IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/0620
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: COMMISSIONER OF STAMPS AND TAXES
Date(s): 1843-1844
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.01 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The licences were for one year, and were issued by the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes in accordance with 50 Geo. III. c.41: the Hawkers Act 1810.
Licences for hawkers and pedlars were first introduced in 1697. They were managed by the Board of Commissioners of Hawkers, Pedlars and Petty Chapmen. In 1810 this Board was replaced by the Board of Hackney Coach Commissioners, and then in 1832 the licencing work was taken over by the Board of Stamps and Taxes.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Licences issued by the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes to hawkers and street traders based in Uxbridge, Staines and Hillingdon.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Licences arranged in chronological order.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Records deposited in April 1957.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
For Records of the Boards of Stamps, Taxes, Excise, Stamps and Taxes, and Inland Revenue see The National Archives, reference IR.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: June to August 2010.