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Volume contents
- 1 - 1788-1789 , Argyll
- 2 - 1788-1789 , Parish Index
- 5 - 1788-1789 , Ayr
- 25 - 1788-1789 , Parish Index
- 29 - 1788-1789 , Banff
- 31 - 1788-1789 , Berwick
- 40 - 1788-1789 , Parish Index
- 43 - 1788-1789 , Clackmanan
- 45 - 1788-1789 , Parish Index
- 49 - 1788-1789 , East Kilpatrick
- 52 - 1788-1789 , Bonhill
- 53 - 1788-1789 , Cardross
- 54 - 1788-1789 , West Kilpatrick
- 55 - 1788-1789 , Cumbernauld Parish
- 55 - 1788-1789 , Kirkintilloch
- 59 - 1788-1789 , Dumfries
- 73 - 1788-1789 , Parish Index
- 75 - 1788-1789 , East Lothian
- 83 - 1788-1789 , Parish Index
- 85 - 1788-1789 , Fife
- 97 - 1788-1789 , Forfar
- 99 - 1788-1789 , Parish Index
- 101 - 1788-1789 , Kingkardine
- 105 - 1788-1789 , Kinross
- 106 - 1788-1789 , Parish Index
- 109 - 1788-1789 , Kirkcudbright
- 111 - 1788-1789 , Lanakshire
- 151 - 1788-1789 , Midlothian
- 192 - 1788-1789 , Parish Index
- 195 - 1788-1789 , Elgin
- 198 - 1788-1789 , Peebles
- 203 - 1788-1789 , Perth
- 207 - 1788-1789 , Renfrew
- 233 - 1788-1789 , Parish Index
- 235 - 1788-1789 , Roxburgh
- 239 - 1788-1789 , Selkirk
- 241 - 1788-1789 , Stirling
- 255 - 1788-1789 , Linlithgow
- 260 - 1788-1789 , Parish Index
- 265 - 1788-1789 , Wigtown
| Date | Masters/mistresses names | Actual # | 2 wheel carts (2s) | 3-4 wheel wains/wagons (4s) | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1788 | Parishes Collected | ||||
| 1 Linlithgow Parish | 20 | 20 | £2.0.0 | ||
| 2 Borness Town & Parish | 40 | 40 | £4.0.0 | ||
| 3 Carridden Parish | 53 | 53 | £5.6.0 | ||
| 4 Abercorn Parish | 5 | 5 | £0.10.0 | ||
| 5 Kirkliston Parish | 7 | 7 | £0.14.0 | ||
| 6 Dalmaney Parish | 4 | 4 | £0.8.0 | ||
| 7 Ecclesmachan Parish | 7 | 7 | £0.14.0 | ||
| 8 Uphall Parish | 12 | 12 | £1.4.0 | ||
| 9 Livingston Parish | 8 | 8 | £0.16.0 | ||
| 10 Bathgate Parish | 31 | 31 | £3.2.0 | ||
| 11 Torpichen Parish | 13 | 13 | £1.6.0 | ||
| 12 Whitburn Parish | 21 | 21 | £2.2.0 | ||
| Totall | 221 | 221 | £22.2.0 |
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Linlithgow County CART TAX Survey Continued
I James Watsone Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon
carefull examination of the forgoing Rates & Duties I find they
amount in whole to the sum of twenty two pounds two Shillings
Ster. [Sterling] And that upon the twenty fiveth day of November last I
delivered to Mr James Taylor Collector for this County an
exact Dupplicate of the forgoing Survey which contained my
oath that the severall persons beforenamed were duly served
with Requisitions & notices whereby they were to be charged
with the sums hereby Certified to be due by them
James Watsone Surveyor
Linlithgow 3d Decemr [December] 1788
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Cart tax - Volume 6 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/7/6
This volume contains information on the cart tax collected from the counties of Ayrshire, Argyll, Banffshire, Berwickshire, Clackmannanshire, Dunbartonshire, Dumfriesshire, East Lothian, Fife, Forfarshire (Angus), Kincardineshire, Kinross-shire, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Midlothian (Edinburghshire), Morayshire (Elgin), Peeblesshire, Perthshire, Renfrewshire, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire, Stirlingshire, West Lothian (Linlithgowshire) and Wigtownshire in 1788-1789.
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).