhabited house tax (1778-1798), Land tax (1645-1831), Poll tax (1694-1698), Shop tax (1785-1789), Window tax (1748-1798). Following the Consolidating Acts (38 Geo. III cap. 40 and 41), the duties on windows, inhabited houses, male servants, carts, carriages and dogs were incorporated in Consolidated Schedules of Assessed Taxes (1798-1799).

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