Houses and the Hearth Tax in Britain
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About this Event
Hearth Tax records are an excellent source for researching the history of housing. Records survive from 1662 to 1688 for England and Wales and 1690s Scotland. This conference explains how hearth taxes can be useful for researching houses, and how to make sense of lists of names and hearth numbers in relation to the housing stock. Most speakers are engaged in the British Academy Hearth Tax Project, which publishes Hearth Tax returns for England in print and on Hearth Tax Digital.
Programme
10.00 Introduction
10.20 The Challenges of the Hearth Tax as a Historical Source, Catherine Ferguson (British Record Society Hearth Tax series)
Session 1: Two Cities
11.00 The Hearth Tax in London – Whitechapel Revisited, Peter Guillery
11.35 The Hearth Tax in Bristol Revisited – Understanding the Urban Landscape, Roger Leech
12.20-13.20 Lunch Break
Session 2: Houses in the Countryside
13.20 The High Weald of East Sussex & the Hearth Tax Returns, David Martin
13.55 Yorkshire East Riding Houses & the Hearth Tax, Roger Leech
14.40-15.00 Break
Session 3: Scotland & Wales
15.00 The Hearth Tax in the Scottish Borders – Records & Reconstruction in a Community History Project, Roger Curtis
15.35 Glamorgan Houses & the Hearth Tax, Elizabeth Parkinson
16.15 Directions for Future Research, Adrian Green
16.30 Close
The conference this year will be held via Zoom. Attendance is FREE and open to all. Joining details will be sent to you following registration.
