Hi Bill, you can search for the Hearth Tax returns for Beverley from the separate E179 catalogue on TNA website: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/e179/ Click on the large Search E179 button; Type Beverley in the Place search box and click the Lookup button; Select the borough hit (as the Hearth Tax was neither manorial nor ecclesiastical in nature); In the Tax box, select the 'Search by Years or Tax type', then click the Specify button, choose Hearth Tax from the drop-down list; In the Document Type, select the 'Documents containing names of individuals'; Now click 'Search the Database at the bottom of the form; Here you will see that they hold Hearth Tax returns for Beverley borough from 1664 to 1675 Now click on the first hit, and it will describe the record. It shows that there are 2 'rots', short for rotulets), you can get the definition of rot and membrane (the m. you asked about) by clicking on the ? Help button near the top right of the page, then clicking on the Glossary tab. By looking at the description of that first hit you will see exactly where the record for Beverley is located on the roll, it is at rot 1d. The rolls, and the membranes that make up the roll are clearly marked (but do remember the check the reverse side if you cannot find what you are looking for), you will quickly get the hang of it. A quick tip: take a transcribed Hearth Tax return with you, and order up its reference too. That way you can quickly learn the handwriting at the time and help you transcribe the Hearth Tax you are interested in. Hope this helps, Colin ________________________________________ From: yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Bill Webster [wbwebster@internode.on.net] Sent: 30 July 2012 08:26 To: yorksgen@rootsweb.com Subject: [YORKSGEN] Beverley - Hearth Tax - locations Could I request some help, please, from anyone more familiar with Beverley and the Hearth Tax. I have been looking at http://www.hearthtax.org.uk/communities/eastriding/index.html. Can I confirm the online records are from 1672? Was this the only return or will there be more years to come? And what do the Mem Refs relate to, as in m.1, m.1d, m.2, etc.? The family name that I am researching appears in a number of Constaularies/Wards. If I can, it may prove useful to identify where each of these were. They obviously relate to quite small areas within the town. I think I can relate these to present places and roads but I would welcome correction. Saturday Market ward would be around the market, sort of north/centre. Toll Gavel ward would be south/centre. Within North Bar ward would be north of the Saturday Market. Newbegin and Lairgate ward is south and west of the market? Norwood, Hengate and Walkergate is east and north of the market? Beckside and Barleyholme ward is south and east, towards Hull? Thanks for any clarification. Bill ..... Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message