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WARWICKSHIRE HEARTH TAX RETURNS: MICHELMAS 1670 WITH COVENTRY LADY DAY 1666

by Tom Arkell; Nat Alcock

Published by The Dugdale Society. 1st. 2010

Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. Dugdale Society Vol. 43. Edited by Tom Arkell with Nat Alcock. The hearth tax was a graduated house tax based on the number of fireplaces within each household. This volume examines how the hearth tax was administered and how the reliability of some of its records can be tested. It also explores numerous aspects of Warwickshire's rural and urban society and describes a range of houses with different numbers of hearths. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xiv and 566 pages.

Top front corner lightly bumped else appears unread. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few minor scuffs.

ISBN: 9780901505552
Stock no. 1829572

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