Volume contents
- 1 - Counties 1788-9 , Ayrshire
- 5 - Counties 1788-9 , Banffshire
- 7 - Counties 1788-9 , Berwickshire
- 10 - Counties 1788-9 , Clackmannanshire
- 11 - Counties 1788-9 , Dunbartonshire
- 15 - Counties 1788-9 , Midlothian
- 41 - Counties 1788-9 , East Lothian
- 43 - Counties 1788-9 , Lanarkshire
- 47 - Counties 1788-9 , West Lothian
- 51 - Counties 1788-9 , Renfrewshire
- 67 - Counties 1788-9 , Roxburghshire
- 69 - Counties 1788-9 , Stirlingshire
| Date | Inhabitants names, residence, and parish | Actual # of shops | Shops at £5 to £9 | Shops at £10 to £14 | Shops at £15 to £19 | Shops at £20 to £24 | Shops at £25 to under £30 | Shops at £30 and upwards | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston Parish | |||||||||
| Alexander Brown Linton | 1 | £8.0.0 | £0.2.8 |
Transcribe other information
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Survey of the SHOP TAX in the County of
East Lothian from 5 April 1788 to 5 April 1789 by Will Johnstone Surveyor
I William Johnstone Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify that on carefull examination I find the above duty to amount to
two shillings & eight pence Ster. And that upon the 2 of Octr [October] 1788 I delivered to William Wilkie Deputy Collr [Collector] of these duties an
exact duplicate of this Acct [Account] duely examined & Compared which contained my Oath that Notice of the above duty was served
to the above Inhabitant intimating that He was to be charged with the above duty hereby certified to be due by him,
William Johnstone Surveyor
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Shop tax - Volume 7 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/4/7
This volume contains information on who paid late 18th century shop tax in the counties of Ayrshire, Berwickshire, Clackmannanshire, Dunbartonshire, East Lothian, Midlothian, Lanarkshire, West Lothian, Renfrewshire, Roxburghshire, and Stirlingshire.
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).