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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Land tax rolls - West Lothian county - Volume 2 - parishes (see 'More info' for parish details), E106/33/2

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[page signed] A Livingstone

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Alexander Livingstone Principal Collector of the Land:
:Tax for the Shyre of Linlithgow maketh Oath That
the forgoing Book of Valuation Consisting of the Ten
preceeding pages all and each of which are Signed by him
and delivered into his Majesty's Court of Exchequer in
Scotland pursuant to an Order of Court and dated the nine:
teenth day of July last Is a true and just copy of the
Principal Records of Valuation keept by him for the
Shyre of Linlithgow.
A Livingstone

Exchequer Chambers
14th Novemr [November] 1771
Sworn before
John Maule

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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Land tax rolls - West Lothian county - Volume 2 - parishes (see 'More info' for parish details), E106/33/2

This volume contains land tax information from the parishes of West Lothian in 1771. These parishes include Linlithgow, Torphichen, Bathgate, Abercorn, and Dalmeny.

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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