Great Wishford – Hair Powder Tax
Issued to 1st August 1796:
Anne Birch, wife of James Birch, 5 April.
Reverend James Birch, housekeeper, 5 April.
Category: Villages, Towns and Places
Information, illustrations and images – including gleanings, parish records, and references to people – for some of the villages and town and places, particularly in the rural areas around Warminster, Wiltshire.
Stockton ~ Hair Powder Tax, 1796
Issued to 1st August 1796:
Reverend Henry Good, housekeeper, 6 April.
Hannah Rebecca Pinchard, daughter of William Pinchard, 23 April.
William Wansborough Pinchard, housekeeper, 30 April.
Bishopstrow ~ Hair Powder Tax, 1796
Bishopstrow, Hair Powder Tax, Issued to 1st August 1796:
Mary Bayly, wife of James Bayly, 29 March.
William Hinton, housekeeper, 28 March.
Elizabeth Hughes, wife of William Hughes, 9 April.
Sarah Temple, housekeeper, 9 April.
Reverend William Williams, housekeeper, 9 April.
Ann Williams, wife of William Williams, 9 April.
Wylye ~ Hair Powder Tax, 1796
Issued to 1st August 1796:
Elizabeth Hacker, inmate, 2 April.
Reverend William Meady, housekeeper, 5 April.
Elizabeth Thring, inmate, 2 April.
Brixton Deverill ~ Hair Powder Tax, 1796
Issued to 1st August 1796:
Frances Alicia Frowd, wife of Richard Frowd, 9 April.
Reverend Isaac Frowd, housekeeper, 22 April.
Susanna Pocock, daughter of Henry Pocock, 2 April.
East Knoyle ~ Hair Powder Tax, 1796
Issued to 1st August 1796:
Ann Burbidge, housekeeper, 5 April.
Anthony Burbidge, housekeeper, 4 April.
Sarah Burbidge, sister, 21 April.
Charlotte Still, wife of James Charles Still, 18 April.
James Still, housekeeper, 18 April.
James Charles Still, son of James Still, 18 April.
Fisherton Delamere ~ Hair Powder Tax, 1796
Issued to 1st August 1796:
John Davis, housekeeper, 9 April.
Susanna Davis, wife of William Davis, 6 April.
William Davis, housekeeper, 6 April.
Corsley ~ Hair Powder Tax
Corsley, Hair Powder Tax
Issued to 1st August 1796:
Mary Nowell, lodger, 9 April.
Mary Watts, lodger, 30 April.
Zeals ~ Hair Powder Tax, 1796
Issued to 1st August 1796:
Ann Carter, daughter of Mrs. Carter, 5 April.
James Ford, housekeeper, 9 April.
Elizabeth Grove, housekeeper, 11 April.
Hailstorm At Steeple Langford Killed 120 Sheep, June 1795
A hailstorm at Steeple Langford in June 1795 is reputed to have resulted in the death of about 120 sheep.
European Magazine, June 1795, vol. 27, pp. 420–430, quoted in Notes and Queries, 3rd series, IV, 1 August 1863, p. 99.