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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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Rectified Valuation Roll 1814, Continued.

[Marquis of Abercorn note]
Sir James Miller's Trs [Trustees] - £1073.16.6
Duke of Abercorn - £2070.8.8

[Humphrey Graham note]
Now Miss Marion MacKay

[See page 35]
* The entry "Pepper Mill lands" appointed to be deleted from the Cess Books of the
County and the name of the lands "Kings Meadows alias Sharny Hall" entered in place
thereof, by minute dated 5th October 1824.

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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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