The information held on this page has been taken from East Sussex Land Tax, 1785, volume 77 of the Sussex Record Society. I am indebted to Roger Davey who edited the volume and to the Committee of the Sussex Record Society, for permission to reproduce the section on Ringmer.

Land Tax, like a rate, was an annual charge on the occupiers of houses and land which for over two centuries in England and Wales formed one of the staple sources of income for the government. The table below provides a 'directory' of land ownership and occupation in Ringmer in 1785.

To find out more about the East Sussex Land Tax Assessments for 1785, please refer to the original publication. It is still in print (available from Sussex Record Society) or it may be borrowed from libraries.

Please refer to the Map of Ringmer for the areas of the different Boroughs.