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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.

SCOTS MONEY

[Handwritten note beside entry for Heriot's Hospital, (General Sir David Dundas, superior)] * Divided thus per decreet date 5th October 1802. Poorhouse Park -- £80.9.0
Remainder of said lands consisting of 78 acres 1 rood 30 falls and 28 ells £408.18.0
£489.7.0

[Handwritten note beside entry for Heriot's Hospital, for the lands of Warriston] * For Division of Warriston V.R. [Valuation Roll] see appendix pp. [pages] 5 & 6

[Handwritten note beside the combined entries for Parts of the Barony of Broughton, Mathieson's Heirs, Byre's Heirs, and Adam Thomson] ‡ For Division of the V.R. [Valuation Roll] of the lands of Broughton see App. [Appendix] pp. [pages] 24 & 25.

Transcriber's notes

To the left of the page entries for "George and William Grindlays" and "Heriot's Hospital", there appears a large, bold, capital letter R. Moderators to decide what to do with it.

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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