The list below is taken from an article published in the Journal of the Derbyshire Archaeology and Natural History Society (New Series) - “Baslow and War Assessment, 1796”, DAJ, vol. 62, 1941, by J.B. Himsworth.

“An Assessment of /15d in the Pound on the inhabitants of Baslow to Provide Money for his Majesty's Army Dec 13th 1796”.

At the time Britain was at War with France, and there was the real threat of invasion by French forces under the command of Napoleon.

The list does not include Bubnell. There are only a limited number of occupations and house names, so it is likely that they were used only when necessary to distinguish persons of the same name.

There were 167 houses in Baslow and Bubnell in 1801, so there would have been say 150 in Baslow. The 93 names in the list would have accounted for well over half the householders in Baslow.

The list gives a useful insight into the social heirarchy in the village.

Surname	Forename	Note	Assessment
Alsop	Widow		£0 6 4½
Ashton	Benjamin		£0 5 6
Barber	John & Thomas		£0 12 6
Barker	Revd. John		£0 4 7½
Barker	John	weaver	£0 5 7½
Barns	David		£0 10 0
Barton	John		£0 5 9
Bennett	Ralph		£0 2 6
Bowler	Elizth.		£2 8 4½
Bowler	William		£0 0 3
Bowler	Alice		£0 14 0
Bright	William		£0 13 7½
Bright	Michael		£0 1 9
Broomhead	Joseph		£4 10 6
Brockley	Joseph		£0 3 4½
Brushfield	Bartholomew		£0 3 9
Brushfield	Thomas		£0 4 0
Drable	William		£0 3 10½
Elliott	Thomas		£0 4 4½
Etches	George		£2 15 0
Froggatt	Henry		£1 10 6
Froggatt	Samuel		£0 19 10½
Gardom	Thomas	shoemaker	£1 18 0
Green	Matthew		£0 0 10½
Goodwin	John		£0 3 9
Gregory	Joseph		£0 1 9
Gregory	Joshua		£0 8 1½
Heaton	Thomas & Geo. Marsden		£0 8 1½
Henshaw	William		£1 0 3
Hibberd	Peter		£0 4 4½
Hodskinson	Joseph		£3 19 9
Hully	Samuel		£0 1 4½
Holmes	Robert		£0 5 4½
Jenkinson	James		£0 1 9
Jenkinson	Ralph		£0 1 0
Johnson	Widow		£0 2 6
Marple	William	inn-keeper	£0 5 3
Marple	William	sadler	£0 9 4
Marple	Robt. & Son	of Gate Row	£1 4 9
Marple	Robt.	blacksmith	£0 6 10½
Marple	John	carpenter	£0 0 3
Marple	John	blacksmith	£0 6 10½
Marple	Robt.		£0 9 9
Marple	Samuel		£1 0 1½
Marple	Geo. & Joseph		£0 4 3
Marsden	Edmund		£0 6 0
Marsden	Robt.	baker	£0 4 9
Marsden	Widow		£0 13 3
Marsden	Thomas		£0 0 10½
Marsden	William		£1 12 0
Matley	John		£0 9 7½
Moore	Catherine		£1 1 7½
Newton	James		£0 9 6
Noton	Widow		£0 7 7½
Penistone	Henry		£0 1 0
Penistone	Widow		£1 1 3
Richards	William		£0 0 6
Rowland	Widow		£0 16 3
Rowland	George		£0 3 1½
Rushton	Mary		£0 3 4½
Savage	John		£0 12 7½
Shaw	William	mercer	£0 2 4½
Shaw	William of Green		£0 1 1½
Short	Joseph		£0 0 3
Sidebottom	Robert		£0 3 1½
Stafford	Elijah		£1 1 9
Strother	Widow		£0 1 1½
Tattersall	Thomas		£0 1 10½
Vernon	Enoch		£0 2 9
Watson	White		£0 1 10½
White	Henry		£1 10 4½
Wragg	George		£0 11 1
Wragg	Alexander		£0 2 4½
Wilson	William		£0 0 10½
Young	William		£0 1 6
Duke of Rutland		Woods	£0 3 0
Ashton	Valentine	Freeholder	£0 3 1½
Alsop	Sampson	Freeholder	£0 3 9
Bowler	Elizabeth	Freeholder	£0 2 6
Broomhead	Joseph	Freeholder	£0 6 10½
Gardom	Thomas of Ford Green	Freeholder	£0 2 6
Gardom	Thomas	Freeholder	£0 8 9
Gregory	Joshua	Freeholder	£0 2 6
Hattersley	George	Freeholder	£0 2 6
Hattersley	Robert	Freeholder	£0 6 3
Johnson	William	Freeholder	£0 5 0
King	David	Freeholder	£0 7 6
Kitchen	William	Freeholder	£0 6 3
Kitchen	Edward	Freeholder	£0 13 9
Marple	Joseph	Freeholder	£0 15 0
Marple	George	Freeholder	£0 2 6
Rowland	Widow	Freeholder	£0 0 11¼
Penistone	Ralph	Freeholder	£0 0 11¼
Total			£47 3 10½

The above information was contributed by David Dalrymple-Smith in May 2009.