The Poll for Two Knights of the Shire for the West Riding of Yorkshire
On Thursday and Friday, 8th and 9th of July, 1841.
Candidates:
The Hon. John Stuart Wortley,
Edmund Beckett Denison, Esquire,
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Morpeth,
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Milton.
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 in the column indicates which 2 candidates votes were cast for. Wortley and Denison represented the Conservative party (They were elected) and Milton and Morpeth were Whigs.
An o after the elector's name indicates that he is a yearly occupier at a rental of £50. |
| Name |
Surname |
Occ. |
Residence |
Wortley |
Denis |
Milton |
Morpeth |
| Joseph |
ARMITAGE |
|
Lightcliffe |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| William |
ARMITAGE |
|
Ash grove, Clifton |
|
|
|
|
| William |
APPLEYARD |
|
Laverach hall |
|
|
|
|
| Abram |
APPLEYARD |
|
Hove edge |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| John |
APPLEYARD |
|
Woodhouse, Rastrick |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| William |
ASPINALL |
|
Brighouse |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| John |
ASPINALL |
|
Brighouse |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| Job |
ASPINALL |
|
Rastrick |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| William |
AVISON |
|
Brighouse |
|
|
|
|
| John |
AVISON |
o |
White Swan Inn, Halifax |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Samuel |
AVISON |
|
Brighouse |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| William |
BARBER |
|
Thornhill bridge |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Joshua |
BARRACLOUGH |
|
Bramley Lane |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Jonas |
BELL |
|
Hove edge |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| George |
BENTLEY |
|
Rastrick |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Samuel |
BLACKBURN |
|
Sawood house |
|
|
|
|
| William |
BOOTH |
|
Bramley lane |
|
|
|
|
| John |
BOTTOMLEY |
|
Brighouse |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Joseph |
BOTTOMLEY |
|
Brighouse |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| John |
BOYLE |
|
Brighouse |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| William |
BROADBENT |
|
Brighouse |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| John |
BROOKE |
|
Brighouse |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| Joseph |
BROOK |
|
Laverach hall |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| James |
BROOK |
o |
Lower green |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| Joseph |
BUTTERWORTH |
|
Cleckheaton |
|
|
|
|
| Alfred |
CAMM |
|
Well holme |
|
|
|
|
| James |
CARTER |
|
Bramley lane |
|
|
|
|
| Daniel |
CARTER |
o |
Giles house |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| David |
CAWTHRA |
|
Low mill |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Thomas |
CHARLESWORTH |
|
Rastrick |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| Caleb |
CROWTHER |
|
Kirkgate, Wakefield |
|
|
|
|
| Henry |
CULLINGWORTH |
|
Union street, Dewsbury |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| John |
DENHAM |
|
Brighouse |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| John |
DENHAM |
|
Near Clifton bridge |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Job |
FAWCETT |
|
Clifton |
|
|
|
|
| Joseph |
FIRTH |
|
Rastrick |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| Joseph |
FIRTH |
|
Beast market, Huddersfield |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| John, junior |
FLATHER |
|
Bramley lane |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| Henry |
FLATHER |
|
Hipperholme |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| William |
FLETCHER |
|
Brighouse |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| John |
GLEDHILL |
o |
Brighouse |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| David |
GOLDTHORP |
|
Clifton |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| George |
GOLDTHORP |
|
Brighouse |
|
|
|
|
| Samuel |
GOLDTHORP |
|
Clifton |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Aquila |
GREEN |
|
Cripplegate, Halifax |
|
|
|
|
| William |
GREENWOOD |
|
Winteredge |
|
|
|
|
| William |
GREENWOOD |
|
Brighouse |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Charles |
GREENWOOD |
|
Clifton |
|
|
|
|
| William |
GURNEY |
|
Hipperholme |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| Thomas |
HANSON |
|
Norwood green |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| William |
HARDCASTLE |
|
Royd lands |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| Joshua |
HARGREAVES |
|
Lightcliffe |
|
|
|
|
| John |
HEMINGWAY |
|
Lightcliffe |
|
|
|
|
| J. jun. |
HEMINGWAY |
o |
Smithouse |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| John |
HEPWORTH |
|
Wareing green |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| George |
HEPWORTH |
|
Brighouse |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Mark |
HEPWORTH |
o |
Yew Trees |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| George |
HIGHAM |
|
Bonegate |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| James |
HINSCLIFFE |
|
Lightcliffe |
|
|
|
|
| Lamplugh Wic |
HIRD |
|
Lightcliffe |
|
|
|
|
| Robert |
HIRD |
|
Cross church st, Huddersfield |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| John |
HOLLAND |
|
Slead house |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| William |
HOLLAND |
|
New house, Lightcliffe |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Samuel |
HOLLAND |
|
Slead house |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| John, junior |
HOLLAND |
|
Slead house |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Joseph |
HOLLAND |
|
Slead house |
|
|
|
|
| John |
HOLMES |
|
Norwood green |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| John |
HOLROYD |
|
Rastrick |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| James Robert |
HORNER |
|
Brighouse |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Joseph |
HOWORTH |
|
Brighouse |
|
|
|
|
| George |
HOYLE |
|
Brighouse |
|
|
|
|
| William |
HUTCHINSON |
o |
Brighouse |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Thomas |
JESSOP |
|
Bonegate |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Samuel |
JESSOP |
|
Little Horton, near Bradford |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Henry |
LEDGARD |
|
39 Wood street, London |
|
|
|
|
| Samuel |
LEPPINGTON |
|
Brook foot, Southowram |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| William |
LISTER |
|
Priestley green, near Halifax |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| James |
LODGE |
|
Hove edge |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Joseph |
LUMB |
|
Till car, Lightcliffe |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Thos. Firth |
MACAULAY |
|
Crossland hall, Huddersfield |
|
|
|
|
| C. Harold |
MACAULAY |
|
Rastrick |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| William |
MACAULAY |
|
Slead hall |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| G. Gibson |
MACAULAY |
|
Slead hall |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Abraham |
MALLINSON |
|
Hove edge |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| John |
MALLINSON |
o |
Lane ends green |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| Martin |
MANLEY |
|
Brighouse |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| James |
MANLEY |
|
Brighouse |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| John William |
MAHER |
|
Church lane |
|
|
|
|
| Charles |
MELLOR |
|
Brighouse |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Joshua |
MIDGLEY |
|
Hove edge |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| James rejecte |
NOBLE |
|
Union street, Halifax |
|
|
|
|
| Joseph |
NOBLE |
|
Brighouse |
|
|
|
|
| Richard |
OATES |
|
Bramley lane |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| James |
OATES |
|
Southowram |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| William |
OLDFIELD |
|
Batty mill, Kirkheaton |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| John |
ORMEROD |
|
Brighouse |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Hanson |
ORMEROD |
o |
St. Martin�s terrace |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Thomas T |
ORMEROD |
o |
Brighouse |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Joseph |
PARKINSON |
o |
Pond |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| William |
PARKINSON |
|
Rooks |
|
|
|
|
| William |
PEARSON |
o |
Hoyle house |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| James |
PEARSON |
o |
Holdsworth farm |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| Richard |
POLLARD |
|
Green house, Huddersfield |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| William |
POLLARD |
|
Hipperholme |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| Enoch |
RAYNOR |
|
Rastrick |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| William |
RHODES |
|
White hall |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Ann |
RHODES |
|
Norwood green |
|
|
|
|
| John |
RILEY |
o |
White Hall Inn |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| George |
ROBINSON |
|
Lower bear, Northowram |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| John |
RUSHWORTH |
|
Hipperholme lane ends |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| John |
SCHOFIELD |
|
Rastrick common |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| John |
SCHOFIELD |
|
Sawood house |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| Jonas |
SEED |
o |
Rooks |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Samuel |
SHARP |
|
Pond Inn |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Samuel |
SHARP |
|
Upper lane |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| William |
SHARP |
|
Brighouse |
|
|
|
|
| Joseph |
SHARP |
|
Bermondsey street, London |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Simeon |
SHAW |
o |
Hipperholme |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| Lewis |
SIMPSON |
|
Brighouse |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| James |
SMITH |
o |
Norwood green |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| Abraham |
SMITH |
|
Brighouse |
|
|
|
|
| George |
SOWDEN |
|
Thornhill bridge |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Samuel |
SOWDEN |
o |
Sutcliffe wood |
1 |
|
|
|
| Lumb |
STOCKS |
|
College terrace, Islington |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Thomas |
SUGDEN |
|
Brighouse |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| John |
SUNDERLAND |
|
Coley hall |
|
|
|
|
| Thomas |
SUNDERLAND |
|
Coley hall |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| James |
SUNDERLAND |
|
Coley hall |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| John |
SUNDERLAND |
|
Coley hall |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| Thos. I.J. |
SUNDERLAND |
|
Tottershoe,Dunstable,Bedford |
|
|
|
|
| Rufus |
SUNDERLAND |
|
Hipperholme Lane ends |
|
|
|
|
| John |
SUNDERLAND |
o |
Granny hall |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Henry |
SUNDERLAND |
|
Spring cottage |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Thomas Richd. |
SUTCLIFFE |
|
Upper mill |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| George M. |
SUTHERLAND |
|
Udale house,Roashire,Scotla |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Joseph |
TAYLOR |
|
Thornhill bridge |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| James W. |
THOMPSON |
|
St. Anne�s Southowram |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| James |
THORNTON |
|
Brighouse |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| John |
THORNTON |
o |
Priestley green |
|
1 |
|
1 |
| Thomas |
TURNER |
|
Hove edge |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| William |
VICKERMAN |
|
Clifton |
|
|
|
|
| John |
WALKER |
|
Rastrick |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Joseph |
WALKER |
|
Priestley green |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| John |
WARBURTON |
|
Hipperholme School |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| Samuel |
WASHINGTON |
|
Crow nest |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| Joshua |
WELLS |
o |
Oxheys, Shelf |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| William |
WHEATLEY |
|
Royds house, Hopton |
|
|
|
|
| Joseph |
WHITELEY |
|
Winding road, Halifax |
|
|
|
1 |
| William |
WHITELEY |
|
Shrogs, Ovenden |
|
|
|
|
| William |
WIDDOP |
|
Brighouse |
|
|
|
|
| Benjamin |
WOMERSLEY |
|
Bonegate |
|
|
|
|
| Robert |
WOMERSLEY |
o |
Priestley green |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| John |
WOOD |
|
Norwood green |
|
|
|
|
| John |
WOODHEAD |
|
Norwood green |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Joseph |
WOODHEAD |
|
Bramley lane |
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
