Falling Leaves

Gloucestershire genealogy and more…

Gloucestershire Hearth Tax

Yesterday, I had a look at the Hearth Tax returns for Gloucestershire. They cover the period from 1671/2 and include a list of names of those people with houses worth more than 20 shillings a year and who also paid church or poor rates. So they are lists of the wealthier people in […]

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