Local Life In The 20th Century
Ledbury

Rates

Chronological extracts from Ledbury TILLEY's Almanacks - Photographs & Memories
1858

July 15 Parish Invoice to Sam BOWLER.

[Invoice Gas Works George HILL]
© Roger BAKER
1896

December 7 At the Urban Council Meeting a Rate of 1s. 3d. in the £1 was sealed for the ensuing 6 months.

1897

June 5 At the Urban Council Meeting, a rate of 1/- in the £ for the ensuing half-year was ordered.

August 11 The magistrates signed a rate for Ledbury Urban at 7d. in the £ on agricultural land, and 1/2 on houses and buildings.

October 4 At the Urban Council meeting, an increase of 3d. in the £, in the rate was reported, as compared with the previous half-year. It was decided that the Institute clock should be lighted every night at a cost of £12 per annum.

1900

October 1 A General District Rate of 1/8 in the £ was made by the Urban Council.

1902

March 3 The Urban Council ordered a General District Rate at 1/8 in the £.

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Sources
1897 - 1979 Ledbury Tilleys Almanacks - Herefordshire History
Photographs are credited to the owners where possible
Edited Memories in italics are from members of the Old Ledbury Facebook Group
Cuttings are from Old Ledbury Reporter Newspapers
History of Ledbury in the 19th Century
Herefordshire Archive Records Centre HARC
( TILLEY's Collection ) - No photograph to be reproduced or used for commercial gain without permission Alan HOIDA

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