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Volume contents
- 1 - 1789-1790 , Aberdeen
- 5 - 1789-1790 , Argyll
- 7 - 1789-1790 , Ayr
- 27 - 1789-1790 , Parish Index
- 31 - 1789-1790 , Banff
- 33 - 1789-1790 , Berwick
- 43 - 1789-1790 , Clackmanan
- 49 - 1789-1790 , Dumbarton
- 55 - 1789-1790 , Dumfries
- 65 - 1789-1790 , Parish Index
- 69 - 1789-1790 , East Lothian
- 79 - 1789-1790 , Fife
- 91 - 1789-1790 , Forfar
- 95 - 1789-1790 , Kincardine
- 97 - 1789-1790 , Parish Index
- 99 - 1789-1790 , Kinross
- 103 - 1789-1790 , Kirkcudbright
- 104 - 1789-1790 , Parish Index
- 107 - 1789-1790 , Lanark
- 155 - 1789-1790 , Midlothian
- 195 - 1789-1790 , Morray
- 197 - 1789-1790 , Peebles
- 201 - 1789-1790 , Perth
- 207 - 1789-1790 , Renfrew
- 221 - 1789-1790 , Roxburgh
- 225 - 1789-1790 , Selkirk
- 227 - 1789-1790 , Stirling
- 241 - 1789-1790 , West Lothian
- 251 - 1789-1790 , Wigtown
| Date | Masters/mistresses names | Actual # | 2 wheel carts (2s) | 3-4 wheel wains/wagons (4s) | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1789 | Parishes Collected | ||||
| 1. Linlithgow Parish | 23 | 23 | £2.6.0 | ||
| 2. Borness [Borrowstounness] Town and Parish | 42 | 42 | £4.4.0 | ||
| 3. Carridden Parish | 49 | 49 | £4.18.0 | ||
| 4. Abercorn Parish | 7 | 7 | £0.14.0 | ||
| 5. Kirkliston Parish | 7 | 7 | £0.14.0 | ||
| 6. Dalmaney Parish | 3 | 3 | £0.6.0 | ||
| 7. Ecclesmachan Parish | 7 | 7 | £0.14.0 | ||
| 8. Uphall Parish | 11 | 11 | £1.2.0 | ||
| 9. Livingston Parish | 12 | 12 | £1.4.0 | ||
| 10. Bathgate Parish | 41 | 41 | £4.2.0 | ||
| 11. Torpichen Parish | 10 | 10 | £1.0.0 | ||
| 12. Whitburn Parish | 23 | 23 | £2.6.0 | ||
| Totall | 235 | 235 | £23.10.0 |
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Linlithgow County CART TAX Survey Continued
I James Watsone Surveyor aforesaid Do hereby Certify that
upon Carefull Examination of the foregoing Rates and Duties
I find they amount in whole to the sum of Twenty three
Pounds ten shillings Sterling And that upon the
fifth day of January current I delivered to Mr James
Taylor Collector for the said County of Linlithgow an
Exact Duplicate of the foregoing Survey which
contained my Oath that the several persons before
named were duly served with Notices and Requisitions
whereby they were to be Charged with the sums
hereby Certified to be due by them
James Watsone Surveyor
Linlithgow 12th. January 1790
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Cart tax - Volume 8 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/7/8
This volume contains information on the cart tax collected from the counties of Aberdeenshire, 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 1789-1790.
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).