Wyke Township poll for Knights of the Shire 1832

 

The Reform Act of 1832 broadened the franchise to those who owned or held a minimum 60 year lease on land to a minimum value of £10 or be paying a rent at £50 per annum. Lists of eligible voters were transcribed and published.
 
Voter No. Name Surname Abode Nature of qualification Situation of Property
3575 James BATEMAN Oakenshaw Freehold Houses Wyke Common
3570 John BENTLEY Stor Hill Freehold House Stor Hill
3572 Richard BIRKBY Wyke Freehold House Wyke Town
3565 William BIRKBY Stor Hill Freehold Houses New Road
3571 John BREAKS Wyke Common Freehold Houses Wyke Common
3564 John BRIGGS Wyke Common Freehold Land and Houses Wyke Common
3574 John BROOK Stor Hill Freehold Houses Stor Hill
3569 William BROOK Knowl Freehold Houses Wyke Common
3566 John BUTTERWORTH Oakenshaw Freehold Farm Cow Close
3568 Joseph BUTTERWORTH New Road Freehold House New Road
3573 Joseph Oratio BUTTERWORTH Manchester Freehold Farm Wyke Lane
3567 Thomas BUTTERWORTH Wyke Lane Freehold Farm Mindle End
3577 Thomas CARVICK Highwood Hill, Middlesex Freehold Land, House, and Outbuildings Manor House
3576 William CHEW Norwood Green Freehold Land and Houses Wyke Town
3578 Thomas DRAKE Lower Wyke Occupying as tenant a Farm at �50 a year rent Lower Wyke
3579 Reuben FIRTH Wyke Freehold Houses Wike Town
3580 William GAGGER Scholes Freehold House Bailiffe Bridge
3583 Joseph HANSON Wyke Freehold Land and Houses Hanson's Fold
3584 Thomas HARDY Stor Hill Bottom Freehold Land and Houses Stor Hill-Bottom
3585 John HIRST Stor Hill Freehold Houses Stor Hill
3582 William HIRST Hanson's Lane Freehold Houses Hanson's Lane
3581 James HODGSON Bailiffe Bridge Lane Freehold Houses Wyke Common
3586 John MARSDEN Marsden's Houses Freehold Land and Houses Wyke Town
3588 Jeremiah PARKINSON Stor Hill Freehold Land and Houses Stor Hill
3592 Andrew PEARSON Wyke Lane Freehold Houses Pearson's Fold, Wyke Lane
3590 Charles PEARSON Wyke Lane Freehold Land and Houses Pearson's Fold, Wyke Lane
3589 James PEARSON White Chapel, in Cleckheaton Township Freehold Land and Houses Pearson's Fold, Wyke Lane
3591 John PEARSON Wyke Lane Freehold Houses Pearson's Fold, Wyke Lane
3587 Stephen PEARSON Wyke Lane Freehold Houses Pearson's Fold
3593 Godfrey SELLERS West House Freehold Farms Cow Close and West House
3594 William SELLERS Wyke Hall Freehold Farm Wyke Hall Farm
3595 Joseph SUGDEN Oakenshaw Freehold Houses Wyke Town
3599 James TAYLOR New Road Freehold House New Road
3598 Jonas TAYLOR New Road Freehold Houses New Road
3596 Joseph TAYLOR Wool Raw, Clifton Freehold Houses Bailiffe Bridge Lane
3597 Robert Bradley TOMLINSON Stor Hill Freehold Houses Stor Hill
3600 Daniel WADE Wyke Freehold Houses Wyke Town
3601 Benjamin WIDDOP Hanson's Lane Freehold House Hanson's Lane
3602 William WIDDOP Wyke Freehold Houses Top of Wyke
3605 James WILKINSON Wyke Freehold Houses Top of Wyke
3604 Joseph WINPENNY Wyke Freehold Houses and Land Knowle Farm
3603 Timothy WOOLER New Road Freehold Houses New Road

 

 

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