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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Land tax rolls - Caithness county - Volume 2, E106/8/2

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[Page] 4th
Cannisbay Parish Continued

[Page] 5th
Dunnet Parish

Transcriber's notes

Overtown of Stroma and Nethertown of Stroma have individual valuations with a combined figure in the Valuation column

Notes in red and green ink have not been transcribed

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Land tax rolls - Caithness county - Volume 2, E106/8/2

This volume contains land tax information from the parishes of Caithness in 1802. These parishes include Bower, Canisbay, Dunnet, Olrig, Latheron, Halkirk, Thurso, and Wick.

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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