Held at Northallerton Record Office
Rate books, sometimes referred to as Poor Rate books, detailing those who were paying the rate which was used at least in part to support the poor of the parish. Here is an example:
Thorpe Rate Book 1869
| Occupier | Owner | Description | Situation |
| Rev Wm Bury | himself | tithe rent charge | Thorpe |
| John Constantine | Robt Proctor esq | land & buildings | Thorpe |
| Richd Constantine | Robt Proctor esq | House and garden | Thorpe |
| Christopher Dean | himself | land | Colllin |
| Edward Green | K Kitching esq | land & buildings | Thorpe |
| Stephen Herd | himself | land & buildings | Thorpe |
| Stephen Herd | Mr Horton | land & buildings | Cookram |
| Stephen Herd | Mr Dawson | land | Pasture |
| Stephen Herd | Mr Richd Hebden | land | Mickleflats |
| Anthony Hodgson | Mr Hebden Hall | House and garden | Thorpe |
| Anthony Hodgson | late Henry Featherstone | Folly garden | Thorpe |
| William Hodgson | Rev J W Nowell | land & buildings | Essoe |
| W A Nowell | Rev J W Nowell | land & buildings | Waddy |
| William Paley | R Proctor esq | land & buildings | Langorton |
| Anthony Pinder | late Sir E Tempest | land | Squire share |
| John Pinder | R Proctor esq | land & buildings | Thorpe |
| Joseph Robinson | Mr Thomas Lupton | land & buildings | Ings House |
| Joseph Robinson | Linton poor | land | Poor grass |
| William Stockdale | R Proctor esq | land & buildings | Thorpe |
| Bradley Simpson | Mr Thomas Plets | land | Kay Cross |
| John Waite | Mr Josias Atkinson | land & buildings | Thorpe |
Signed by John Constantine & Stephen Herd, overseers and churchwardens.
The payments to individuals exempt from paying the rates are normally shown in the Overseers Accounts as it was the duty of the Overseers to collect the rate and distribute to the poor. For example
Burnsall Overseers Accounts 1818/1819
| Joseph | Hudson | house rent & turves | £9-2-6 |
| Ellen | Knowles | house rent & turves | £9-17-4 |
| Ann | Hebdin | house rent & turves | £6-12-4 |
| Hannah | Kay | house rent & coals | £7-6-6 |
| Margaret | Knowles | house rent | £6-19-0 |
| Henry | Green | Rent & trousers & clogs 18/4 | £4-18-4 |
| Dinah | Verity | house rent & coals | £7-16 |
| Nancy | Pickover | rent | £4-17-6 |
| Mary | Nailor | house rent & coals | £7-16-0 |
| Eliz | Bumby | house rent & coals | £7-16-0 |
These records run from 1724 to 1869