Skip to main content
Wellcome Collection homepage
  • Visit us
  • What’s on
  • Stories
  • Collections
  • Get involved
  • About us
Sign in to your library account
Search for anything
Library account
Home| Collections

Window taxes - Early works to 1800

On this page

  • Works from the collections

Works from the collections

2 works

    • E-books
    • Online

    There can be no doubt but the window tax was originally intended to be laid upon dwelling houses only, not on work-shops, or warehouses employed solely for the purpose of manufactures and trade. ..

    | Date: 1778?]
    • E-books
    • Online

    A dialogue between a member of parliament and one of his electors concerning the window-tax containing ample instructions For every Officer employ'd in the Execution of the Act. Particular Directions What may Lawfully be done by Persons and Parishes in their own Defence. And An Estimate of the Probable Annual Produce of the Duties both in England and Scotland. By A. Hooke, Esq;.

    Hooke, Andrew, -1753 | Date: [1747]

Wellcome Collection

183 Euston Road
London NW1 2BE

+44 (0)20 7611 2222
info@wellcomecollection.org

  • Getting here

Today’s opening times

  • Galleries
    10:00 – 18:00
  • Library
    10:00 – 18:00
  • Café
    10:00 – 18:00
  • Shop
    10:00 – 18:00

Opening times

Our building has:

  • Step free access
  • Hearing loops

Accessibility

  • Visit us
  • What’s on
  • Stories
  • Collections
  • Get involved
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Jobs
  • Media office
  • Developers
  • Privacy and terms
  • Cookie policy
  • Manage cookies
  • Modern slavery statement
TikTok
Facebook
Instagram
YouTube

Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence