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Norfolk Voting Registers - Poll 1734
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A copy of the poll for the Knights of the Shire for the county of Norfolk, taken at Norwich, May 22, 1734 taken before William Woodley Esq., High Sheriff
The Poll Book contains the following information :-
CANDIDATES
| [Name] | [Abbreviation] | Party | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Edmund Bacon, Bart | B. | Tory | Yes |
| William Wodehouse Esq; | W. | Tory | Yes |
| The Honourable Robert Coke | C. | No | |
| William Morden Esq; | M. | No |
Printed in the year MDCCXXXIV (1734)
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There are several Towns in the County of Norfolk of the same name, which lye in different parts of the County; as Beeston in Taverham Hundred; Beeston in North Erpingham Hundred; Beeston cum Bittering in Landish [sic, ie. Launditch] Hundred; Beeston St. Laurence in Tunstead Hundred; which are not distinguished in the original Poll-Books: And therefore to avoid mistakes, the Residences of all the Beestons are put under the general Title of Beeston; and the like for other towns of the same Name. But where Distinctions are made in the original Poll-Books, they are here observed, by annexing the initial Letter of the Distinction to the Person's Name.
The Towns are set in an alphabetical Order; and so are all the Freeholders under each Town.
Each Page consists of six Columns. The first contains the Names of the Resident Freeholders in each Town; the second, the Freeholds when different from the Place of Residency. The other four have the initial Letters of the Candidates Names set at Top, and the Black Lines drawn under them shew how every Freeholder voted.
Towns and Parishes
The book contains the following (where "A" is Acle to Aylsham etc.):-
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
| I | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q |
| R | S | T | U | W | Y |
| Outside Norfolk (By County) | Uncertainties |
Notes
- 1. Some variation will be found in the names of the places in the book. With each section a list of places with their standard spelling is given. If that in the book differs then it is given in brackets () following. The reverse in true in the transcription of the actual Poll Book so that places are found with a search.
- 2. Docking Hundred parishes are included under Smithdon.
Searching this Poll Book
Use the Genuki-NFK "Contents & Search" button linked from the top of the page and then use "Search GENUKI Norfolk" box and type in the following three words (separated by spaces):-
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Hundreds
The following abbreviations are used for the Hundreds throughout the Poll Book. Note that some may vary slightly from those given below eg. Mitt/Mitf both indicate Mitford.
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Examples of Norfolk Poll Book entries (for Dunston) show what information is available for a typical small village.
See also the main Voting page and the county elections page.
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Copyright © Mike Bristow.
January 2010