Volume contents
- 1 - 1787-1788 , Aberdeen
- 5 - 1787-1788 , Parish Index
- 7 - 1787-1788 , Argyll
- 8 - 1787-1788 , Parish Index
- 11 - 1787-1788 , Ayr
- 16 - 1787-1788 , Parish Index
- 19 - 1787-1788 , Banff
- 23 - 1787-1788 , Berwick
- 27 - 1787-1788 , Bute
- 29 - 1787-1788 , Caithness
- 31 - 1787-1788 , Clackmannan
- 33 - 1787-1788 , Cromarty
- 35 - 1787-1788 , Dumbarton
- 35 - 1787-1788 , Dumbarton
- 39 - 1787-1788 , Dumfries
- 43 - 1787-1788 , East Lothian
- 46 - 1787-1788 , Parish Index
- 50 - 1787-1788 , Haddington
- 55 - 1787-1788 , Parish Index
- 57 - 1787-1788 , Forfar
- 59 - 1787-1788 , Parish Index
- 61 - 1787-1788 , Inverness
- 63 - 1787-1788 , Kincardine
- 67 - 1787-1788 , Kinross
- 69 - 1787-1788 , Kirkcudbright
- 73 - 1787-1788 , Lanark
- 85 - 1787-1788 , Edinburgh
- 101 - 1787-1788 , Elgin
- 105 - 1787-1788 , Nairn
- 107 - 1787-1788 , Orkney
- 109 - 1787-1788 , Peebles
- 110 - 1787-1788 , Parish Index
- 113 - 1787-1788 , Perth
- 117 - 1787-1788 , Parish Index
- 121 - 1787-1788 , Renfrew
- 127 - 1787-1788 , Ross
- 129 - 1787-1788 , Roxburgh
- 133 - 1787-1788 , Selkirk
- 135 - 1787-1788 , Stirling
- 138 - 1787-1788 , Parish Index
- 141 - 1787-1788 , Sutherland
- 143 - 1787-1788 , Linlithgow
- 149 - 1787-1788 , Wigtown
- 150 - 1787-1788 , Parish Index
- 153 - 1787-1788 , Peebles
| Date | Masters/mistresses names | Actual # | 2 wheel carriages | 4 wheel carriages | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Parishes Brought forward | 57 | 12 | 45 | £357.0.0 |
| West Calder | 2 | 1 | 1 | £10.10.0 | |
| Kirknewton | 1 | 1 | £7.0.0 | ||
| Ratho | 6 | 1 | 5 | £38.10.0 | |
| Carrington | 1 | 1 | £7.0.0 | ||
| Borthwick | 3 | 3 | £21.0.0 | ||
| Crichton | 3 | 3 | £21.0.0 | ||
| Cranston | 2 | 2 | £14.0.0 | ||
| Stow | 4 | 1 | 3 | £24.10.0 | |
| New Battle | 1 | 1 | £7.0.0 | ||
| Dalkeith | 8 | 2 | 6 | £40.0.0 | |
| Inveresk | 22 | 1 | 21 | £150.10.0 | |
| 110 | 18 | 92 | £707.0.0 | ||
| Sir John Ingles of Crammond | 2 | 2 | £14.0.0 | ||
| 112 | 18 | 94 | £721.0.0 |
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[Page] 90 7/.
Wheel Carriage Tax
I John Wood Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify
that upon Carefull Examination I find these dues
to amount to Seven hundred and Twenty one
pounds And that upon this present day being
the 9th of November 1787 I did deliver to
George Cranston Esqr. Collector a full duplicate
of the foregoing Account which contained my
affidavit that these charges were made against
the Inhabitants either in consequence of returns
made by them to me or by the best Information
where no returns being ready when Called for. -
John Wood
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Carriage tax - Volume 5 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/8/5
This volume contains information about carriage tax paid in the counties of Aberdeenshire, Argyll, Ayrshire, Banffshire, Berwickshire, Bute, Caithness, Clackmannanshire, Cromartyshire, Dunbartonshire, Dumfriesshire, East Lothian Haddingtonshire), Fife, Forfarshire (Angus), Inverness-shire, Kincardineshire, Kinross-shire, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Midlothian (Edinburghshire), Moray (Elgin and Forres), Nairnshire, Orkney, Peebles-shire, Perthshire, Renfrewshire, Ross-shire, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire, Shetland (lordship of Zetland), Stirlingshire, Sutherland, West Lothian (Linlithgowshire), and Wigtownshire in 1787-1788.
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).