16-599: Kippax may refer to: Kippax, West Yorkshire , a village in England Kippax Centre , a suburban centre in Canberra, Australia, named after Alan Kippax Kippax Plantation , an archaeological site and former home of Robert Bolling and Jane Rolfe in Hopewell, Virginia The Kippax , a stand at Manchester City Football Club's Maine Road stadium People with
32-581: A classification of the taxpayers. This poll tax was expected to net over £50,000, but the revenue never reached half that sum. The fiscal exigencies of the Hundred Years' War compelled the Bad Parliament of 1377 to grant to the King a tax of four pence or a groat to be taken from the goods of each man and woman in the kingdom over fourteen, with the exception of genuine beggars . In addition
48-410: A poll tax that would be easier and faster to collect. The new poll tax of 1379 was graduated according to each taxpayer's rank or social position , thereby avoiding dissatisfaction based on inequality and unfairness. The schedule of charge for this tax therefore contained a classification of taxpayers. It is divided into four groups: the first is based on rank, the second on occupation (men of law),
64-702: A small co-op store. The village is the home of the Kippax Welfare rugby league club. Its first team plays as the Kippax Knights . Musician Robert Harvey , of the band The Music , is from Kippax. Poll Tax of 1379 The Poll Tax of 1379 was granted to the King by the lords , commoners and clergy of England in order to finance the Hundred Years' War . It was graduated according to each taxpayers rank or social position, thereby avoiding dissatisfaction based on inequality and unfairness. The schedule of charge for this tax therefore contained
80-557: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Kippax, West Yorkshire Kippax is a town and civil parish in the City of Leeds , West Yorkshire , England. It is situated to the east of the city, near to Garforth and Great Preston . The Kippax and Methley ward of Leeds City Council is part of the UK Parliament constituency of Selby . The population of Kippax parish at
96-561: The 2011 census was 9,785. Kippax was a separate civil parish , in Tadcaster Rural District , until 1939, when it was annexed to Garforth . It re-acquired civil parish status and a parish council on 1 April 2004. The name Kippax is of Anglo-Saxon origin and is first attested as Chipesch in the Domesday Book of 1086, and as "Kippeys" in charters from the 1090s to the 1270s, and Kypask and Kypax from
112-524: The Poll Tax Records for Yorkshire in 1379. The village's historical roots are evidenced by the presence of an originally Anglo-Saxon church which underwent significant modification in Norman times. Typical Saxon herring-bone masonry can be seen in the church tower. Despite being an administrative centre for hundreds of years, the population remained small and it was mostly agricultural until
128-502: The 13th century onwards. The placename seems to be composed of an Anglo-Saxon personal name Cippa (with initial [tʃ-], suggested by the Domesday Book form) or Cyppa (with initial [k-]) + æsc [æʃ] 'ash-tree'. This suggests that the village was first established in a wooded area of ash trees. The pronunciation of the name seems to show Scandinavian influence, perhaps in the change from initial [tʃ-] to [k-], and more clearly in
144-411: The change of [-æʃ] to [-ask] (and thereafter [-aks]). Locational surnames such as Kippax developed when former inhabitants of a place moved to another area, usually to seek work, and were best identified by the name of their birthplace. The surname first appears in the late-14th century and other early recordings include: Johannes de Kypax, Johanna Kepas, and Johannes de Kepax, who were all recorded in
160-467: The clergy granted a tax of 12 pence from every beneficed person, and a groat from every other religious person, with the exception of mendicant friars . Special commissions were appointed to collect the tax, and the county sheriffs were ordered to aid with the collection. The tax on laymen netted £22,607, 2 s., 6d. paid by 1,376, 442 persons, although the records of County Durham and Cheshire are missing. The war continued with French attack on
176-499: The late-18th century when coal mining began on a small scale in bell pits . The advent of deeper mining and the discovery of coal seams in Allerton Bywater saw Kippax undergo a rapid expansion into a typical northern mining community in the 19th century. Exploitation of the coal led to a railway being built between Garforth and Castleford in 1873. The single line had two intermediate stations at Kippax and Ledston . It
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#1732772077666192-421: The pound in goods imported and exported. The second parliament of Richard II granted in 1378 a tax of one fifteenth and a half on movables without cities and boroughs and one tenth and a half within. It also continued the previous customs on wool and merchandise a year longer. This grant did not produce the sum of money required for the war, and the third parliament of Richard II repealed in and replaced it with
208-463: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Kippax . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kippax&oldid=1191477214 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
224-418: The southern coast of England, the towns of Dartmouth , Plymouth , Winchelsea and others suffered. The first parliament of Richard II therefore in 1377 granted for two years a tax of two fifteenths on movables without cities and boroughs and two tenths within. In addition parliament added a grant of customs subsidy on wool , woolfells and leather for three years. It also granted for one year six pence on
240-440: The surname [ edit ] Alan Kippax (1897–1972), Australian cricketer, uncle of H. G. Kippax H. G. Kippax (1920–1999), Australian journalist Peter Kippax (1940–2017), English cricketer Peter Kippax (footballer) (1922–1987), English footballer John Kippax the pen name of English science fiction writer John Charles Hynam Susan Kippax (born 1941), Australian social psychologist Topics referred to by
256-464: Was closed to passengers in 1951. The decline in deep mining saw Allerton Bywater pit close in the 1990s having been in decline since the 1970s. Kippax adjusted to its new status as a commuter village. Its proximity to the A1/M1/M62 means that many residents now commute to Leeds, Castleford , London, Wakefield or York . The high street has a mix of independent butchers, grocers and newsagents and
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