Description of 16-B Hearth Tax List
1. A summary entitled 'England 1672' giving the background to the introduction of the Hearth Tax.
2. A list dated 1672 of names of people in Bramham (72 individuals), Clifford (40) and Thorpe Arch (41) quoting the number of chimneys for which each person would be taxed.
3. & 4. Two pages from Trevelyan's 'History of England' describing what life was like at that time, after the return of the Stuarts.
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