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The history of glass windows made its original journey when the Romans in 100 AD used glass in villas and buildings where the prestigious were housed. The glass produced by the Romans has been found across Europe, in the Mediterranean, and in China. German Craftsmen in the eleventh century discovered that by taking small pieces of glass and putting them together with lead they could create larger more intricate designs, now known as stained glass.

King William the third introduced a window tax into his Kingdom in 1696. Income tax was not in existence then as the populace considered details of their own income to be private and not a matter for the King to worry about. The window tax was introduced to get around this problem. Read on to discover more about the historical facts about an old taxation system on windows in the United Kingdom.

The history of window cleaners in the UK started thousands of years ago with the development of windows and the perfection of glass making. As windows became more popular it became more important to develop ways of cleaning them.