tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16586584.post8023216986401290060..comments2024-03-14T07:34:26.650+01:00Comments on BrontëBlog: Jocelyn Kellett. In MemoriamCristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14863082224534612494noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16586584.post-89721335160622389352020-06-25T12:23:26.117+02:002020-06-25T12:23:26.117+02:00They must still exist (don't know whether avai...They must still exist (don't know whether available online) as a 1955 article on Brontë Transactions (The Rev. Patrick Brontë’s Tax Returns<br />George Crowther, Brontë Society Transactions. Volume 12, 1955 - Issue 5) states that,<br /><br />'Some new light has been thrown on the social position of the Rev. Patrick Brontë by the discovery in Keighley of the tax returns of the township of Haworth for the years 1829 and 1831. Haworth was then in the East Morley district and returns were made to the Commissioners in Bradford.'<br /><br />There's information on what he paid and why. Tthe tax is also mentioned in an article in the latest issue of Brontë Studies (Recent Acquisitions at the Brontë Parsonage Museum, 2010–2019) in connection to the donation of Grasper's collar.<br /><br />Hope that helps.Cristinahttp://bronteblog.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16586584.post-8937414338752494902020-06-24T20:52:18.435+02:002020-06-24T20:52:18.435+02:00Can anyone help? In her book 'Haworth Parsonag...Can anyone help? In her book 'Haworth Parsonage', Jocelyn Kellett refers to Patrick Bronte paying dog tax for Grasper in 1831. I wonder if those dog tax records are still available?<br />Jane Sunderlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17091265432674084466noreply@blogger.com