Chippenham <1>
13 April 1857
Dear Sir,
I will thank you to inform me whether you have made any alteration in Your Establishment during the last Year with reference to your Return for Assessed Taxes – which at present stands thus.
4 Male Servants – at £1 ּ 1 ּ 0
1 Under Gardener – 10 ּ 6
1 Carriage drawn by 2 Horses 3 ּ 10 ּ 0
2 Do – by 1 Horse 2 ּ 0 ּ 0
1 Coburg – @ 15 / ּ
2 Carriage Horses – @ – 21 /
1 Garden Horse – 10 / 6
Armorial bearings 2 ּ 12 ּ 9
I am Dear Sir
Yr obliged Servt
West Awdry
H. F. Talbot EsqNotes:
1. Chippenham, Wiltshire: largest town near Lacock, 3 miles N.