Norfolk: West Harling

Land Tax: 1767-1833

This tax was based on the value of property etc. and paid by the owner or (sometimes) occupier according to their agreement. It started in 1692 and valuations are based on those done at this date.

For more information on these records see the Land Tax Assessments page. This is also where examples of the standard headers from 1798 to 1825 and 1826 to 1832 are linked to.

These Norfolk Record Office documents [with the references C/SCD 2/28/1 1767 to C/SCD 2/28/39 1832] are from the Norfolk Quarter Sessions Land Tax Assessments which are arranged by divisions this one being in Shropham Hundred.

Other accounts available

[Transcription copyright © Mike Bristow]

From 1798 a printed form was used which contained the following.

The original document had the following headings spelt out in full. They have been contracted to allow for a clearer display.

• Names of Proprietors = "Names of Proprietors -- Listed Alphabetically"
• Value = "Valuation"
• Exon = "Sums assessed & exonerated"
• Not Exon = "Sums assessed & not exonerated"
• Estate = "Sums assessed of PERSONAL ESTATES STOCK"
• OFF = "Sums assessed of OFFICES ANNUAL AMOUNT"
• YEAR PAY = "TOTAL of YEARLY PAYMENTS"
• QTR PAY = "QUARTERLY PAYMENTS"

The original had all the following columns:-

Columns G & H were blank so have not been included. Only changes are included in the following transcription.

In 1826 a new printed form was used - see main land tax page link above for an example showing full header.

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Notes

• A William Croftes of West Harling had his will proved in Nov.-1770. A Richard Croftes was buried at West Harling in July 1783. John Saunders Sebright married a Miss Croftes about 1793. There is more information on this family in NRO records.
• The Reverend Henry Pepperrel took up his post in 1766 (Patron was William Crofts, Esq.) according to the "List of Norfolk Benefices" by "Dawson Turner" published in 1847 (under "Harling, East with Middle Harling"). Pepperrel was succeeded by Reverend Richard Deane on 31th Dec. 1789 (Patron was Harriet Crofts, spinster.). Deane was succeeded by Reverend Chas. Jno. Ridley on 10th Jan 1826 (Patron was his brother N. W. Ridley Colborne, Esq.).
• JPs (Justices of the Peace) who passed these accounts are:-
  "CD" = "Charles Dunham", "WG" = "William Grigson", "JW" = "John Wright"
• Assessors [AS] or Collectors [CO] (1826 form said they must live within parish) :- "AA" = "Abraham Ayton" , "WB" = "William Briggs", "AN" = "Alexander Nicolson" , "JWN" = "J. W. Nicolson" , "WP" = "William Pymer" or "Pymar"
• In other documents the following alternative spellings have been seen which appear to refer to the same people/places:-
  Dean/Deane, Pepperrel/Pepperil/Peppial, Pymer/Pymar, Sebright/Seabright.
• Abbreviations in the above transcription have the following meanings:-
  "Ab^m" = "Abraham", "Bar^t" = "Baronet", "D^o" = "Ditto", "Jn^o" = "John", "Rev^d" = "Reverend", "Rich^d" = "Richard", "Rob^t" = "Robert", "S^r" = "Sir", "Tho^s" = "Thomas" and "W^m" = "William".
• Rate was at 4s/£1 (of Valuation) for all the above years except for 1767 when it was 3s/£1.
• In the "1832 Register of Electors - Western Division" the following are present as being qualified under West Harling :-
  2591 Nicholas William Ridley Colborne, Esq - West Harling Hall - Freehold Land Himself
  2592 Kersey Samuel - West Harling Occupier of 50l. a year - Farm near the green
  2593 Murton Charles - West Harling Occupier of 50l. a year - Thorpe house farm
  2594 Pymar Thomas - West Harling Occupier of 50l. a year - Stone house farm
  2595 Ridley Charles John, Clerk - West Harling, Parsonage House - Rector of West Harling On the Glebe Lands
• Note that the "Fiche labelled 1814" contains the Land Tax for 1816 for this parish and similarly the "Fiche labelled 1816" contains the 1814 entry.
• Only entry in 1822-23 was for Richard Dean.
• The following are from West Harling Parish Registers:- Burials
  • [20] Richard DEANE Clk 36 years Rector of this parish - 20/Nov/1825 aged 83 years
• The following are from Mundford Parish Registers:- Burials
  • William Pymar aged 68 of West Harling buried Sept 1818
  • William Pymar aged 29 of West Harling buried Sept 1827
• Nicholas William RIDLEY assumed additional surname "COLBORNE" in 1803 and became in 1839 1st Baron Colborne of West Harling. MP for Thetford 1818-26 and other places.

See also the West Harling parish page.

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July 2016