Wyke Township poll for Knights of the Shire 1848

 

This is the Wyke Polling District for the West Riding Election for a Knight of the Shire for the West Riding of Yorkshire, in the room of Lord Viscount Morpeth (succeeded to the peerage as Earl of Carlisle) on Thursday and Friday, Dec 14th and 15th 1848.

Candidates Edmund Denison Esquire and Sir Culling Eardley Eardley Baronet.

Compiled by T Flint Esq, Leeds and published by George Crosby, 20 Queen's Place. 1849

 

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 indicates a vote for Dennison (Conservative - who won the seat) or a 2 for Eardley (Liberal). We presume a blank after a name means no vote was cast.

 
Name Surname Residence No.
Samuel BALMFORTH Clifton 1
Jonas BATEMAN Cleckheaton 2
William BATEMAN Cleckheaton  
William BELFIELD Stor hill 1
William BENTLEY Stor hill 1
Samuel BINKS Low common 1
Robert BIRKBY Long lane 2
William BIRKBY Stor hill 1
John BREAKS Common 2
John BRIGGS Common 1
John BRIGGS Stor hill 2
Levi BRIGGS Stor hill 2
John BROOK Common 2
Joseph BUTTERWORTH New road 1
Josh. BUTTERWORTH Norwood green 2
R. BUTTERWORTH Lower Woodlands 1
Thomas BUTTERWORTH Wike lane 2
George BYWATER Stor hill 1
John CAMM Bailiffe Bridge 2
Brian COWGILL Burnley 1
Geo. COWGILL Priestfield, Colne 1
John COWGILL Bingley 1
W. COWGILL Priestfield, Colne 1
Joseph CRABTREE Stor hill 1
Robert CROSLAND Bradford 2
David Barber DRAKE Low Wike 1
Thomas DRAKE Lower Wike  
George FAIRBURN Wike  
Benjamin FEARNLEY Wike lane  
Reuben FIRTH Wike 1
Caleb, jun. FLETCHER York 2
John HANSON Half-way house inn 1
Joseph HANSON Stor hill 1
Joseph HANSON Wike 1
William HANSON Stor hill 1
Thomas HARDY Stor hill 1
James HIRST Stor hill 1
John HIRST Stor hill 1
William HIRST Bowling green 1
James HODGSON Bailiff bridge lane  
John HODGSON Wike 1
George HOLDSWORTH Clifton 1
John HOLDSWORTH Toft 2
John HOLDSWORTH Stor hill 1
R. HOLDSWORTH Stor hill bottom 2
William HOYLE Brighouse 2
W. Birkby JAGGER Cleckheaton  
Robert KERSHAW Cleckheaton 1
John MARSDEN Flash pond 1
John MITCHELL Low moor 1
Jeremiah PARKINSON Stor hill  
Andrew PEARSON Wike lane  
Charles PEARSON Wike lane 2
Stephen PEARSON Wike lane 2
William PRATT Farnley moor side 1
Abraham PRIESTLEY Stor hill 1
John RHODES Stor hill 1
Joseph RHODES Stor hill 2
Henry ROBERTS Bailiff bridge 2
John ROBINSON Upper wike 2
Godfrey SELLERS West house 1
William SELLERS Wike hall  
John SMITH Stor hill 1
Jesse SUGDEN Stor hill side 2
W. Woodcock SUGDEN Cleckheaton 2
Charles TAYLOR Cleckheaton  
J. TAYLOR Stanley-cum-Wrenthorpe  
James TAYLOR Stor hill 1
Joseph TAYLOR New lathe 1
Joseph TAYLOR Clifton (dead)  
George TORDOFF North Bierley 1
Benjamin WIDDOP Hanson's lane 1
William WILKINSON Wike 2
Joseph WINPENNY High Fearnley 2
Timothy WOOLER Stor hill 1

 

 

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