WINDOW TAX  , a tax first levied in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in the See also:

• YEAR

year 1697 for the purpose of defraying the expenses and making up the deficiency arising from clipped and defaced See also:

• COIN
• COIN (older forms of the word are coyne, quoin and coign, all derived through the O. Fr. coing, and cuigne from Lat. cuneus, a wedge)

coin in the recoinage of See also:

• SILVER

silver during the reign of See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William III . It was an assessed tax on the rental value of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, levied according to the number of windows and openings on houses having more than six windows and See also:

• WORTH
• WORTH, CHARLES FREDERICK (1825-1895)

worth more than £5 per annum . Owing to the method of See also:

• ASSESSMENT, (from Lat. assessare, to sit beside, to judge)

assessment the tax See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell with See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar hardship on the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle classes, and to this See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day traces of the endeavours to lighten its See also:

• BURDEN, or BURTHEN

burden may be seen in numerous bricked-up windows . The See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

revenue derived from the tax in the first year of its See also:

• LEVY (Fr. levee, from lever, Lat. levare, to lift, raise)
• LEVY, AMY (1861–1889)
• LEVY, AUGUSTE MICHEL (1844– )

levy amounted to £1,200,000 . The tax was increased no fewer than six times between 1747 and 1808, but was reduced in 1823 . There was a strong agitation in favour of the abolition of the tax during the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter of 1850-1851, and it was accordingly repealed on the 24th of See also:

• JULY

July 1851, and a tax on inhabited houses substituted . The tax contributed £1,856,000 to the imperial revenue the year before its See also:

• REPEAL (O.F. rapel, modern rappel, from rapeler, rappeler, revoke, re and appeler, appeal)

repeal . There were in England in that year about 6000 houses having fifty windows and upwards; about 275,000 having ten windows and upwards, and about 725,000 having seven windows or less . In See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France there is still a tax on doors and windows, and this forms an appreciable amount of the revenue .