North Bierley Township poll for Knights of the Shire 1837

 

The Poll for the Knight of the Shire for the West Riding of Yorkshire

Candidates: 1. The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Morpeth
2. Sir George Strickland
3. The Hon. John Stuart Wortley

 

The requirement to vote at that time was that you must own or hold a minimum 60 year lease on land to a minimum value of £10 or be paying a rent at £50 per annum. The ballot was a public affair and lists like the one we have transcribed below were later published. A 1, 2 or 3 in the columns indicates which candidates votes were cast for. Wortley represented the Conservative party, and Strickland and Morpeth were Whigs. Strickland and Morpeth were elected but were unseated at the next election in 1841.
 
Name Surname Abode Morpeth Strickland Wortley Notes
John ASQUITH Furnace inn        
Septimus ASQUITH Carr lane 1      
Benj. BARRACLOUGH Slack 1 2    
Jno. BARRACLOUGH Low moor 1      
Jno. sen. BARRACLOUGH Town end        
John BARRACLOUGH Low moor 1 2    
Jonas BARRACLOUGH Buttershaw 1 2    
Wm. BARRACLOUGH Low moor 1   3  
James BARSHAW Sall nook 1 2    
Paul BASTOW Little Horton     3  
Daniel BATEMAN Park house 1 2    
James BATEMAN Park house 1 2    
Jno. BATEMAN Wibsey 1 1    
Samuel BATEMAN Park house 1 2    
Wm. BATEMAN Park house        
Jas. BENTLEY Lower Woodlands 1 2    
Daniel BOLLAND Upper Woodlands 1 2    
Timothy BOLLAND Upper Woodlands 1 2    
John BOLTON Low moor 1 2    
Chas. BOOCOCK Wibsey slack 1 1    
Jno. BOOCOCK Odsal moor 1 2    
Isaac BOOTH Wibsey 1 2    
John BOOTH Oakenshaw 1 2    
Joseph BOOTH Upper burnet field        
Matthew BOOTH Wibsey 1 2    
Jno. BOTTOMLEY Hedge end     3  
Wm. BOTTOMLEY Soper lane, Shelf 1 2    
Wm. BOWER Odsal moor side 1 2    
Joseph BRAYSHAW Low moor 1 2    
Jno. BREAKS Wibsey bank 1 1    
John BREAKS Schale hill 1 2    
Reuben BREAKS Slack     3  
Seth BREAKS White lane top 1 2    
Thomas BREAKS Wibsey bank 1 2    
Robt. BREARCLIFFE Wibsey slack     3  
Jno. BUTLER Cheese cake house 1 2    
Robert BUTTERWORTH Wike 1 2    
Wm. CASS Little Horton     3  
John CLAYTON Low moor     3  
Samuel CLOUGH Woodhouse hill 1 2    
Wm. COLLINSON Bierley lane 1 2    
Richard CROWTHER Wibsey 1 2    
Chris. H. DAWSON Royds Hall 1 2    
William DEARDEN Wibsey bank 1 2    
John EASTWOOD Low moor 1 2    
Robert EDMONDSON Wibsey     3  
Jonathan ELAM Wibsey bank     3  
Joshua, Rev. FAWCETT Parsonage     3  
Daniel FIRTH Little Horton 1 2    
John FIRTH Bowling 1 2    
Joseph FIRTH Hunsworth     3  
Reuben FIRTH Bierley lane 1 2    
Andrew FLETCHER Hill top        
Benjamin GARSIDE Carr lane 1 2    
Joseph GARSIDE Carr lane        
Joseph, junior GARSIDE Carr lane     3  
Charles GREENHOUGH Slack     3  
John GREENHOUGH Wibsey 1 2    
W. Watson GREENWOOD Bank foot 1 2    
Abram HARDY Beck hill     3  
Charles HARDY Odsal     3  
Isaac HARDY North Bierley 1 2    
John HARDY Middlesex     3  
Jonathan HARDY Ditch side 1 2    
Richard HARDY Woodlands 1 2    
John HARKER New coll houses 1 2    
Benjamin HARPIN Low moor 1 2    
John HAY Halifax        
J. Frederic HEMINGWAY Carr lane 1   3  
John HEMINGWAY Carr lane 1 2    
John HODGSON Bank top 1 2    
Squire HODGSON Carr gate 1 2    
Jonathan HOLDEN Slack     3  
Rich. HOLDSWORTH Storhill bottom 1 2    
John HORN Beck hill     3  
Christopher HOWSON Slack     3  
John ILLINGWORTH Slack     3  
Jonas ILLINGWORTH Pothouse     3  
William JOWETT Chapel house     3  
Thomas KAYE Near Bierley hall 1 2    
Charles KELLETT Heaton hill 1 2    
Daniel KELLETT Heaton hill 1 2    
Jonas KELLETT Heaton hill     3  
Joseph KELLETT Wibsey 1 2    
Samuel KELLETT Upper George 1 2    
William KNEESHAW Low moor 1 2    
John KNOWLES Woodhouse hill 1 2    
James LEE Woodside     3  
Jonas LIGHTOWLERS Wibsey 1 2    
Peter LIGHTOWLERS Carr lane 1 2    
George MATHERS New coll houses 1 2    
Ralph MILNER Bierley lane 1 2    
Joshua MITCHELL Ivegate, Bradford     3  
Eli MORTIMER Soper lane     3  
Michael MORTIMER Brown royd hill     3  
Thomas MORTIMER Soper lane     3  
James MUFF Slack side 1 2    
Isaac NORTH Carr bottom     3  
Samuel OVEREND Bowling lane 1 2    
John PARKER Wibsey slack 1 2    
John PARKINSON Low moor     3  
Joseph PARKINSON Low moor 1   3  
Abram PEARSON White lane 1 2    
Gent PEARSON Odsal 1 2    
Isaac PEARSON Odsal 1 2    
Jacob PEARSON Wibsey 1 2    
Joseph PEARSON Odsal moor 1 2    
Robt. PEARSON Low moor 1 2    
Samuel PEARSON Wibsey 1 2    
Thomas PERCY Odsal moor 1 2    
Benjamin POLLARD Toftshaw       *Third question negatived.
James POLLARD Truncliffe 1 2    
John POLLARD Wibsey slack 1 2    
Joseph POLLARD Shelf 1 2    
Joseph POLLARD Bierley lane 1 2    
John PRIESTLEY Brown royd hill        
Jeremiah PYRAH Hill top     3  
John PYRAH Raw Nook 1 2    
Samuel PYRAH Buttershaw     3  
Thomas PYRAH Buttershaw 1      
Thomas PYRAH Low moor        
Geo. ROBINSON Wibsey slack     3  
John ROPER Odsal 1 2    
John SCOTT Odsal        
Benjamin SEED Carr house        
Isaac SEED Bierley lane 1 2    
John SEED Bowling 1 2    
John SEED Hill top 1 2    
Absolam SHAW Shelf     3  
Thomas SHAW Moor top 1      
John SHUTT Bowling        
John SIMPSON Bradford     3  
John SMITH Tordoff green 1 2    
Jonas SMITH Wibsey 1 2    
Robt. SMITH Carr lane        
William SMITH Soper lane        
William SMITH Wibsey 1 2    
William SORSBURY Hill top 1 2    
Isaac STAINTHORPE White lane 1 2    
James STAINTHORPE Salt horn 1 2    
John STAINTHORPE Low moor 1 2    
Samuel STEAD Lant street, London 1 2    
William STEAD London     3  
James STOCKS Slack     3  
John SUCKSMITH Carr lane 1 2    
John SUGDEN Salt horn 1 2    
Joseph SUGDEN Manorile lane 1 2    
John SUTCLIFFE Wibsey 1 2    
James SWAINE Wibsey 1 2    
John SWAINE Wibsey 1 2    
Joshua TAYLOR Lower Woodlands 1 2    
Samuel TAYLOR Low moor     3  
John TERRY Slack side     3  
John THORNTON Wibsey 1 2    
John THORNTON Wibsey slack     3  
Joseph THORNTON King's head     3  
Samuel THORNTON Horton 1   3  
Isaac TORDOFF Slack 1 2    
John TORDOFF Lancashire 1 2    
John TORDOFF Rowell, Northampsh.     3  
John TORDOFF Wibsey     3  
Joseph TORDOFF Low moor     3  
Joseph TORDOFF Row Nook        
Joseph TORDOFF Wibsey     3  
Samuel TORDOFF Wibsey 1 2    
Squire TORDOFF Hill top 1 2    
William TORDOFF Wibsey 1 2    
Thomas TOWNEND Wibsey 1 2    
Samuel WADDINGTON Slack     3  
Joseph WALKER Buttershaw 1 2    
Robt. WALKER Bierley lane     3  
Wm. WALTON Top of Wibsey bank        
James WARBURTON Wibsey 1 2    
John WARDMAN Wibsey slack     3  
John WHITAKER Salt horn 1 2    
Daniel WHITTAKER Salt horn 1 2    
Joseph WILKINSON Folly hall     3  
William WILKINSON Carr lane 1 2    
Chris WILSON Low moor 1 2    
Edward WILSON Beck hill 1 2    
Isaac WILSON Low moor 1 2    
James WILSON Low moor 1 2    
Robert WILSON Low moor 1 2    
Thomas WILSON Snake hill 1 2    
William WILSON Low moor 1 2    
William WILSON Moor bottom 1 2    
J. WOMERSLEY Hipperholme-cum-Br.        
John WOOD Tong        
Joshua WOOD Hill top 1 2    
John WOODHEAD Little Horton     3  
George WOOLER Carr lane       *Sold part of his qualification.
Jonas WORSNOP Hill top 1 2    
Thomas WORSNOP Hill top 1   3  
James WRIGHT Tordoff green 1 2    
John WRIGHT Hill top 1 2    
John WRIGHT Brown royd hill 1 2    
John WRIGHT Upper George 1 2    
Jonas WRIGHT Folly hall        
William WRIGHT Shelf 1 2    
Peter WROE Bowling 1 2    

 

 

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