LONDON LAND TAX RECORDS
Mark Harris, Henry Spearpoint Pettit and Edward Pettit

M\RK HARRIS (Died 1904)

Year
Address Type of Property
Value
Tax
Notes
1870
Freeschool Street House and shop
£15
16s 3d
Tenant
1873
Freeschool Street House
£15
15s 0d
Tenant
1874
Goat Street House / Cow house
£25
£1 5s 0d
Tenant
1877
Little John Street House
£15
10s 0d
Owned but not occupied by Mark Harris
Goat Street House and Cow house
£22
14s 8d
Owned and occupied by Mark Harris
1878
Little John Street House
£15
10s 0d
Owned but not occupied by Mark Harris
Goat Street House and Cow house
£22
14s 8d
Owned and occupied by Mark Harris
1879
8 Little John Street House
£15
10s 0d
Owned but not occupied by Mark Harris
Goat Street House and Cow house
£22
14s 8d
Owned and occupied by Mark Harris
63 Queen Elizabeth St House and Shop
£26
17s 4d
Tenant
1880
8 Little John Street House
£15
10s 0d
Owned but not occupied by Mark Harris. Note that Henry Pettit lives at No.10 Little John Street
Goat Street House and Cow house
£22
14s 8d
Owned and occupied by Mark Harris
63 Queen Elizabeth St House and Shop
£26
17s 4d
Tenant
1881
8 Little John Street House
£15
10s 0d
Owned but not occupied by Mark Harris. Note that Henry Pettit lives at No.10 Little John Street
Goat Street House and Sheds
£22
14s 8d
Owned and occupied by Mark Harris
63 Queen Elizabeth St House and Shop
£26
17s 4d
Tenant
1882
8 Little John Street House
£17
9s 11d
Owned but not occupied by Mark Harris.
11 Goat Street House and Shop
£22
12s10d
Owned and occupied by Mark Harris
1883 63 Queen Elizabeth St House and Shop
£30
17 6d
Tenant
  8 Little John Street House
£17
9s 11d
Owned but not occupied by Mark Harris.
  11 Goat Street House and Shop
£22
12s11d
Owned and occupied by Mark Harris
1884 11 Goat Street House and Shop
£22
12s10d
Tenant
  63 Queen Elizabeth St House and Shop
£30
17s 6d
Tenant
1885 11 Goat Street Premises
£22
12s10d
Tenant
  63 Queen Elizabeth St House and Shop
£30
17s 6d
Tenant
1886 Goat Street Stables
£9
5s 3d
Tenant
  63 Queen Elizabeth St House and Shop
£30
17s 6d
Tenant
1887 Goat Street Stables
£9
5s 4d
Tenant
  63 Queen Elizabeth St House and Shop
£30
17s 6d
Tenant
1888 Goat Street Stables
£9
5s 3d
Tenant
  63 Queen Elizabeth St House and Shop
£30
17s 6d
Tenant
1889 Goat Street Stables
£9
5s 3d
Tenant
  63 Queen Elizabeth St House and Shop
£30
17s 6d
Tenant
    Note that there is Edward Pettit at No.65 QE Street (as always) but we also have a William Harris at No.66.
1890 Goat Street Stables
£9
5s 3d
Tenant
  63 Queen Elizabeth St House and Shop
£30
17s 6d
Tenant. (William Harris is no longer at No.66).
1891 Goat Street Stables
£13
7s 7d
Tenant
  63 Queen Elizabeth St House and Shop
£30
17s 6d
Tenant
1892 Goat Street Stables
£13
7s 7d
Tenant
  63 Queen Elizabeth St House and Shop
£30
17s 6d
Tenant
1893 Mark Harris is not indexed. He is not shown at either 18 or 63 QE Street, nor in Goat Street
1894 18 Queen Elizabeth St House and Shop
£36
£1 1s 0d
Tenant
 

Premises at 63 QE St. are marked as 'Site of House and Shop'. Not occupied
Premised in Goat Street marked as 'Site of Stables'. Not occupied.

1895 Gainsford Street Stables
£15
8s 9d
Tenant. Property not numbered but listed between Nos.41 and 42.
  18 Queen Elizabeth St House and Shop
£36
£1 1s 0d
Tenant
1896 Gainsford Street Stables
£17
9s 11d
Tenant
  18 Queen Elizabeth St House and Shop
£44
£1 5s 8d
Tenant
1897 Gainsford Street Stables
£13
8s 8d
Tenant
  18 Queen Elizabeth St House and Shop
£37
£1 4s 8d
Tenant
1898 Gainsford Street Stables
£13
8s 1d
Tenant
  18 Gainsford Street House and Shop
£37
£1 3s 1d
Tenant
1899 Gainsford Street Stables
£13
8s 1d
Tenant

 

HENRY SPEARPOINT PETTIT

Year
Address Type of Property
Value
Tax
Notes
1870 Goat Street House
£6
7s 7d
Tenant
1873 Little John Street House
£8
8s 0d
Tenant
1874 Little John Street House
£8
8s 0d
Tenant
1875 Little John Street House
£8
8s 0d
Tenant
1876 Little John Street House
£11
7s 4d
Tenant
1878 Little John Street House
£11
7s 4d
Tenant
1880 10 Little John Street House
£14
9s 4d
Tenant
   

Houses in Little John St were not numbered up to 1880. In 1880 he appears to have moved from No.14 to No.10 since No.14 is still there with Value=£11, Tax=7s 4d
Note that 10 Little John St. is listed immediately after 63 QE St. (see Mark Harris)

1881 10 Little John Street House
£14
9s 4d
Tenant
1882 10 Little John Street House
£15
8s 9d
Tenant
1883 10 Little John Street House
£15
8s 9d
Tenant
1884 1 Boss Street House
£15
8s 9d
Tenant
    The address has changed but Nos.1,3,5,7 and 9 Boss St. seem to be the same as Nos.10-14 Little John St. the previous year. 4 out of 5 tenants are the same.
1885 1 Boss Street House
£15
8s 9d
Tenant
1886 1 Boss Street House
£15
8s 9d
Tenant
1887 1 Boss Street House
£15
8s 9d
Tenant
1888 1 Boss Street House
£15
8s 9d
Tenant
1889 1 Boss Street House
£15
8s 9d
Tenant
1890 1 Boss Street House
£15
8s 9d
Tenant
     
 
  No indexed entries for Henry Pettit after 1890

 

EDWARD PETTIT (Died 1909)

Year
Address Type of Property
Value
Tax
Notes
1887 65 Queen Elizabeth St. House
£1
Marked as 'Exonerated'. Nos.54-70 are all occupied and paying tax.
1889 65 Queen Elizabeth St. House
£1
Marked as 'Exonerated'.
1890 65 Queen Elizabeth St. House
£1
Marked as 'Exonerated'.
1891 65 Queen Elizabeth St. House
£1
Marked as 'Exonerated'.
1892 65 Queen Elizabeth St. House
£1
Marked as 'Exonerated'.
1893 65 Queen Elizabeth St. House
£1
Entry in red and marked as 'Exonerated'.
    Nos 54-60 are occupied and paying tax as before. Now Nos.65-82 are listed as 'Site of House' but still assessed for tax. Nos.66 - 82 are unoccupied.
1894 65 Queen Elizabeth St. House
£1
Entry in red and marked as 'Exonerated'.
1895 65 Queen Elizabeth St. House
£1
Entry in red and marked as 'Exonerated'.
  14 Lafone Street House

£25

14s 7d
Entry in black
1896 65 Queen Elizabeth St. House
£1
Entry in red.
    All of Nos.64-70 are in red, all described as 'Site of House' and noted 'Tax Redeemed Dec 1895'.
1897 46 Lafone Street House
£24
16s 0d
Entry in black
1898 46 Lafone Street House
£24
15s 0d
Entry in black
1899 46 Lafone Street House
£24
15s 0d
Entry in black
1900 46 Lafone Street House
£24
15s 0d
Entry in black
1901 46 Lafone Street House
£21
13s 1d
Entry in black A separate certificate shows this property to be exonerated.
1902 46 Lafone Street House
15s 0d
Tax is exonerated
    The whole street and several adjacent pages (including QE Street, Tooley St, Boss St) are now all in red and exonerated.
1903 46 Lafone Street House
15s 0d
Tax is exonerated
1904 46 Lafone Street House
15s 0d
Tax is exonerated
1905 46 Lafone Street House
15s 0d
Tax is exonerated
1906   No record
1907 46 Lafone Street House
15s 0d
Tax is exonerated
1908 46 Lafone Street House
15s 0d
Tax is exonerated