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Downe Parish, Land Tax Assessment, 1805


Transcribed by Henry Mantell and other volunteers at the then Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone.
The Downe Land Tax Assessments, 1780-1831 under reference Q/RPL/109 was microfilmed and is available on FHL British Film #1469943, Item 4. In some cases, the original manuscripts were examined with the permission and courtesy of the Archive.

      Assessors: Richard Wood and Willm. Sales.

PageLineProprietors' SurnamesProprietors' Given NamesTax AssessedOccupiers' SurnamesOccupiers' Given NamesTax Rate Amount
1st1RavenhillWillm.  HimselfHimself 
1st2Carew EsqrRichd.  WoodRichd.  
1st3BestJohn  Parker [paperfolded obscures entry]Late Jas 
1st4BestWill  ElliottRichd.  
1st5Best [Ditto]Will  StevansEdward  
1st6WaltonHy.  HimselfHimself 
1st7PhillipsThos.  Himself-&-othersHimself-&-others 
1st8ToyRichd. WynnSarah  
1st9BestWm.  FlemmingWm.  
2nd10Wells Esqr.Wm.  StowWm.  
2nd11Edge Esqr.Jas.  SolomonJas.  
2nd12Askew Esqr.Thos.  HimselfHimself 
2nd13AngellerMary  WoodRichd.  
2nd14GearySir Wm.  ElliottRichd.  
2nd15Geary [Ditto]Sir Wm.  SmithJohn  
2nd16GloverMr.  Do.Do. 
2nd17AllenMessrs.  Do.Do. 
2nd18SmithGeo.  TownThos.  
2nd19Smith [Do.]Geo.  OsborneMessrs.  
2nd20Smith & othersMessrs.  Do.Do. 
2nd21GoringeMr.  Do.Do. 
2nd22WhiffenWill:  Parkerlate Jas. 
2nd23WoodRichd.  HimselfHimself 
2nd24Dyke Esqr.Sir John D.  HardingJas  
3rd25BestWm.  DurlingWidow  
3rd26OmerThos.  TullyThos.  
3rd27GloverMrs.  SalesWm.  
3rd28Pocock Esqr.Geo.  HimselfHimself 
3rd29WoodRichd.  JonesMrs