Hearth less than 20 shillings a year and those who paid neither church nor poor rates. Also exempt were charitable institutions such as schools and almshouses, and industrial hearths with the exception of smiths' forges and bakers' ovens. The returns were lodged with the Clerk of the Peace between 1662 and 1688. A revision of the Act in 1664 made the tax payable by all who had more than two chimneys. The tax was abolished by William III in 1689 and the last collection was for Lady Day of that year. It was abolished in Scotland in 1690. Hearth tax records
The English House The English House The English House is a book of design and architectural history written by German architect Hermann Muthesius and published in 1904. Its three volumes provide a record of the revival of English domestic architecture during the later part of the nineteenth century. The main themes he discusses are history, form and decor. A single-volume edited English language translation was published in 1979. The first full English translation was not for over a century, in 2007. In Part I, Muthesius discusses the individuals involved in the parallel development of architecture and the Arts and Crafts Movement. Muthesius argues