Bedfordshire Poll Book Holdings

BEDFORDSHIRE:
Bedfordshire Poll Book Holdings

The Act of 1696 provided that sheriffs were repsonsible for compiling a record of the poll of the county elections and that the returning officers should keep a record which was to be made available to anyone wishing to have access to it; a subseequent Act of 1711 confirmed the onus to maintain a record of the residence and freehold of electors, and stated that it should be handed over to the Clerk of the Peace for permanent preservation. It was not until 1834 that similar measures were passed for the preservation of borough election records. This did not stop the destruction in 1907 of the entire collection of the consequent poll books.

Constituency histories can be found in Seaton (1986), page 12. Links have been provided to Poll Book tanscriptions where available.

County

1685	Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service [CH 922]
1705	Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service, Bedford Town Hall, Guildhall Library, Institute of Historical Research
1715	Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service, Bedford Town Hall, Bodleian Library, Institute of Historical Research
1722	Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service, Bedford Central Library, Institute of Historical Research
1727	Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service, Bedford Town Hall
1734	Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service
1774	Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service, Bedford Town Hall, Bedford Central Library, Bodleian Library, Institute of Historical Research, Society of Genealogists
1784	Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service, Bedford Central Library, Bedford Town Hall, Bodleian Library, Institute of Historical Research
1807	Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service, Bedford Town Hall, Bedford Central Library, Bodleian Library, Institute of Historical Research, Society of Genealogists
1820	Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service, Bedford Town Hall, Bedford Central Library, Guildhall Library, Institute of Historical Research, Society of Genealogists
1826	Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service, Bedford Central Library, Bedford Town Hall, Institute of Historical Research
1831	Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service, Bedford Town Hall, Guildhall Library
1857	Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service, Bedford Central Library, Bedford Town Hall, Institute of Historical Research
1859	Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service, Bedford Town Hall, Bedford Central Library, Guildhall Library, Society of Genealogists
1872	Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service, Bedford Town Hall, Institute of Historical Research

Bedford

1640	Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service [T.W. 890]
1705	Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service [GY 8/3]
1721	Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service [OR 1818]
1725	Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service [OR 1819]
1727	Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service [OR1784, 1786]
1730/1	Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service [OR 1817]
1790	Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service, Bedford Town Hall, Bedford Central Library, Bodleian Library, Institute of Historical Research, Guildhall Library
1830	Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service, Bedford Town Hall, Bodleian Library, Institute of Historical Research
1832	Bedford Town Hall [G3/4-5]
1835	Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service, Bedford Town Hall, Institute of Historical Research
1837	Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service, Bedford Central Library, Bedford Town Hall, Institute of Historical Research, Bodleian Library
1841, 1847	Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service, Bedford Central Library, Bedford Town Hall, Institute of Historical Research
1852	Bedford Town Hall, Institute of Historical Research
1854	British Library (Newspapers), Institute of Historical Research
1857	Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service, Bedford Town Hall, Bedford Central Library, Institute of Historical Research
1859	Bedford Town Hall, Institute of Historical Research
1859	Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service, Bedford Town Hall, Institute of Historical Research
1865	Bedford Town Hall, Institute of Historical Research
1868	Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service (East and West Wards only), Bedford Town Hall, Institute of Historical Research