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Voting Registers - Polls 1768

An alphabetical draught of the polls for 2 members of Parliament for the City of Norwich taken the 18th Day of March 1768.

This election was between Harbord Harbord Esq. (H-d.), Edward Bacon Esq. (B-n.) and Thomas Beevor Esq. (B-r.) Each candidate is followed by the abbreviation used in the Poll Book to indicate their votes.

Layout of the Poll Book

  • Section 1 contains a Description of the Poll Book on Page 4 (see transcription below)
  • Section 2 contains all those who voted (each ward is a separate document in the transcription).
    • Voters in each of the four Wards (Conisford, Mancroft, Wymer and "The Ward beyond the Water" [or "Northern"] ) of Norwich are first. Each Ward is split into constituent Parishes and places &c.
      • Each Parish &c. contains an alphabetical list. All the surnames starting with A are grouped together followed by those beginning with B, C...
    • These are followed by the voters living in the other Parishes and Hamlets in the City boundary and in "Precinct of the (Cathedral) Close" (see note 4).
    • These are followed by the "Country" voters living outside the City Boundary.
    • These are followed by the voters living in London.
  • Section 3 contains a table of votes per section (as per above) and is listed at the end of this page.

Next is the first of 2 tables. This lists the pages chronologically and the second lists the "Index to the Parishes" alphabetically. Either can be used to go to the list of voters or the other Sections as just described. Alternatively use the search detailed later.

Norwich Parishes &c. and places outside the City boundary

The book contains the following :-

Parish etc.Page(s)Ward
St. Peter Southgate  5  CON
St. Etheldred  6  CON
St. Julian  6,7  CON
St. Peter Parmountergate  7,8,9,10  CON
St. John Sepulchre  10,11,12  CON
St. Michael at Thorn  12,13  CON
St. John Timberhill  14,15  CON
All Saints  15,16  CON
St. Stephen  17,18,19,20,21  MAN
St. Peter Mancroft  21,22,23,24,25  MAN
St. Giles  26,27  MAN
St. Benedict  28,29  WYMER
St. Swithen  29,30  WYMER
St. Margaret  30,31  WYMER
St. Lawrence  32,33  WYMER
St. Gregory  33,34,35  WYMER
St. John Maddermarket  35,36  WYMER
St. Andrew  36,37,38  WYMER
St. Michael at Plea  39  WYMER
St. Peter Hungate  40  WYMER
St. Simon and St. Jude  40,41  WYMER
St. George Tombland  41,42,43  WYMER
St. Martin at Palace  43,44  WYMER
St. Helen  45  WYMER
St. Michael of Coslany  46,47  OVER
St. Mary (at Coslany)  47,48,49  OVER
St. Martin at Oak  49,50,51  OVER
St. Augustine  51,52,53  OVER
St. George Colegate  53,54,55,56  OVER
St Clement  56,57  OVER
St. Edmund  57,58  OVER
St. Saviour  58,59  OVER
St. Paul  60,61  OVER
St. James  61,62  OVER
Pockthorpe  63  OVER
Heigham  63,64
Trowse, Carrow and
  Bracondale Hamlets
  64,65
Lakenham and Earlham  65
The Cathedral Close  66
Country Voters
  [Norfolk, Suffolk etc.]
  67 to 75
London Voters  76,77,78
Table of Wards etc. and Number of Votes
  Different from their Residences
  78

 

In the above table the abbreviations for the Wards are as follows:-
CON = Conisford, OVER = "Ward Beyond the Water" or "Northern Ward", MAN = Mancroft, WYMER = Wymer.

INDEX to the Parishes, &c. with the Number of Voters in each.

[Note that only the starting page is given]

 

Parish etc.PageNumber of
Voters
All Saints  15    25
St. Andrew  36    91
St. Augustine  51    92
St. Benedict  28    43
St Clement  56    59
Earlham  65      1
St. Edmund  57    21
St. Etheldred    6    20
St. George Colegate [Colgate]  54    91
St George Tombland  41    74
St. Giles  26    80
St. Gregory  33    62
Heigham  63    34
St. Helen  45    25
St. James  61    49
St. John Maddermarket  35    55
St. John Sepulchre  10    77
St. John Timberhill  14    59
St. Julian    6    33
Lakenham  65      5
St. Laurence [St. Lawrence]  32    57
St. Margaret  30    50
St. Martin at Oak  49    79
St. Martin at Palace  43    56
St. Mary (at Coslany)  47    71
St. Michael of Coslany  46    60
St. Michael at Plea  39    34
St. Michael at Thorn  12    67
St. Paul  60    64
St. Peter Hungate  40    23
St. Peter Mancroft  21  196
St. Peter Permountergate    7  110
St. Peter Southgate    5    23
Pockthorp(e)  63    35
St. Saviour  58    60
St. Simon and St. Jude  40    28
St. Stephen  17  156
St. Swithen [St. Swithin]  29    31
Trowse, Carrow &
  Bracondale
  55    21
Close [The Cathedral Close]  64    39
Country
  ie. Norfolk (exc. Norwich Wards/Close etc.),
  & Other Places (exc. London)
  67  371
London  76  109

Transcription of the Poll Book

The first few pages contain:-

 

AN

Alphabetical Draught

THE

POLL

FOR

MEMBERS of PARLIAMENT

for the CITY of

NORWICH

Taken the 18th. of March. 1768.


CANDIDATES

HARBORD HARBORD, Esq.

EDWARD BACON, Esq.

ROBERT HARVEY, Esq.

NOCKOLD TOMPSON, Esq.


N  O  R  W  I  C  H:
Printed by WILLIAM CHASE, MDCCLXI.

[Price One Shilling]

 

[Page 3]

[Description of the Poll Book]

The EDITOR of the Copy here offered to the Public, flatters himself, that it will be found as correct, as can be expected from a Publication of this kind. Many Errors must unavoidably happen in taking down Names and Places of abode in the Confusion and Hurry of a contested Election : For such Errors the Editor is not answerable. Several obvious Mistakes have been corrected; but such as were uncertain, remain as they stand in the original Poll Bools.

NORWICH,      W. CHASE.
April 12, 1768.


[The Poll Book continues with Page 5 containing the Parish of St Peter Southgate in Conisford Ward through to Page 78 (follow links in above table)]

This is followed by :-

 

( 78 )

The Number of Freemen and Freeholders in the several Wards and Hamlets belonging to this City, London and Country Voters, &c.

 

[Ward, Hamlet etc.]H-d.B-n.B-r.
  Conisford Ward    250    228    195
  Mancroft Ward    288    212    213
  Wymer Ward    435    387    241
  Ward beyond the Water    375    334    309
  Hamlets      60      54      42
  Precinct of the Close      31      35        6
  Country    268    244    125
  London    105    102        5
 
  Total [Number of Votes] --  1812  1596  1136

 

 

 

F I N I S.

[End of Poll Book]


Notes

  • 1. Some variation will be found in the names of the parishes/places.
  • 2. The following alternative spellings for parish names should be noted :- St. Augustine/St. Augustin, St. George Colgate/St. George Colegate, St. Laurence/St. Lawrence, St. Peter Permountergate (Parmentergate)/St. Peter-per-Mountergate, St. Swithin/St. Swithen
  • 3. The hamlet of Pockthorpe is in St. James's parish but is listed separately in this Poll Book.
  • 4. Voters were either Freemen of the City of Norwich or those who held land/property. For more information see the vote history page.
    • Freehold's within the City boundary include those in :- Eaton, Heigham, Lakenham, Pockthorpe, Norwich Thorpe (Thorpe Hamlet) and Trowse Milgate (Trowse Millgate) all giving the right to vote.
  • 5. 2736 people voted in this election.

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January 2015