Cheshire Land Tax Assessments 1786-1832

Discover your ancestors through the Cheshire Land Tax Assessments. Search through over two million records by your ancestor’s name or town. Almost 450 towns are included in the land tax assessments. Further your family history search by exploring our range of Cheshire records. The majority of the records cover the years 1786-1832, but there are some earlier records dating as far back as 1700 and some more recent records dating to 1908 included.

The records include an image of the original land tax assessment and an individual transcript of the document. The details in each transcript can differ but usually will include:

First name
Last name
Year
Residence
Proprietor or occupier

The record’s image will give you additional details. Through the years the records differ slightly, but for most will include:

Who owns the property
Name of the occupier
Amount of tax money collected for that year

The tax amount is listed in pre-decimal amounts of pounds, shillings and pence.

Discover more about the Cheshire Land Tax Assessments

The Land Tax Assessments are important for those looking into their family history because they can give you a locality for your ancestors. It will also give you an understanding of their social standing as in whether or not your family were landowners.

Land Tax first started in England in 1692. The land tax assessments were administered by the Court of Quarter Sessions, these were local courts which were generally sat in the county’s town or seat. In Cheshire the county town is Chester. After 1780 the Land Tax Assessments were also used by the Clerks of the Peace as voter registration for parliamentary elections. For that reason most counties still have a large portion of their Land Tax records from 1780 until about 1832. The Land Tax was abolished in 1963.

While searching these records, keep in mind that not everyone within the town was recorded. Only those responsible for the property were listed. Often poorer sub-tenants or labourers were not listed on the assessments. In many of the Land Tax record images you will read at the top: ‘the rate of four shillings in the pound,’ which meant that for every pound (20s) earned in revenue on the land, the landowner was taxed four shillings. The records do not make clear whether the land being taxed includes shops, pastures, farmhouses, etc. This makes it hard to compare taxes paid across towns or parishes.

Understanding pre-decimal money

Prior to decimalisation in 1971, English money was written as pounds, shillings and pence or £,s,d. In some records you will find it written as L,s,d from the original Latin: libra, solidus and denarius. In the Cheshire Land Tax Assessments you will find that all the money is pre-decimal. The value for each currency unit is: 1£ equals 20s or 240d; 1s equals 12d.

Towns included in the Cheshire Land Tax Assessments

The Cheshire Land Tax includes about 450 towns. To assist with your research we have included a table of the towns included within the records.

Acton (Near Nantwich)	Goostrey-Cum-Barnshaw	Old Withington
Acton-Grange	Grafton	Oldcastle
Adlington	Grange	Ollerton
Agden (Near Altrincham)	Grappenhall	Onston
Agden (Near Whitchurch)	Greasby	Over
Alderley	Great Boughton	Over Pool
Aldersey	Great Budworth	Over Tabley
Altrincham	Great Meols	Overton
Alvanley	Great Mollington	Oxton
Alvaston	Great Neston	Partington
Anderton	Great Saughall	Peckforton
Appleton	Great Stanney	Pensby
Arclid	Great Sutton	Pickmere
Arrow	Great Warford	Pickton
Ashley	Guilden-Sutton	Plumbley
Ashton	Hale	Poole
Ashton-On-Mersey	Halton	Pott-Shrigley
Aston-By-Budworth	Hampton	Poulton
Aston-Grange	Handforth-With-Bosden	Poulton-Cum-Seacombe
Aston-Juxta-Mondrum	Handley	Poulton-Cum-Spittle
Basford	Hankelow	Pownall-Fee
Batherton	Hapsford	Poynton
Bebington	Hartford	Prenton
Beeston	Harthill	Prestbury
Betchton	Haslington	Preston-On-The-Hill
Bexton	Hassall	Puddington
Bickerton	Hatherton	Pulford
Birches	Hattersley	Raby
Birkenhead	Hatton (Near Frodsham)	Radnor
Birtles	Hatton (Near Tarporley)	Rainow
Blacon-Cum-Crabhall	Haughton	Ravenscroft
Blakenhall	Helsby	Ridley
Bollin-Fee	Henbury	Romiley
Bollington (Near Altrincham)	Henhull	Rope
Bollington (Near Macclesfield)	Heswall and Oldfield	Rostherne
Bosley	High Legh	Rowton
Bostock	Hockenhull	Rudheath
Bowdon	Hollingworth	Runcorn
Bradley	Hoole	Rushton
Bradwall	Hoose	Saighton
Bramhall	Hooton	Sale
Bredbury	Horton	Sandbach
Brereton-Cum-Smethwick	Horton-Cum-Peel	Saughall-Massey
Bridge-Trafford	Hough	Shavington-Cum-Gresty
Bridgemere	Hulme Walfield	Shipbrook
Brimstage	Hulse	Shocklach
Brindley	Hunsterson	Shotwick
Brinnington	Huntington	Shotwick Park
Bromborough	Hurdsfield	Shurlach
Broomhall	Hurleston	Siddington
Broxton	Huxley	Smallwood
Broxton Hundred	Hyde	Snelson
Bruen-Stapleford	Iddenshall	Somerford
Bruera	Ince	Somerford Booths
Bucklow Hundred	Inferior Peover	Sound
Buerton	Irby	Sproston
Buglawton	Kekewick	Spurstow
Bulkeley	Kelsall	Staley
Bunbury	Kermincham	Stanlow
Burland	Kettleshulme	Stanthorne
Burton	Kinderton-With-Hulme	Stapeley
Burton-By-Tarvin	Kingsley	Stockham
Burwardsley	Kingsmarsh	Stockport
Butley	Knutsford	Stockton
Byley	Lach-Dennis	Stoke (Near Chester)
Caldecott	Landican	Stoke (Near Nantwich)
Caldy	Larkton	Storeton
Calveley	Latchford	Stretton (Near Malpas)
Capenhurst	Lea (Near Chester)	Stretton (Near Warrington)
Capesthorne	Lea (Near Nantwich)	Stublach
Carden	Lea-Newbold	Superior Peover
Carrington	Ledsham	Sutton (Near Frodsham)
Castle-Northwich	Leese	Sutton (Near Macclesfield)
Caughall	Leftwich	Sutton (Near Middlewich)
Cheadle-Bulkeley	Leighton (Near Crewe)	Swettenham
Cheadle-Moseley	Leighton (Near Great Neston)	Tarporley
Checkley-Cum-Wrinehill	Liscard	Tarvin
Chelford and Old Withington	Little Budworth	Tattenhall
Chester	Little Leigh	Tatton
Chidlow	Little Meols	Taxall
Cholmondeley	Little Mollington	Tetton
Cholmondestone	Little Neston	Thelwall
Chorley (Near Macclesfield)	Little Saughall	Thingwell
Chorley (Near Nantwich)	Little Stanney	Thornton-Childer
Chorlton (Near Malpas)	Little Sutton	Thornton-Hough
Chorlton (Near Nantwich)	Littleton	Thornton-Le-Moors
Chorlton-By-Backford	Lostock-Gralam	Thurstaston
Chowley	Low Oulton	Tilston
Christleton	Lower Kinnerton	Tilstone Fearnall
Church Hulme	Lower Walton	Timperley
Church Minshull	Lower Withington	Tintwistle
Church-Lawton	Lyme Handley	Tittenley
Churton-By-Farndon	Lymm	Tiverton
Claughton-Cum-Grange	Macclesfield	Toft
Claverton	Macclesfield Forest	Torkington
Clifton	Macclesfield Hundred	Tranmere
Clive	MacEfen	Tushingham-Cum-Grindley
Clotton-Hoofield	Malpas	Twemlow
Clutton	Manley	Tytherington
Coddington	Marbury (Near Crewe)	Upton (Near Birkenhead)
Cogshall	Marbury (Near Northwich)	Upton (Near Chester)
Comberbach	Marlston-Cum-Leach	Upton (Near Macclesfield)
Congleton	Marple	Utkinton
Cool-Pilate	Marston	Walgherton
Coppenhall	Marthall	Wallasey
Cotton	Marton (Near Congleton)	Wallerscote
Cotton-Abbotts	Marton (Near Northwich)	Walton Superior
Cotton-Edmunds	Matley	Warburton
Cranage	Mere	Wardle
Crewe (In Barthomley)	Mickle Trafford	Warmingham
Crewe (Near Malpas)	Middlewich	Waverton
Croughton	Millington	Weaver
Crowton	Minshull Vernon	Weaverham
Croxton	Mobberley	Werneth
Cuddington (Near Malpas)	Moore	Wervin
Cuddington (Near Northwich)	Mooresbarrow-With-Parme	West Kirby
Daresbury	Moreton	Weston (Near Crewe)
Darnhall	Moreton-Cum-Alcumlow	Weston (Near Runcorn)
Davenham	Moston	Wettenhall
Davenport	Mottram-In-Longdendale	Whaley-Cum-Yeardsley
Disley	Mottram-St. Andrew	Wharton
Dodcot-Cum-Wilkesley	Mouldsworth	Whatcroft
Doddington	Moulton	Wheelock
Doddleston	Nantwich	Whitby
Duckington	Ness	Whitley-Inferior
Dudden	Nether Peover	Whitley-Superior, Antrobus, Sevenoaks, and Crowley
Dukinfield	Nether Pool	Wichaugh
Dunham-Massey	Nether Tabley	Wigland
Dunham-On-The-Hill	Newbold-Astbury	Wildboarclough
Dutton	Newhall (Near Nantwich)	Willaston (Near Great Neston)
Eastham	Newhall (Near Northwich)	Willaston (Near Nantwich)
Eaton (Near Chester)	Newton (Near Ashton-Under-Lyne)	Willington
Eaton (Near Congleton)	Newton (Near Macclesfield)	Wimbolds Trafford
Eaton (Near Northwich)	Newton (Near Middlewich)	Wimboldsley
Eaton (Near Tarporley)	Newton-By-Chester	Wincham
Eccleston	Newton-By-Daresbury	Wincle
Edge	Newton-By-Frodsham	Winnington
Edgerley	Newton-By-Tattenhall	Wirral Hundred
Edleston	Newton-Cum-Larton	Wirswall
Egerton	Newton-Juxta-Malpas	Wistaston
Etchells	Noctorum	Witton-Cum-Twambrooks
Fallybroom	Norbury (Near Nantwich)	Woodbank
Farndon	Norbury (Near Stockport)	Woodchurch
Foulk-Stapleford	Norley	Woodcott
Frankby	North Rode	Woodford
Frodsham	Northen	Woolstanwood
Gloverstone	Northwich	Worleston
Golbourn Bellow	Norton	Worth
Golbourn-David	Occleston	Wrenbury
	Odd Rode	Wybunbury
	Offerton

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