[ Chagford parish, Dartmoor, Devon. ] Manuscript 'Highway Rate Book of the Parish of Chagford', divided into 'Town Quarter', 'South Teign Quarter', 'Meldon Quarter' and 'Teigncombe Quarter'.

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Chagford parish, Devon [ Dartmoor; Victorian rate book ]
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[ Chagford, Devon. ] 'Lady day [i.e. 25 March] 1884 to Lady day 1885.'
£180.00
SKU: 18389

58pp., small 4to, 1/4 lea., marbled bds. In fair condition, aged and worn, in shaken binding with front cover coming away and one loose leaf. The volume contains 28 double-page spreads (the first eighteen 'Town Quarter'; the next three 'South Teign Quarter'; then four 'Meldon Quarter'; and the last three 'Teigncombe Quarter'), each divided into nine columns as follows, with the details of the first entry given as an example: ''[No. of assessment] 1', '[Name of Occupier] Endacott William', '[Name of Owner] Aggett William', '[Description of Premises and Property Rated] House & Garden', '[Gross Annual Value] £4 10s 0d', '[Annual Rateable Value] £3 0s 0d', '[Rate at 9d in the Pound] £0 2s 3d', '[Total Amount to be collected] £0 2s 3d', '[Date of collection] Jan 13'. The entries for 'Town Quarter' are followed by calculations on two pages of the totals for the eighteen pages for rateable value and rate at ninepence in the pound.