The Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society, vol. 16

About this volume

Contents:

‘In memoriam J. E. M.’ [Dr John Edward Morris]

‘The rural population of Bedfordshire, 1671 to 1921’, by Lydia M. Marshall. [Based on the hearth tax return of 1671 and the census returns of 1801 and 1921, with a transcription of the Hearth tax return (TNA E 179, 72/301)]

About the author(s)

Lydia M. Marshall (1)

Lydia M. Marshall (1895-1974) was an historian and author of articles about the hearth tax. She qualified as a librarian and worked at St Hilda’s College, Oxford from the mid-1940s.

Publication details

The Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record society, volume 16. Aspley Guise, BHRS, 1934. vi, 198p. tables. BHRS vol. 16

Out of print

The Hearth tax return on pages 65-159 was reprinted as:

The Bedfordshire Hearth Tax Return for 1671, edited by Lydia M. Marshall. Bedford, BHRS, 1990. viii, 132p. ISBN 0 85155 051 7

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Keywords

censuses (2)

hearth tax (1)

Morris (John Edward) (1)

obituaries (9)